This episode of Wholesale Change featured Newton Sears, Managing Director at Greenhill & Co., an advisory-focused investment bank dedicated to M&A, restructurings, financings and capital raising.

Newton and his firm work with many distribution firms and publish data about M&A activity within the industry. A frequent advisor to distributors, Greenhill offers expert insight executives can use to make better decisions about acquisition opportunities, recapitalizations, valuations and much more.

In our conversation with Newton, we talked about:

The state of the M&A market in distribution

How industrial distribution is perceived in the capital markets

What buyers of distribution markets focus on

What sellers should be prepared for when they consider putting their companies on the market

Whether you’re a buyer or a seller, a current or prospective investor or if you just want to know how an expert investment banker identifies what makes a distribution company great, you don’t want to miss this conversation.