| ACG 101's Annual M&A Update. Total merger & acquisition deal volume in 2011 increased 24% from 2010, with over 16,000 transactions aggregating to $1.1 trillion in value. Multiples for middle market companies remained relatively strong in 2011, at an average of 8.2x EBITDA. With capital gains taxes expected to increase, corporate profits at all-time highs, and private equity firms sitting on a lot of cash, what will the M&A environment look like throughout 2012? Panelists: Thomas Murphy, Managing Director, M&A Capital, LLC;
Iain Douglas, Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Endeavour Structured Equity & Mezzanine Fund; Matt Sweetman, Senior Vice President and Regional Manager for Ventura & Santa Barbara, Wells Fargo Commercial Bank. Moderator: Richard Maire, Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP. See http://www.acg101.org |
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