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I am a rigorous advocate for my clients with a hands-on, communicative approach, focused on delivering intense advocacy and outlier results.
Sean Bennis
Managing Director & Co-head of Industrials
ChicagoI 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
FrankfurtI enjoy leading clients and realizing their objectives, while structuring solutions to issues that are both intriguing and challenging.
Øyvind Bjordal
Managing Director | Head of Switzerland
ZurichJohnny Mullins
Johnny is a Senior Advisor to Lincoln’s Valuations and Opinions Group, providing practical perspective regarding best practices, governance and quality control, with more than 25 years of experience in asset… Read More
2023 Global Results
LevFin Insights Introduces Lincoln International’s Private Credit Snapshot
Originally posted by LevFin Insights in November 2023. Lincoln International’s Valuations & Opinions Group shared findings from their proprietary data with LevFin Insights as part of Lincoln International’s Private Credit… Read More
2023: The Year of the Staredown Between Buyers & Sellers and the First to Blink
Like a game of chess with a formidable opponent, 2023 has brought a veritable dealmaking stalemate. Record level private market transactions in 2021 and 2022 have been muted by macroeconomic… Read More
Lincoln International adds Chris Croft as Managing Director
Lincoln International, a global investment banking advisory firm, is pleased to announce that Chris Croft has joined as a Managing Director and co-head of the transaction opinions team in the… Read More
Chris Croft
As co-head of Lincoln’s transaction opinions team, Chris provides fairness and solvency opinion advisory services for mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity offerings, spin-off transactions, general partner-led continuation vehicles, dividend… Read More
Webinar | Valuations & Opinions Group Q4 2023 Private Market Webinar
Thank you for your interest in Lincoln’s Webinar: Valuations & Opinions Group Q4 2023 Private Market Webinar. All request submissions will be evaluated and a member of our team will… Read More
Webinar | Valuations & Opinions Group Q4 2023 Private Market Webinar
On December 5th, 2023, professionals from Lincoln International’s Valuations & Opinions Group hosted a webinar discussing insights from the latest proprietary database. Topics included: Private company enterprise value and leverage… Read More
Q3 2023 Lincoln Senior Debt Index
Lincoln International is pleased to release the quarterly Lincoln Senior Debt Index (LSDI). The LSDI represents years of research and analysis of data and was developed by professionals from Lincoln’s… Read More
Webinar | Q3 European Private Market Insights and Q4 Outlook
On November 16th, 2023, professionals from Lincoln International’s European Capital Advisory and Valuations Groups hosted a webinar discussing the state of Q3 European private markets. Topics included: Q3 Valuations Overview… Read More
Lincoln International adds William Epstein as Managing Director
Lincoln International, a global investment banking advisory firm, is pleased to announce that William Epstein has joined as a Managing Director in the firm’s Valuations & Opinions Group in Los Angeles. William… Read More
Riddhi Mehta
Riddhi performs valuation advisory services, primarily of illiquid securities, for business development companies, private equity groups and public and private companies across industries and geographies. Leveraging her more than a… Read More
Lincoln Private Market Index Increases Marginally on Higher Fundamental Performance Despite Multiple Pressure
While private companies continued to achieve earnings growth, revenue growth slowed for a second straight quarter The Lincoln Private Market Index (LPMI), the only index that tracks changes in the… Read More
Q3 2023 Lincoln Private Market Index
Lincoln Private Market Index Increases Marginally on Higher Fundamental Performance Despite Multiple Pressure The Lincoln Private Market Index (Lincoln PMI) reveals that in Q3 2023, private market enterprise values (EVs)… Read More
William Epstein
William provides fairness and solvency opinion advisory services in connection with many types of transactions including mergers and acquisitions, distressed financings, dividend recapitalizations, continuation vehicles, leveraged buyouts and spinoffs. Leveraging… Read More
European Market Buzz: Emerging Trends
The European market is bustling with a myriad of activities and developments. Richard Olson, Managing Director in Lincoln’s Valuations & Opinions Group, discussed some of these dynamics with several publications.… Read More
Performance Report: SaaS Enterprise Value and Leverage Analysis
Lincoln International analyzed more than 100 Software as a Service (SaaS) transactions and performed over 1,750 recurring SaaS portfolio valuations from 2020 to 2023 to identify potential pandemic and economic… Read More
UK Financial Conduct Authority Plans to Review Private Market Valuations
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) recently announced that it plans to review private market valuations. Richard Olson, Managing Director in Lincoln’s Valuations & Opinions Group, discussed the impact that… Read More
Real Deals | Adapting to the Dealmaking Drought
Originally posted by Real Deals on September 26, 2023. 2023 has seen slower deal activity across Europe and many are hopeful that the market will pick up in the near… Read More
Dividend Recapitalization Activity Shows Signs of Renewed Life
The dividend recapitalization market slowed down in 2nd half of 2022 as companies digested rising interest rates. However, in recent months, there has been an uptick in volume as borrowers… Read More
Webinar | Valuations & Opinions Group Q3 2023 Private Market Webinar
Thank you for your interest in Lincoln’s Webinar: Valuations & Opinions Group Q3 2023 Private Market Webinar. All request submissions will be evaluated and a member of our team will… Read More
Webinar | Valuations & Opinions Group Q3 2023 Private Market Webinar
On August 16th, 2023, professionals from Lincoln International’s Valuations & Opinions Group hosted a webinar discussing insights from the latest proprietary database. Topics included: M&A Transaction and Enterprise Value Trends… Read More
Webinar | Valuations & Opinions Group Q2 2023 Private Market Webinar
Thank you for your interest in Lincoln’s Webinar: Valuations & Opinions Group Q2 2023 Private Market Webinar. All request submissions will be evaluated and a member of our team will… Read More
Lincoln International Acquires Mumbai-based Valuations Provider, Expanding Presence and Offering in India
Adds 25 professionals to Lincoln’s growing, global Valuations & Opinions Group Lincoln International, a global investment banking advisory firm, announced today the acquisition of EthiQuant Analytics Private Limited (EthiQuant), a… Read More
LevFin Insights | EMEA Insight: Floor but no Ceiling: European Direct Lenders Keen to Prepare Loan Agreements for Falling Interest Rates
Originally posted by LevFin Insights on August 7, 2023. As inflation is easing and many are predicting interest rates will decline in the near term, direct lenders are requesting 1-2%… Read More