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William Bowmer
Managing Director & Co-Head of Technology, U.S.
San Francisco
Trends in Digital Fitness
The Fitness Industry is Being Disrupted by New Business Models, Digital Delivery and Subscription Commerce The fitness industry has already been experiencing the massive growth of digital fitness, out-of-studio experiences… Read More
Interim/Post-COVID-19 Sector Outlook: Services & Products for Homebound Patients
Click the home healthcare sectors below to view key takeaways on the effects of COVID-19. Medical and Personal Services Skilled Home Healthcare Near term: REASONABLY STABLE / POSITIVE Long term:… Read More
M&A Market in Germany: Expected Revival after Coronavirus
Transactions will increasingly be characterized by distressed sales and defensive, less strategically motivated deals The corona crisis has left the global economy and M&A business in an unprecedented state of… Read More
Rethinking the Global Chemicals Supply Chain
The chemicals supply chain has always been global, because certain raw materials can only be sourced from, made in or distributed to certain areas of the world. Chemical manufacturers’ supply… Read More
Powering Utility & Infrastructure Services M&A Activity in a COVID-19 Landscape
Last month, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), along with other federal agencies, state and local governments and the private sector, created an advisory list of “Essential Critical Infrastructure… Read More
U.S. Capital Advisory Group – Financing Market Update
Private Credit Market Issues Amidst COVID-19 The current COVID-19 crisis is presenting numerous challenges for traditional middle market lenders. Aggressive Revolver Draws During the two weeks… Read More
Trends in the European Debt Markets & Valuation Implications
Lender Sentiment Lenders are honouring existing commitments with negligible retrades; however, debt and equity investors are cautious when reviewing new opportunities. Lenders remain focused on their existing portfolios and are… Read More
Packaging Sector Update Amidst COVID-19 Uncertainty
Since the beginning of 2020 and particularly over the last several weeks, the Coronavirus (COVID-19) has had widespread effects on the global economy and M&A activity in the middle market.… Read More
Varied Effects of COVID-19 Across Facilities Services Sectors
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 “Coronavirus (COVID-19)” crisis is an incredibly fast-moving and unprecedented challenge that has had widespread effects on the global economy and M&A activity in the middle market.… Read More
COVID-19 Impact On Auto Industry – How Long Will It Last?
The COVID-19 crisis has already had a profound impact on the global automotive industry. OEMs have shuttered assembly plants throughout North America and Europe and this has resulted in virtually… Read More
Aerospace & Defense Trends Amidst Turbulent COVID-19 Period
As commercial airlines have made significant cuts to their capacity due to global travel restrictions and demand reductions, coupled with facility shutdowns of OEMs and major suppliers, the commercial aerospace… Read More
Teaching Without Classrooms: Education Investing in a COVID-19 World
Despite significant gains in online, or distance, learning over the last ten years, COVID-19 has enormously and irrevocably altered the education landscape in 2020. Technology adoption in primary and secondary… Read More
Partnering to Survive Today – and Thrive Tomorrow
The record levels of dry powder at the beginning of 2020 led to predictions of robust M&A activity. However, COVID-19 has thrown investors and businesses a curveball. Debt financing is… Read More
COVID-19 Pandemic Could Accelerate Recent U.S. Healthcare Growth Trends
One hundred years after the 1918 Spanish Flu, the world is facing another pandemic: COVID-19. Government and healthcare officials are working around the clock to flatten the curve and slow… Read More
Fitness Industry Insights: Working Out Solutions Amidst Uncertainty
With the spread of COVID-19, social distancing and orders to “shelter in place,” health clubs everywhere are grappling with sudden and significant business challenges – as well as profound uncertainty… Read More
How COVID-19 Could Change Consumer Spending Behavior, Even in a Post-Pandemic World
As people stock chest freezers with frozen meals and stores and restaurants temporality shutter their doors, COVID-19 has undoubtedly created significant disruption within consumer purchasing in the restaurant, retail and… Read More
Thinking Outside The Box
Restaurants have never faced such a challenging operating environment with the combined risks to the health and wellbeing of their staff and customers, along with purely seeking to get through… Read More
Getting from A to B: A Roadmap to Freight Forwarding
A Closer Look at Shifting Dynamics like COVID-19, Flight to Scale, and Tech Disruption Mar 2020 With the rolling in of a new decade came the inking of a “phase… Read More
Better Together: Critical Early Steps Towards JV and Partnership Success
Marc van Grondelle and Emma Blackley of Lincoln’s global Joint Ventures & Partnering practice unpack why JVs and partnerships are so often overlooked and how to execute them without mishap.… Read More
Restaurant Investors Are Expected to Remain Active in 2020
Buyers Are Sitting on Capital That Needs to be Deployed While middle market restaurant brands once aggressively pursued IPO’s as the liquidity event of choice, today private equity and family… Read More
Indian Chemical News | M&A & Partnerships Will Play a Key Role in Chemical Sector
Originally published by Indian Chemical News on February 27th, 2020 Preet Singh, Managing Director in Lincoln’s Industrials Group, discusses trends, upcoming opportunities and sub-sectors to watch in the chemicals industry.
Three Trends to Watch: 2020 Industrials M&A
Lincoln Remains at the Top of MergerMarket’s Global Industrials List Lincoln International’s Global Industrials Group retained its spot atop the league tables in 2019. Our leadership in the sector continues… Read More
2020 Outlook: Four Trends to Watch in the Tech Sector
2019 was a year of robust activity in the tech sector, and another record year for Lincoln International’s TMT team. Several notable Lincoln deals include the acquisition of Livermore Software… Read More
Better Together: How JVs and Partnerships Should Contribute to Business Goals
Marc van Grondelle and Emma Blackley of Lincoln’s global Joint Ventures & Partnering practice unpack why JVs, partnerships and other forms of business collaboration are becoming more important, yet are… Read More
Crain’s Chicago Business Excerpt | 2019 Record Year for Dealmaking
Originally published by Crain’s Chicago Business on February 3, 2020 | Excerpt from interviews with four firms that operate mainly in the middle market Investment banks gain in 2019 Chicago’s… Read More