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Transaction Preparedness: Due Diligence and Dealmaking in a Post-COVID Environment

Smart Business Dealmakers Conference Philadelphia


Online Event

Blank Rome LLP is proud to be a Supporting Sponsor of the Smart Business Dealmakers Conference Philadelphia, M&A in a Post-COVID World, where Partner Louis M. Rappaport will be a speaker. The event will be held online on Thursday, October 22, 2020, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. EST.

The conference presents an all-star lineup for discussions on the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on dealmaking, plus one-on-one video networking with the entrepreneurs, investors, and advisers driving local M&A.

Lou will moderate the “Transaction Preparedness: Due Diligence and Dealmaking in a Post-COVID Environment” workshop session, which will take place from 11:00 to 11:40 a.m. EST. The panelists will be Lawrence Berran (CEO, iPipeline), Andy Brown (Director, Fairmount Partners), and Andrew Walter (Former CEO of Insight & Current VP of Operations of Kelly Education).

Other conference sessions include:

  • Dealmakers Roundtable: Managing Through Uncertainty
  • Acquisition Playbook: Building a Pipeline in a New Reality
  • Planning for Success in Your Liquidity Event
  • Sell-Side M&A Options: Closing the Deal
  • What’s Next for Your Family Business?
  • Preparing Your Privately Held Business for a Liquidity Event
  • Lessons from the Sell-Side Trenches
  • Building the Family Office

Also included are a keynote conversation with Sam Beiler, Founder, Spooky Nook Sports and Former Owner, Auntie Anne’s, and several virtual networking sessions.

For more information or to register, please visit the event webpage.