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Kevin Conroy
Director
Chicago Mergers & Acquisitions Business Services kconroy@lincolninternational.com +1 (312) 506-2765I 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
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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
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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
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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
News & Media featuring Kevin Conroy
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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
Meet our Senior Team in Business Services
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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 & European Head of Business Services
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The transactions we work on are often trajectory-altering, with high stakes and pressure to get it right. We know our work, however challenging in the moment, is going to be impactful.
Mike Iannelli
Managing Director & U.S. Co-head of Business Services
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