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Session C

Settling Into the Current Deal Paradigm

Presented By: Riveron / Taft

If you're considering taking your company to market for any type of M&A transaction you've likely noticed we've entered a time with more uncertainty, greater volatility, and more stringent due diligence. What does that mean for executives looking to get deals done in this new ecosystem, and how can you best navigate today's environment to get your house in order so that you're able to close deals? Join this session for a frank conversation on what blocking and tackling looks like today.

Moderator:

Robert Berdanier
Managing Director
Riveron

Robert Berdanier is a Managing Director in Riveron’s Business Restructuring & Turnaround Services practice. His focus is on middle-market companies, both distressed and healthy, seeking financial and operational improvement through interim leadership and re-organization. Robert is a seasoned restructuring professional, with significant experience in the manufacturing, distribution & hospitality.

 

Panelists:

John Decker
Partner
Taft

John has expertise in complex business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, financings, private equity and venture capital investments, cross-border transactions, general contracts, and securities. He represents a diverse client base ranging from individual entrepreneurs and professional athletes to private equity firms, private foundations, and global businesses. In addition, John serves as outside general counsel to several firm clients in support of their day-to-day and strategic, long-term operations.

Gary Lewis
Founder & Managing Partner
Aquila Equity Partners

Gary is the founder and Managing Partner of Aquila Equity Partners, an entrepreneurial private investment firm focused on partnering with growth-focused management teams and operating businesses which generate between $500k and $10mm in EBITDA. He brings greater than 20 years of private equity investing, investment banking and operational experience to the firm, including involvement in approximately $8 billion in transaction and advisory assignments.

Gary began his career in investment banking with Banc of America Securities in New York City. While working in the firm’s Global Industrials and Services Group, he assisted middle market and Fortune 500 clients with mergers, acquisitions and divestitures and capital-raising transactions.

Ethan Linkner
Managing Partner
Muditā Venture Partners LLC

VC by day, builder by night. Co-founding Partner of Muditā Venture Partners. Currently deploying from $125m fund II. Pre-VC, I've built and sold multiple tech businesses. Eternal optimist and allergic to excuses. I also have an unusually high winning percentage at small claims raffles. Umich '06, Go Blue.

Conference Location

100 Townsend St.
Birmingham, MI 48009
Tel: (248) 642-7900