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The Power List: Mergers & Acquisitions 2025
This edition of The Power List focuses on mergers and acquisitions.
Maxwell Bremer, Saul Ewing LLP
One challenge for the M&A market is continued uncertainty about the current economic climate and concerns about the future.
Ryan Brauer, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
Economic, and to a lesser extent with domestic M&A, geopolitical uncertainty has had a significant impact on dealflow the last few years, although that seems to have lessened over the prior quarter.
Frank B. Bennett, Fredrikson & Byron P.A.
The biggest challenges I currently see in the M&A world are: Macro Economic conditions — nationally and internationally — and their impact on the amount of equity and debt buyers are willing to commit to a transaction, and their impact on the[...]
Rachel Benedict, Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Partner at Dorsey & Whitney, Rachel Benedict’s M&A experience includes representing buyers and sellers in myriad transactions.
Christopher J. Bellini, Cozen O’Connor
The biggest challenge that I currently see is the disconnect between buyers and sellers on valuation.
Alfred Coleman, Saul Ewing LLP
A Q&A with Alfred Coleman about the M&A world and his career.
Chris Carlisle, Taft
As a buyer, the challenge is finding the right deal at the right value and with a compelling management team.
William M. Burns, Hanft Fride Law Firm
Providing high quality comprehensive service tailored to a client's situation and need without cutting corners and without bankrupting the client; keeping a strong trained team committed and dedicated to the client's goals; and competing with Metro f[...]
Morgan Burns, Faegre Drinker
I think the unpredictability and instability of the political environment has been a big challenge for the M&A market and will continue to be so for some time to come.
Harleigh E. Brown, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
Since 2022, the M&A market has been hampered by the Federal Reserve’s efforts to combat inflation, which has resulted in a higher cost of capital, geopolitical concerns and general concerns about the U.S. economy.
Sean Kearney, Fredrikson & Byron P.A.
Sean Kearney is chairman of Fredrikson & Byron P.A. and co-chair of the firm’s Private Equity Group.
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