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Summary
After a promising start to 2025 marked by several headline-making deals, the M&A landscape has shifted. New U.S. tariff policies and mounting market volatility are forcing dealmakers to recalibrate their capital deployment strategies. As companies refocus on core businesses, rethink geographic exposure, and hunt for stability, M&A strategies are evolving to address market challenges. Will portfolio reshuffling, divestitures, and opportunistic buying define the next wave?
Join M&A analysts and practitioners for a discussion on:
- Q2 Global M&A Snapshot: Key trends and capital market signals
- Tariffs & Turbulence: How new trade policies are reshaping deal making
- Strategic Resets: How buyers are pricing in risk and revising their criteria
- Lessons from the Past: What prior volatility cycles can teach today’s dealmakers
- Outlook for H2: Where the smart money is looking for resilience and rebound
- Private Equity Playbook: How PE is repositioning in this new deal environment
Moderator
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Ely Fal
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Associate Director of Market Development, Data & Research Solutions
Ely Fal is a market development associate in the desktop business development team based in London where his key focus areas are corporates and professional services in Europe. Throughout his time at S&P Global, Ely has worked with emerging start-ups and mature companies in private and public markets with scopes spanning Corporate Development, M&A, Strategy, Credit Risk, ESG and Business Development.
Speakers
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Joe Mantone
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Editorial Senior Lead, US Financial Institutions News
Joe Mantone is the News Desk Manager for the U.S. financial institutions group at S&P Global Market Intelligence and the author of a quarterly white paper on M&A and equity capital markets activity. He also hosts the new podcast The Pipeline: M&A and IPO Insights.
Joe joined the U.S. FIG team in 2008 and covered investment banks for more than 10 years before moving into his current role. Joe has been working as a business journalist for nearly 20 years and previously worked for The Wall Street Journal and the Crain Communications magazine, Modern Healthcare. Joe is based in New York.
He holds a master’s degree in journalism from Roosevelt University and a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Arizona State University.
Houlihan Lokey
Sean Murphy
Houlihan Lokey
Managing Director and Head of Transaction Advisory Services
PwC US
Liz Crego
Deals Clients & Markets Leader
Liz is a seasoned Deals Advisor with over 17 years of experience in the field of financial reporting and complex accounting. She specializes in the areas of capital markets, accounting and financial reporting associated with executing and facilitating complex transactions, including divestitures, capital raising activities and M&A. Her experience spans across industries including Private Equity, Industrial Products, Technology, Pharmaceutical, Financial Services and Retail & Consumer.
Liz previously worked in PwC's financial services audit practice and has worked in PwC’s Sydney, Australia office.
She also serves on the Board at the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation.
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