Mergers and Acquisitions — Deals That Make Sense

“We will see more involvement by private equity firms sponsoring an executive to do a buyout, then employing a buy-and-build strategy,” he says. “We’ll see more regional deals and more line extension-type transactions, like a package printer buying another with a different product line.

“The buyers are definitely smarter and are doing a better job of due diligence. There’s better rationale for the deals that they make.”