Expensive capital and tighter lending standards hurt M&A activity. Our market now faces both jumpy banks and higher interest rates. Do these conditions impact valuations? Closings? Will the debt ceiling standoff blow up the market? What’s the state of M&A as we approach summer 2023?
Bob Kipps, Managing Director, KippsDeSanto
Jean Stack, Managing Director, Baird
Susan Gabay, Managing Director, Houlihan Lokey
Joel Kallett, Managing Director, Clearsight Advisors
Jason Kaufman, President and M&A Practice Lead, The Chertoff Group
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