Strategic Acquisitions: Navigating Changes to Close the Deal
Presented By: Dickinson Wright PLLC / SD Capital
Explore the evolving landscape of strategic acquisitions and the factors influencing deal closures today. This panel will address new challenges in valuation, due diligence, and negotiation, highlighting how shifts in market dynamics, regulatory environments, and technology are reshaping M&A strategies. Learn how to adapt to these changes to successfully navigate the path from deal initiation to closing.
Moderator:
Member
Dickinson Wright PLLC
Scot manages the firm’s corporate, M&A, private equity, securities and tax practices, and is also the head of the cannabis group, which consists of more than 40 attorneys throughout the U.S. and Canada. He has extensive experience in corporate, mergers and acquisitions and tax law and has served as lead counsel in mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, private offerings, venture capital financings, mezzanine debt offerings, divestitures and other related financial transactions, in a number of industry sectors, including the cannabis industry.
Panelists:
Chairman & CEO
FST Logistics, Inc.
Matt is currently the Chairman/CEO and President of FST Logistics, Inc. FST Logistics (FST) is a 100% employee owned, third-party logistics provider based out of Columbus, Ohio, with over 500 employees.
Matt’s career started in the wholesale electrical distribution industry, serving the industrial, automation and construction sectors, and has expanded through many facets of supply chain and technology. This broad background provides him with a very deep understanding of the supply chain and the many ancillary lines of business within the supply chain, from new construction through final delivery of goods.
As a serial entrepreneur, Matt’s focus has always been on creating very efficient and very effective business operating processes through the utilization of technology. Matt’s broad experience in new construction, facilities, finance, sales & marketing, operations and technology allows him to provide valuable insight across the enterprise.
Matt resides in Dublin, Ohio with his wife Stacy and their youngest son Blake.
Managing Partner
Schneider Downs Capital
In his role as a co-Managing Partner of Schneider Downs Capital, Pete Lieberman is responsible for managing deals and business development activities for its middle-market investment banking practice. He serves as a trusted advisor to mid-market business owners and operators, guiding execution of more than 70 mergers and acquisitions and capital raising transactions since joining Schneider Downs in 2006.
Investor
Talisman Capital Partners
Cameron is a Columbus-based private equity investor with Talisman Capital Partners. He focuses on developing long-term investment partnerships with founder and family owned businesses with a focus on services companies across healthcare, consumer, business/industrial, and technology/software industries. Prior to joining Talisman, Cameron worked in mergers and acquisitions with Greenhill & Co. in New York City. He is originally from Zanesville, OH and is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD.