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In collaboration with the Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors (AMAA), our webinar on current trends in mergers and acquisitions took place on Tuesday, January 30th at 16:00 GMT.
In collaboration with the Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors (AMAA), our webinar on current trends in mergers and acquisitions took place on Tuesday, January 30th at 16:00 GMT.
Questions answered included:
- Are companies currently looking to purchase others or are they holding onto their money?
- Which will be the most active sectors in terms of M&As in 2018? How come?
- What are the main tax-related issues companies must take into account when involved in mergers & acquisitions?
- How will dropping corporate tax rates throughout the world affect the M&A sector?
- When it comes to M&As, are consulting firms also advising on HR due diligence or do they still consider the human side of M&As as a "collateral damage" to be included in the forecasted profits and losses?
- And plenty more!
Submit Your Questions
If you have any other questions besides those listed above, here’s your chance to have our presenter cover it. Please feel free to submit as many as you’d like as we’re sure Chris would be happy to tackle them.
Speakers
Chris W. Blees,
President and CEO,
BiggsKofford,
USA
Chris is a CPA and Middle-Market Investment Banker specializing in the sale of closely held companies to institutional buyers.
Chris began his career with a 30-person CPA firm, BiggsKofford, located in Colorado Springs. In 2004, Chris launched the firm’s M&A practice, known as BiggsKofford Capital. In 2007 he was also appointed as the CPA firm’s Managing Partner. Chris has become a leader in the M&A sector, through his involvement in over 300 merger, acquisition, and sale transactions.
Chris is active nationally in the M&A profession and was instrumental in developing M&A certification curriculum taught in Executive MBA programs at Pepperdine, Loyola, DePaul, and Wake Forest Universities. He is a member of the “Founders Circle” and currently sits on the Board for the Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors, headquartered in Chicago. Chris serves as the lead instructor for the Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor (CM&AA) designation, having personally instructed over 1,000 Certified M&A professionals throughout the world.
Wiley Finance Publishing engaged Chris as co-author of “Middle Market M&A”, which was published in 2012 and is now used in continuing education courses and by investment bankers and M&A advisors around the world. Chris is a CPA, ABV, CM&AA, and he holds Series 7 and 79 Investment Banking licenses through Aaron Capital.
Chris can be reached at [email protected].
