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Webinar | 10 Weeks Into the COVID-19 Crisis: What We’re Seeing in European Deal Financings and Valuations

On May 28, 2020, Lincoln International’s European Debt Advisory and Valuations Groups led an exclusive “ZoomCast” interactive webinar with a panel of Lincoln’s capital markets experts discussing the fast-changing financing… Read More

Safeguarding the Smart Grid: Why Partnering Makes Sense for Utilities & Infrastructure and Cybersecurity Companies

The threat of cyberattacks has increased across the globe, with organizations seeing a 67% increase in the last five years. While protecting against cyberattacks is top-of-mind for nearly every business,… Read More

Engineering & Consulting Services Sector Adjusts Amidst COVID-19 Uncertainty

While construction has been deemed an essential service across most of the country since the start of the pandemic, there nonetheless has been an impact for Engineering & Consulting (E&C)… Read More

Webinar | UK Nursery Sector: Navigating the Financing Market in the COVID-19 Environment

On May 21, 2020, a panel of Lincoln International’s European capital advisory and healthcare experts discussed the impact of COVID-19 on financing markets in the nursery sector. Topics covered include:… Read More

Webinar | UK Nursery Sector: Navigating the Financing Market in the COVID-19 Environment

On May 21, 2020, a panel of Lincoln International’s European capital advisory and healthcare experts discussed the impact of COVID-19 on financing markets in the nursery sector. Topics covered include:… Read More

Affiliate Party Transaction Fairness Opinions During Down-Round Financing

The economic ripple effects of COVID-19 are already being felt in private equity (PE) portfolios around the world. While some portfolio companies are expected to successfully weather this challenging time… Read More

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

Company Values Teeter in Q1, but Q2 will Reveal Full Force of COVID-19 Impact

Before COVID-19 spread worldwide, middle market companies exhibited robust growth in the first two months of the year and the largest quarterly gain in five quarters, according to the Lincoln… Read More

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

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

Restaurants – Preparing for the Future

While restaurants remain hyper focused on managing near-term liquidity and current operations, owners and managers are starting to shift their thinking toward what business will look like in the new… 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

U.S. Capital Advisory in the Time of Coronavirus: Presentation

The novel coronavirus and related market volatility has threatened the health of many middle market companies and their lenders, reshaping capital markets on a near daily basis. In the past… 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