Tips from the trenches at Capital Connection[TM] deal makers offer M&A expertise for the tough times.

The advent of the most difficult deal market in decades has produced unprecedented challenges for deal makers. Pundits, columnists and professional advisers are quick to offer their views, but the deal makers in the trenches have the best perspectives. Come to Capital Connection and learn how other deal makers are approaching this historic market and answering these tough questions.

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Maximizing value

With uncertainty at an all-time high, the only prediction that everyone can agree upon is that what worked in the last five years will certainly not work in the next five years. Most deal makers have begun to plot new strategies. Come to Capital Connection and find out how other deal makers plan to maximize value in the coming months and years.

Sectors with strong deal flow

The ACG-Thompson Reuters Year-End 2008 Deal Makers Survey reports that most deal makers are bullish on the financial services, health care, energy and manufacturing/distribution sectors. In addition, 81 percent of survey respondents reported they believe the current market is a buyer's market. At Capital Connection, you will have the opportunity to test these survey results and determine for yourself if we truly are entering a historic buyer's market.

Finding financing in a credit crunch

Financing remains the single most common obstacle to closing a deal. Nearly half of the ACG survey respondents blamed the credit crunch for restricting deal flow, and nearly 60 percent believe they will have to put in more equity into...