Contributors
Meet our Senior Team in Automotive & Truck
I leverage strategic insights and industry connections to unlock value for clients.
Joe Sparacino
Managing Director
Boston
What is the New Normal? A Closer Look at Automotive Demand & Supply Chain Impact
In April, U.S. light vehicle sales fell almost 50% year on year and resulted in a seasonally adjusted annualized rate (SAAR) of just 8.6m – significantly lower than any other… Read More
Education Technology & Services Market Update: Q1 2020
All subsectors took a hit in Q1 2020 as stock performance trended downward.
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
Dietrich Biller
Dietrich executes sell-side mandates on behalf of private equity clients, small and medium-sized enterprises and multinational corporations and has significant experience in a wide array of industries. As a member… Read More
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
Seven Software M&A Takeaways for Life After COVID-19
As technology investors consider where to be active amidst the COVID-19 crisis and the months that will hopefully follow later this year, we are increasingly being asked what “the market”… Read More
Industrial Technology Leaders are Likely Buyers for First Wave of Post-Pandemic Industrials M&A
The COVID-19 pandemic has already brought significant changes to the deal-making landscape. While regular-way deal activity has ground to a halt, strategic Industrial Technology buyers largely remain “open” and accessible.… Read More
Consolidation in Automotive Services Set to Accelerate with COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically altered the way people behave and how businesses operate. As part of those changes, society has also altered the way it moves. More specifically, in… Read More
Pet Sector M&A Insights and the Implications of COVID-19
In times of market volatility and economic downturns, investors gravitate to certain recession-resistant sectors. Generally, the pet care category grew through the Great Recession when compared to the broader economy,… Read More
Better Together… or Apart? Solutions for Struggling Joint Ventures and Minority Stakes in Portfolio Companies
As the world battles COVID-19 and businesses experience cash constraints, underperforming joint ventures and minority stakes will come under the microscope. Following evaluation, there are usually two basic options: 1. Exit… Read More
Human Capital Management Services Sector Update Amidst COVID-19
As Q1 2020 began, few could anticipate a disruption to the global economy of the breadth, depth and pace of that which we now face. Human capital services touch every… Read More
Outlook of COVID-19 Impact on Global Medtech M&A / Business Development
The Current Environment – Commentary COVID-19 is delivering a true one-two punch to the economy. The first punch stunned global markets with a complete shut-down of activity, but coming out… Read More
Lincoln International Welcomes Alexander Doll as Chairman of the Firm’s Lincoln International AG Supervisory Board in Germany
Lincoln International, a global investment banking advisory firm, today announced that Alexander Doll joined the firm as Chairman of the Supervisory Board for Lincoln International AG in Germany and as… Read More
unternehmeredition.de | State of M&A in Germany: COVID-19 and Beyond
Originally posted 4/24/2020 by unternehmeredition.de The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a drastic lockdown since March 2020, placing the global economy in unprecedented shock. The economic consequences are not yet… Read More
Ophthalmology Sector Thesis Strongly Intact with Demand Build-up Amidst COVID-19
Across the world, individuals are prioritizing human health and safety amidst the coronavirus pandemic, but hope is starting to dawn as countries, like Germany and the Czech Republic, begin easing… Read More
Pharmacies: The Right Prescription for Investors
Prior to the effects of COVID-19, UK community pharmacies were already undergoing significant change as a range of factors converge to transform the role of pharmacists within the primary care… Read More
In Manufacturing and Distribution, “Recession Resilience” Is No Longer Enough
For years, potential buyers asked management teams how their companies weathered in the Great Recession. The present pandemic will be the next test of company resilience and value. Until recently,… Read More
Articulating & Supporting Your COVID-19 Response “Playbook”
For years, potential buyers asked management teams how their companies weathered the Great Recession. It was a common question to gauge the agility, strategic thinking and fortitude demonstrated by leadership… Read More
The Role of “Physical Space”: New Constraints for Retail in a Post-COVID World
In an earlier COVID-19 article, we addressed how COVID-19 might impact consumer spending habits. In addition to shifts in spending behaviors, the very location where said spending occurs will be… Read More
COVID-19 Puts Spotlight on Organizational Investments in Human Capital Technology
Over the last decade, organizations around the world have debated the strategic merits and pace of investments in technology focused on the challenge of attracting, engaging and retaining talent. During… Read More
Trends in Digital Fitness
The Fitness Industry is Being Disrupted by New Business Models, Digital Delivery and Subscription Commerce The fitness industry has already been experiencing the massive growth of digital fitness, out-of-studio experiences… Read More
Interim/Post-COVID-19 Sector Outlook: Services & Products for Homebound Patients
Click the home healthcare sectors below to view key takeaways on the effects of COVID-19. Medical and Personal Services Skilled Home Healthcare Near term: REASONABLY STABLE / POSITIVE Long term:… Read More
M&A Market in Germany: Expected Revival after Coronavirus
Transactions will increasingly be characterized by distressed sales and defensive, less strategically motivated deals The corona crisis has left the global economy and M&A business in an unprecedented state of… Read More
Bradley Drake
Brad provides mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory services in Lincoln’s Industrials Group, specializing in the aerospace and defense (A&D) sector. He has executed cross-border sell-side and buy-side transactions for leading… Read More
Rethinking the Global Chemicals Supply Chain
The chemicals supply chain has always been global, because certain raw materials can only be sourced from, made in or distributed to certain areas of the world. Chemical manufacturers’ supply… Read More