Kevin Conroy

Director
Chicago Mergers & Acquisitions Business Services +1 (312) 506-2765
I am passionate about providing honest, useful advice to help clients achieve their professional and financial goals, while continually learning and building lasting relationships along the way.

Kevin provides mergers and acquisitions advisory services to clients in the specialty distribution sector. He has significant experience on sell-side and buy-side mandates, as well as recapitalizations and restructurings, and has executed both domestic and cross-border transactions for leading private equity (PE) groups, publicly traded companies and privately held and family-owned businesses.

Kevin has completed transactions with distribution companies across various end markets, including automotive aftermarket, building products, chemicals, electrical products and electronics, flow control, fluid power and handling, motion control, general industrials and education, among others. Kevin helps leading PE firms and large corporates develop and implement their strategies to capitalize on an attractive and highly dynamic sector of the economy.

Prior to joining Lincoln, Kevin began his professional career at CRA International, where he concentrated on valuation assignments in support of intellectual property litigation, as well as technical consulting mandates related to strategic branding and royalty negotiations.

Kevin graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in finance from the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame.

Perspectives featuring Kevin Conroy

Entering the Age of the AI Economy

Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to rapidly evolve and reshape industries and how people work. AI’s ability to analyze data, identify patterns and streamline operations makes it a powerful tool that… Read More

Distribution M&A: Outlook on 2024

The distribution sector has faced a series of challenges initiated and driven by the COVID-19 epidemic over the past several years. These have included changes directly attributable to the epidemic,… Read More

U.S. Distribution M&A Continues in an Evolving Market

Macroeconomic uncertainty, particularly the combination of widespread price inflation (and the Federal Reserve’s response to it) and expectations for a downturn in 2023, have eroded investor confidence since mid-2022, driving… Read More

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News & Media featuring Kevin Conroy

Lincoln International Grows Distribution Team, Establishes Presence in Richmond, Virginia

Lincoln International, a global investment banking advisory firm, is pleased to announce it has hired Ryan Mitchell as a Managing Director to lead the firm’s distribution efforts within the Business Services Group.… Read More

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