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M&A in the New Tax Environment
While the impact of tax reform on the mergers and acquisitions market remains largely to be seen, it is expected to affect a multitude of factors in the sale of a business, from valuations, to negotiations, to how deals are structured. Doeren Mayhew Capital Advisors recently gathered a panel of experts to weigh in on the topic at our 10th annual M&A Insight discussion. The good news: Sellers are emerging as the likely winners. But the complexities created by the new law make planning for your sale more important than ever. Read on for emerging trends, expectations and key takeaways. Changes & Trends ...
READ NOWIs The National Market Rebounding Towards a Seller’s Market Again?
The merger and acquisition (M&A) market showed signs of decline in 2016 from the successive highs it set in terms of number of deals and deal value in 2014 and 2015, respectively. Prior to those years, and since the financial crisis in 2009, overall M&A activity in the United States had successively increased for the most part year-over-year until reaching record levels of deal volume and values in 2015. The Past Indicators Early 2015 was considered a “seller’s market” for middle-market businesses, however, that only lasted until M&A activity began to “taper off” in 2016 as deal volumes and valuations decreased. In ...
READ NOWM&A Insight 2016 Provided Growth Capital and Exit Alternative Strategies
Attendees at M&A Insight 2016 gained insight on top challenges related to exiting their business and opportunities to increase business value despite today’s economic conditions at a discussion featuring experts from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Comerica Bank, Doeren Mayhew Capital Advisors, Kiley Advisors and Main Street Capital. With nearly 100 C-level executives, and key merger and acquisition (M&A) players in the room, panelists addressed central topics facing businesses in today’s market, including: 1. Growth capital 2. Exit alternatives 3. Building value drivers 4. Credit markets Doeren Mayhew Capital Advisors’ Managing Director Tim Moore weighed in on current market conditions, including industries seeing increased ...
READ NOWTaking Advantage of Today’s Market Rates: Why Now is the Right Time
Fears of global recession hit markets hard at the start of the year, but have seemed to diminish slightly with central banks in key oversea markets continuing their quantitative easing measures to stave off recessionary tendencies in their home markets and the Federal Reserve (the Fed) holding interest rates steady. Although markets abroad and domestically have somewhat stabilized, global economic and financial backdrops are still looming. With a presidential election year upon us and disappointing U.S. GDP growth of an estimated 0.5 percent during the first quarter of 2016, the economic environment remains unpredictable. Anticipating macro-economic trends and taking advantage ...
READ NOWChallenges of International M&A Deals
Once a rarity, international mergers and acquisitions have become a regularity as overseas companies look to stake their claim in hot regions and sectors in the United States. If your company is in the market to start the M&A process, it may encounter some surprising international suitors. Domestic deals can be risky and fragile, but cross-border M&As have even more ways to fall apart. Sellers interested in attracting a foreign buyer and actually completing a deal must address the buyer’s needs and help them overcome any cultural hurdles they encounter. The M&A advisors and licensed investment bankers at Doeren Mayhew Capital ...
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