Meet Our Senior Team
I am a rigorous advocate for my clients with a hands-on, communicative approach, focused on delivering intense advocacy and outlier results.
Sean Bennis
Managing Director & Global Head of Industrials
Chicago
I am enthusiastic about creating sustainable growth and the highest value for our clients and strive to leave a positive footprint beyond any successful M&A transaction.
Friedrich Bieselt
Managing Director & Head of Business Services, Europe
Frankfurt
I enjoy leading clients and realizing their objectives, while structuring solutions to issues that are both intriguing and challenging.
Øyvind Bjordal
Managing Director & Head of Switzerland
Zurich
Lincoln International Announces Strategic Partnership with Australian Corporate Advisory Firm, Miles Advisory Partners
Lincoln International, a global investment banking advisory firm, announced today that it has established a strategic partnership with Miles Advisory Partners, an Australian-based independent corporate advisory firm, servicing the robust… Read More
Eversheds Sutherland and the Small Business Investor Alliance’s Business Development Company Roundtable | Panel: Private Credit Accounting and Valuation
Managing Director Patricia Luscombe recently spoke on the Private Credit Private Credit Accounting and Valuation panel at Eversheds Sutherland and the Small Business Investor Alliance’s BDC Roundtable in Washington, D.C.… Read More
Private Equity and Private Credit Resiliency is Not an Illusion
Many macroeconomic factors have contributed to recent public market volatility, including inflation, labor shortages, rising interest rates and recent banking system instability. While private market valuations have demonstrated less volatility… Read More
Regulatory Compliance Watch | SEC Examines PFs’ Third-party Valuations
Originally posted by Regulatory Compliance Watch on March 31, 2023. The SEC is asking private fund advisers to explain how they monitor the boundaries between their firms and third-party valuation… Read More
Regulatory Compliance Watch | In-person Exams Resume
Originally posted by Regulatory Compliance Watch on March 3, 2023. The SEC plans to increase its on-site interactions with regulated entities but will continue to conduct remote examinations when applicable.… Read More
Private Equity International | How Private Equity Valuations Measure Up
Originally posted by Private Equity International on February 28, 2023. Private equity firms have been navigating market volatility for the past 12 to 18 months, and public market valuations have… Read More
Private Equity International | Covenant Breaches Trend Upward as GPs Navigate Uncertainty
Originally posted by Private Equity International on February 22, 2023. According to the Lincoln PMI (LPMI), private equity (PE) firms and their portfolio companies are becoming increasingly concerned about financial… Read More
Lincoln International’s Global Valuations & Opinions Group team grew by nearly 50% in 2022 and expects continued momentum in 2023
Lincoln International’s global Valuations & Opinions Group materially expanded its services across portfolio valuations and transaction opinions in 2022. Portfolio valuation services were up more than 50% from 2021 across… Read More
CFO | Earnings Multiples for PE-Backed Firms Fall for 7th Straight Quarter
Originally posted by CFO on February 22, 2023. For private companies, a modest increase in EBITDA kept their valuations from declining in Q4 2022. In fact, the Lincoln PMI (LPMI)… Read More
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
Lincoln Private Market Index Grows Modestly in Q4 2022 Amid Public Market Volatility
Amid public market volatility, private company valuations held up, but cracks are showing The Lincoln Private Market Index (Lincoln PMI), the only index that tracks changes in the enterprise value… 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.
Webinar | Q4 European Private Market Insights
On February 1st, 2023, professionals from Lincoln International’s European Capital Advisory and Valuations Groups hosted a webinar discussing the state of Q4 European private markets. Topics included: Market overview Deal… Read More
The Wall Street Journal | Investors Stuck in Private Valuation Limbo as Recession Looms
Originally posted by The Wall Street Journal on January 30th, 2023. Richard Olson, Managing Director in Lincoln’s Valuations & Opinions Group, offers a perspective on private company performance in Europe.… Read More
2022 Global Results
In 2022, Lincoln International continued to design and deliver meaningful solutions and outcomes for clients around the world. Our shared ambition for results achieved through collaboration, thoughtfulness and tailored approaches… Read More
Robert Horak
Bob draws upon more than 30 years of experience in the private capital markets to provide insightful valuation and transaction opinion services to a variety of clients including private credit… 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.
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
Lincoln Private Market Index Modestly Increases, but Private Markets are Beginning to Cool Off
Amid public market volatility, private company valuations held up, but cracks are showing The Lincoln Private Market Index (Lincoln PMI), the only index that tracks changes in the enterprise value… Read More
Webinar | Q3 European Private Market Insights
On October 4th, 2022, professionals from Lincoln International’s European Capital Advisory and Valuations Groups hosted a webinar discussing the state of Q3 European private markets. Topics included: Update on current… Read More
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Michael Schmit
Michael provides valuations and transaction opinions advisory for investment funds, corporations, privately held companies, boards and special committees across all industries in connection with a variety of transactions, including mergers… 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
Q2 2022 Lincoln Private Market Index
Private Company Enterprise Values Increased Again to New Record Highs in Q2 2022 Lincoln International’s 20th edition of the Lincoln Private Market Index (Lincoln PMI) reveals that in Q2 2022,… Read More
Lincoln Private Market Index Experiences First Decline Since Q1 2020
Public market volatility driven by heightened recession fears trickled to private market enterprise values in Q2 The Lincoln Private Market Index (Lincoln PMI), the only index that tracks changes in… Read More