Virtual Roundtable: Exiting a Business in the COVID World

18 Mar 2021

Online

08:30 - 10:00


As the financial year draws to a close and business owners take stock, review strategy and plan ahead – join host Chris Maguire as he talks to our expert panel about selling a business during a pandemic.

Napthens dealmakers Keith Melling and Richard Robinson along with Private Equity Board Director Paul McClusky and Kieran Lawton, a Senior Investment Director at Palatine, will take us through the highs and lows of the past year and look to the future as they discuss:

  • What’s happening in the region’s M&A market?
  • What’s the appetite for funding?
  • What’s been the practical impact of Covid on deals?
  • Where are the opportunities – and the challenges?
  • Insight from those who’ve been doing the deals - with tips for selling in the current climate
  • Answering your questions

Our host

Chris Maguire: Award winning journalist and events host Chris Maguire is founder of iMeg Partnership and Executive Editor of BusinessCloud.

Our panellists

Keith Melling: a highly experienced, award winning corporate lawyer, Keith heads up Napthens corporate team and is a member of the firm’s Executive Board.

Richard Robinson: corporate partner and head of Napthens East Lancashire corporate team.

Paul McCluskey: Paul is a consultant and experienced Private Equity board director with a record of creating significant shareholder value and delivering strategic growth.

Kieran Lawton: a senior investment director with Palatine, Kieran works with entrepreneurial, dynamic, growing businesses, giving him insight into the principles of growing a business and the challenges faced.

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