Economic Uncertainty and Its Impact on Deal Readiness
Presented By: MelCap Partners, LLC / Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Are you and your team prepared to consummate a deal? As economic uncertainty increases, a group of c-suite executives, investors, and M&A advisors will take a deep dive into which factors are truly influencing transactions of every type and how to prepare yourself and your team members to close transactions.
Moderator:
President
MelCap Partners, LLC
Al Melchiorre is President and founder of MelCap Partners, a middle market investment banking firm that he founded over 22 years ago, Over the past few years, MelCap has been recognized as boutique investment banking firm of the year multiple times by The M&A Advisor. MelCap's clients are predominately privately-held, family owned businesses going through a once in a life-time transaction.
Panelists:
Co-founder & Former President
Gibson Machinery LLC
In 1980, at the age of 27, Lee Gibson and a partner purchased a small construction equipment distributorship in Eastlake, Ohio and grew the business over the next two decades. In 2003, Lee and his wife Larysa founded Gibson Machinery LLC, a distributor of construction, paving, demolition, and material handling equipment to a diverse base of customers across Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and adjacent states. Gibson was also an exclusive dealer for five leading OEMs; including Doosan, Sennebogen, Genesis, Dynapac, and Indeco. As the company grew, Lee and Larysa brought their daughters, Meredith and Lauren into the business, where they held management positions. Lee and his family sold the company to Alta Equipment, a NYSE company, in September 2021.
CFO
Vytalize Health
Kevin serves is the Chief Financial Officer at Vytalize Health. Previously, he was an investment banker with Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers and Bank of America focused on healthcare services for over 20 years where he completed over $100 billion of Mergers, Acquisitions and Financings and, more recently was CEO of Ceras Health, a leading provider of RPM products and services. Kevin holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from M.I.T.
Partner
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Brandi Weekley is a Partner in Taft’s Business practice group, and has substantial experience advising private equity sponsors and strategic investors in connection with complex merger, acquisition, and divestiture transactions. As a transactional lawyer, she also counsels private equity funds, venture capital funds, and emerging growth companies on all aspects of capital formation, private placements and general corporate matters.