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Bradley Akason
Managing Director
Chicago Mergers & Acquisitions Consumer bakason@lincolninternational.com +1 (312) 580-8351I invest in personal relationships with my clients and bring energy, creativity, leadership, a little bit of humor and confidence to every interaction.
Brad is a senior member of Lincoln’s Consumer Group and has been instrumental in both the firm’s and the group’s growth globally. He has 40 years of client service experience. With a hands-on, results-oriented approach, Brad advises clients on middle market mergers and acquisitions and growth equity transactions. His clients include leading private equity groups, private companies and large corporations.
Brad has extensive experience preparing and positioning companies to maximize value and create as many transaction alternatives as possible. He has completed dozens of consumer industry transactions, particularly in the food and beverage, consumer products and e-commerce segments.
Before joining Lincoln, Brad was a Managing Director at Andersen Corporate Finance, where he focused on building their global investment banking business and products industry team. Prior, Brad held numerous leadership positions within Coopers & Lybrand, including National Co-head of the valuations business and Head of the Midwest financial advisory services business in Chicago and Minneapolis.
Brad earned a Bachelor of Science from St. Cloud State University.
Perspectives featuring Bradley Akason
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E-commerce and the Compression of Retail Disruption
In recent years, the consumer shopping experience was already experiencing rapid upheaval with e-commerce growing from 6.5% of total retail sales in 2014 to 11.0% in 2019(1); COVID-19 only accelerated… Read More
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Awakening of the Healthcare Consumer
Since the beginning of the Information Age, there has been discussion around the importance, emergence, and empowerment of the health care consumer. This has been enabled and driven by rapid… Read More
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Consumers in Control & the Role of Brands
Lincoln Managing Directors discuss the way consumers are in the driver’s seat as it relates to branded and non-branded food companies. Click the banner above to watch the video. … Read More
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How Companies are Mastering the Internet Economy
Lincoln Managing Directors discuss the evolution of consumer behavior and what it means for the economy. Click the banner above to watch the video. Rob Brown: So why… Read More
Meet our Senior Team in Consumer
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It’s an exciting time to advise clients in the consumer sector. Major changes in consumer preferences and how products are purchased create a rich environment for business owners and investors to succeed.
Dirk Damegger
Managing Director & European Co-head of Consumer
Frankfurt![](https://cdn.lincolninternational.com/wp-content/uploads/Krule_Eddie_616.jpg)
I have a hands-on approach and bring energy, creativity and passion to every client transaction.
Eddie Krule
Managing Director
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I take a long-term approach to building relationships and understanding clients' businesses in order to provide timely and relevant advice.
Alex Masters
Managing Director & European Co-head of Consumer
LondonFirm details on FINRA’s BrokerCheck