Meet our Senior Team
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
FrankfurtThe 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 & Co-head of Business Services
ChicagoInformation Technology Services Market Update Q4 2020
In line with strong public stock performance in the fourth quarter of 2020, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) volumes in the information technology (IT) services segment were also robust.
Human Capital Management Services Market Update Q4 2020
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in human capital management services was up significantly in Q4 as compared to Q3. However, the activity level still represented a slight decline from Q4… Read More
Chemicals Quarterly Review Q4 2020
The continued chemicals & materials market recovery in Q4 2020 reflects the growing optimism in the market as the United States and global economy continue to recover from the COVID-19… Read More
Restaurants DealReader 2H 2020
As restaurant owners leave a challenging 2020 year in the rear-view mirror, the industry must now navigate a similarly unique period ahead with the ongoing uncertainty caused by the pandemic.
Education Technology & Services Market Update: Q4 2020
While uncertainty around school re-opening plans persisted through the summer, schools’ ability to operate (admittedly at varying levels of effectiveness) remotely proved a boon to a whole segment of the… Read More
Lincoln International Releases Proprietary Q4 2020 Middle Market Index
Despite the challenges stemming from the pandemic, the concerted efforts of private equity funds, private debt lenders and their portfolio company management teams led to a substantial resiliency in private… Read More
Distribution Quarterly Review Q4 2020
The record recovery reported in our last Distribution Quarterly Review continued to take hold and gain momentum through the end of the year. Everyone watching the equities markets observed the… Read More
EMS Quarterly Review Q4 2020
There were 26 EMS transactions recorded in 2020, slightly down from the 29 recorded in 2019. The primary driver of the consistent transaction activity was due to the favorable EMS… Read More
Facilities Services Market Update Q4 2020
Despite the challenges brought on by COVID-19, businesses were largely successful in adjusting to the “new normal.” Within the facilities services sector, we have seen a substantial recovery in M&A… Read More
Packaging Quarterly Review Q4 2020
After an initial slowdown in activity due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) during early 2020, we witnessed a substantial rebound in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in Q4 2020. Within the… Read More
Q4 2020 Lincoln Senior Debt Index
Since inception, the only quarter in which the Lincoln Senior Debt Index meaningfully declined was Q1 2020 due to the impact of COVID-19. Senior loans returned positive returns of approximately… Read More
Chemicals Quarterly Review Q3 2020
During Q3 2020, the Lincoln International chemicals & materials indexes and S&P 500 continued to show positive signs when compared to earlier in 2020. The recovery largely reflects greater optimism… Read More
Information Technology Services Market Update Q3 2020
The information technology (IT) services sector saw its share of fallout from the impact of COVID-19. Following an initial jump in expenditures focused on the immediate facilitation of remote and… Read More
EMS Quarterly Review Q3 2020
COVID-19 has slowed many industries, but the EMS industry has shown resiliency in the current market conditions. EMS organizations are continuing operations and adapting, as necessary. Despite the challenging economic… Read More
Human Capital Management Services Market Update Q3 2020
Despite September showing a slowing of momentum in the labor market recovery, the economy has done better than many forecasters expected in the spring. Regaining just over half of the… Read More
Lincoln International Releases Proprietary Q3 2020 Middle Market Index
The impact of COVID-19 on most companies’ financial performance has been much less impactful than originally expected, with the majority of companies now beating COVID-19 adjusted year-to-date budgets and enterprise… Read More
Education Technology & Services Market Update: Q3 2020
Despite continued uncertainty around the impact of COVID on primary, secondary and post-secondary schools across the U.S. and globally, interest levels amongst investors in education assets, and particularly ed tech… Read More
Facilities Services Market Update Q3 2020
Across the globe, the facilities services M&A market regained traction in Q3 2020.
Distribution Quarterly Review Q3 2020
2020 has progressed with continued surprises, mainly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As quickly as the economy and public, credit and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) markets deteriorated over the course… Read More
Packaging Quarterly Review Q3 2020
Since Q1 2020, the Coronavirus pandemic (“COVID-19”) has had a widespread impact on the global economy and slowed down mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in the middle market. However, across… Read More
Request Form: UK Restaurant Sector Analysis & Benchmarking
Select highlights Chained restaurants grew through last recession Sales at chained full-service restaurants grew each year during the last recession (whilst independents took 3 years to return to 2007 sales… Read More
Waste Services Market Update August 2020
Q2 2020 presented unprecedented changes for waste services businesses due to the rise of COVID-19.
Chemicals Quarterly Review Q2 2020
During Q2 2020, the Lincoln International chemicals & materials indexes and S&P 500 rebounded from the prior quarter. The recovery largely reflects more optimism in the market after the United… Read More
Education Technology & Services Market Update: Q2 2020
All subsectors posted price gains in Q2 2020 as stock performance trended upward.
Human Capital Management Services Market Update Q2 2020
As the historically rapid decline in U.S. employment levels following the COVID lockdown bottomed and reversed in Q2, the human capital management services companies tracked by Lincoln similarly saw improvement… Read More