A Deep Dive on the Sell Side
Presented By: EdgePoint Capital and Clark Hill PLC
Effectively selling your business can be complicated, but highly rewarding when you have a great team of advisers working to keep your transaction on track and secure you the best possible price. Entrepreneurs and experts will share best practices learned from decades of dealmaking.
Moderator:
Managing Director
EdgePoint Capital
John serves as a managing director of the firm, managing client transactions, leading business development initiatives and providing leadership for the team. He leverages his technical and business experiences to identify and advise companies contemplating ownership transition through a sale, acquisition or management buyout. He has a proven track record of delivering creative and innovative solutions to middle-market businesses, with a focus on entrepreneurs and closely-held family enterprises.
Panelests:
Member in Chargeof Pittsburgh Office
Clark Hill PLC
Jeff’s primary areas of practice are mergers and acquisitions, general corporate, commercial and real estate finance and real estate law. He regularly represents private equity groups, small, middle-market and large corporations, lenders, borrowers and real estate developers in a variety of transactional matters and matters involving general corporate advice. Jeff has been selected as one of the Best Lawyers in America.
President and CEO
MC Sign Co.
Since purchasing MC Sign Co. in 1994, at age 24, Tim has grown the company from a traditional sign company into what is now a large sign company serving clients on a national basis in signage, project management, lighting, and sign maintenance services. Today, MC Sign Co. is a cutting-edge industry leader, operating throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Guam.
Director of Corporate Development
Wabtec Corp.
Chris is a director of Corporate Development at Wabtec Corp., a publicly traded railroad components supplier with $4 billion in sales. Chris is responsible for the company’s global M&A activities. Prior to joining Wabtec in 2015, Chris was an investment banker with M.M. Dillon & Co., CRT Capital Group and Parker/Hunter.
Managing Partner
Main Street Capital Holdings LLC
Dennis has been at Main Street Capital Holdings, a Pittsburgh-based private equity firm, since 2008. He oversees sourcing, evaluation, execution and portfolio company management activities. Prior to joining Main Street, Dennis spent over 10 years at Fortune Brands Inc., a $8.5 billion global consumer products conglomerate, where he worked in the Strategy and Corporate Development Group on a variety of merger, acquisition, divestiture and strategic alliance projects.