Regardless of what uncertainty exists in the market or from where it originates, deals continue to get done. However, doing deals during more turbulent times takes some strategic maneuvering.
On the Smart Business Dealmakers Podcast, a few folks from Riveron: Alex Shahidi, Transaction Services Leader, Jeff Bernstein, Equity Capital Markets Leader, and Ryan Gamble, Tax Advisory Leader, explore the current deal environment, and the factors affecting public and private dealmaking. They talk tariffs, capital and debt markets, legislative changes affecting tax, IPO, SPACs and other factors that affect the execution of M&A deals in uncertain times. Here’s an excerpt:
“The things that are going to become important over the next three or four months as a result of the tax policy and as a result of the tariff back and forth is, is the consumer holding up? And are corporate CFOs scared enough to adjust their budgets for lower spending at their companies, which obviously would impact the overall economy?” says Jeff Bernstein, Equity Capital Markets Leader, Riveron. “This is all still a TBD on the macroeconomic front. And the factors that we're considering right now are probably not the factors that we are going to be looking at at the end of this year.”
