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Recent events in Ukraine have injected a degree of uncertainty in financial markets and heightened uncertainty usually leads to a slowdown in new deal activity, as buyers and sellers assess the impact of events on their investment and business strategies. However, the extent to whether the situation in Ukraine leads to a slower deal volume or an actual decline in deal activity remains unclear.
Ken Hirsch Ken Hirsch is a managing director at middle-market investment bank Founders Advisors. Following the torrid pace of deal activity in the last quarter of 2021, we expected a brief lull in activity in the first quarter of 2022. The lull lasted about two weeks! Deals that carried over from 2021 and companies that were prepped for market but avoided the year-end crush quickly filled the calendar and deal flow remains unabated.
Ken Hirsch Ken Hirsch is a managing director at middle-market investment bank Founders Advisors. Thanks to the confluence of several factors, both business owners and private equity investors are likely to find more, and more attractive, opportunities for dividend recapitalizations than outright sales of middle-market businesses in the second half of 2021. Three trends are driving this focus on recaps.
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