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Luke Webb
Managing Director & Co-Head of Business Services, U.S.
Chicago
Packaging Quarterly Review Q1 2023
We expect interested parties who are willing to align expectations to current market conditions will continue to transact across the sector heading into the next quarter.
Facilities Services Market Update Q1 2023
Overall, we remain optimistic that the facilities services M&A market will remain strong in 2023 for both financial and strategic buyers.
Information Technology Services Year-end 2022 Report
Despite macro headwinds, M&A volumes in the Information Technology (IT) Services sector increased in 2022, fueled by 4.2% and 7.9% forecasted global spending growth on information technology services in 2022… Read More
Human Capital Management Services Market Update Year-End 2022
Human capital management (HCM) services providers are expected to continue to see a receptive market for their offerings in 2023.
Distribution Quarterly Review Q4 2022
Distribution mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity proved more resilient than the overall market, remaining stable through 2022 despite the downturn in overall deal closings both globally and in North America.
Food & Beverage Market Update Q4 2022
2022 came to a mixed close, public credit and equity markets continued to slow through Q4 as the Fed marched on with its cycle of interest rate hikes. This choppiness… Read More
Education Technology & Services Market Update: Q4 2022
We expect the same challenges that impacted and drove M&A activity in 2022 to continue in 2023. The need for new and innovative solutions to address those challenges also remains.
Q4 2022 Lincoln Private Market Index
Lincoln Private Market Index Grows Modestly in Q4 2022 Amid Public Market Volatility Lincoln International’s 22nd edition of the Lincoln PMI (LPMI) reveals that in Q4 2022, private market enterprise… Read More
Cybersecurity Report: Q4 2022
Cybersecurity mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and investment activity levels and values remained healthy in 2022, despite macro headwinds and public market declines. We expect strategic, investor and customer demand for… Read More
Q4 2022 Lincoln Senior Debt Index
The LSDI returned 0.9% for the fourth quarter. This represented the one of the lowest quarterly returns since the inception of the LSDI which began in Q4 2014.
EMS Quarterly Review Q4 2022
The EMS industry demonstrated increased deal activity and resilience during Q4 2022, despite current recessionary pressures. The continued electronics “supercycle” growth and “interconnection of everything” is fueling further demand in… Read More
Facilities Services Market Update Q4 2022
Overall, we remain optimistic that the facilities services M&A market will remain strong in 2023 for both financial and strategic buyers.
Packaging Quarterly Review Q4 2022
The final quarter of 2022 closed the year out on the same note as previous quarters, with a continued cooling of market activity. The total number of closed mergers and… Read More
Food & Beverage Market Update Q3 2022
Turbulent public credit and equity markets influenced by heightened concerns over a near-term recession have cooled the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market. The Fed’s focus on curbing inflation has dampened… Read More
Cybersecurity Report: Q3 2022
Q3 2022 cyber mergers and acquisitions (M&A) continue to demonstrate relative buoyancy. Year-to-date (YTD) Q3 2022 cybersecurity M&A volume of $25 billion, while a decline compared to 2021’s record of $49… Read More
Q3 2022 Lincoln Senior Debt Index
The LSDI returned 0.7% for Q3; essentially unchanged from Q2. This represented the fourth lowest return since the inception of the LSDI in Q4 2014.
Aerospace & Defense Market Update Q3 2022
Despite the challenges noted in the public markets, Lincoln International’s recent A&D deal activity and discussions indicate a general consensus that private market M&A deal activity and valuations have remained… Read More
Q3 2022 Lincoln Private Market Index
Lincoln Private Market Index Modestly Increases, but Private Markets are Beginning to Cool Off Lincoln International’s 21st edition of the Lincoln Private Market Index (Lincoln PMI) reveals that in Q3… Read More
Distribution Quarterly Review Q3 2022
Public markets and the overall economy faced the same headwinds as in prior periods, with price inflation remaining stubbornly high even as supply chain snarls began to ease, employment growth… Read More
Chemicals Quarterly Review Q3 2022
During Q3 2022, the global financial markets were battered. Performance continued to trend downward as a result of market volatility and geopolitical uncertainty. We believe that continued uncertainty will weigh… Read More
Education Technology & Services Market Update: Q3 2022
Unlike 2021, the education mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market in 2022 has seen some rather dramatic changes since January.
EMS Quarterly Review Q3 2022
Over the past few months, the EMS industry demonstrated increased deal activity and positive performance, despite the macroeconomic challenges and the current recessionary pressures stemming from supply chain delays, inflationary… Read More
Facilities Services Market Update Q3 2022
After a series of record-breaking quarters throughout 2021, Q3 2022 marks another slight deceleration in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity, approximately 7,500 deals closed, according to S&P Global. Overall, we remain… Read More
Packaging Quarterly Review Q3 2022
As packaging companies seek to build resilient business models, they should consider strengthening operations through the solidification of their supply chain and the identification of more niche pockets of opportunity… Read More
Q2 2022 Lincoln Senior Debt Index
Rising spreads and yields – the two primary risks in this asset class are interest rate risk and credit risk. For the quarter ending June 30, 2022, yields of the… Read More