General Session #1 - Market Update: Uncertainty Amid Positive Cycle Trends – M&A in 2025 

Hear from middle market M&A executives with deep private equity and strategic transactional experience as they discuss market dynamics that bring us to where we stand currently in the M&A cycle, including data on closed deals. The discussion will include current market characteristics and statistics, including deal volume, valuation and leverage dynamics, as well as trends under way that will shape the next 6 months of deal activity. Uncertainty is the new hallmark in US business environment, particularly as relates to tariffs and changes in the regulatory landscape, but interest rates continue to trend downward, there continues to be record un-invested (yet committed) capital availability, and there could be a record number of sellers coming to market, given the pent-up supply of private-equity owned portfolio companies needing an exit, and the continuation of the demographic wave.

CPE Credit: 1 - Specialized Knowledge