NEW YORK, July 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The Deal, a
business unit of TheStreet (NASDAQ: TST), will bring its popular
forecasting conference to Chicago
for the first time this fall to examine the outlook for deal
activity in the middle market. Senior executives, influential
dealmakers and investors will gather for The Deal Economy
Chicago Conference at the University Club on September 24 to discuss how despite uncertainty,
transactions in the middle market have remained strong and will it
continue through 2018.
Speakers include:
- Patrick Burns, Senior Vice
President, Strategy, Dover Corporation
- Brad Charchut, Managing
Director, Credit, Bain Capital Credit, LP
- Michael Hollander, Principal,
GTCR
- John Mims, Vice President,
Corporate Development, Echo Global Logistics, Inc.
- Mark Nicholson, Vice President,
Corporate Development, Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.
- J. Daniel Plants, Founder and
Chief Investment Officer, Voce Capital Management
- Sheryl Schwartz, Managing
Director, Caspian Private Equity
- Kurt Summers, Treasurer,
City of Chicago
- Elizabeth Williams, Senior Vice
President Strategy and Corporate Development, Tenneco Inc.
"Dealmaking is in one of its hottest stretches since the
financial crisis and M&A in the middle market, in particular,
remains as active ever," said Michael D.
Brown, Co-Editor of The Deal. "From large corporates in
search of new and exciting ideas to big-name PE funds and activist
investors looking to smaller companies for better returns, just
about everyone is eyeing a piece of the middle market. The Deal
Economy Conference will shed light on the latest trends and
tactics."
The agenda will delve into the sectors and transactions types
that are seeing the most growth:
- Examining the Tech Explosion in the M&A Market
- Shareholder Activism: It's Not Just a Large-Cap Issue
- Private Equity in the Middle Market: Thinking Small to Grow
Big
- Winning Strategies for Corporate Dealmakers and Special
Situations
For more information including the full agenda and speaker
roster, please visit www.thedeal.com/dechicago. And follow the
social conversation via @TheDealNewsroom.
Supporters of The Deal Economy Chicago Conference include ACA
Aponix; Aon; Edelman; Goodwin; Fasken, McDermott Will and Emery; Innisfree and
Valuation Research Corporation. For information on how your
organization can participate, please contact Jonathan McReynolds at 212.321.5259
(jmcreynolds@thedeal.com).
The conference will be covered by The Deal and is open to
outside media.
About The Deal
The Deal (www.thedeal.com) provides actionable, intraday
coverage of mergers, acquisitions and all other changes in
corporate control to institutional investors, private equity, hedge
funds and the firms that serve them. The Deal is a business unit of
TheStreet, Inc. (NASDAQ: TST, www.t.st), a leading financial news
and information provider. Other business units include TheStreet
(www.thestreet.com), an unbiased source of business news and market
analysis for investors and BoardEx (www.boardex.com), a
relationship mapping service of corporate directors and
officers.
Contact: Nicole Harris,
212-321-5567, nharris at thedeal.com
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