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Exits Ahead, says Harris Williams' Bill Roman

“What we’re finding now is we’re having a lot of discussions with potential sellers about exiting properties,” says Bill Roman, a managing director at Harris Williams & Co. in this video interview with Mergers & Acquisitions editor-in-chief Mary Kathleen Flynn, which was shot at ACG Boston’s Growth Conference 2013.
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    The M&A Scene: ACG NY's Manufacturing & Logistics Conference
    Dealmakers recently gathered at Bank of America Tower for the ACG New York event "Made in the USA: Dealmaking in a US Manufacturing Revival," which featured keynote speaker Adam Max, managing partner at The Jordan Co. Panelists included Christopher Chase of Morgan Joseph TriArtisan; Robert Landis of The Riverside Co.; Joseph Powers of Bank of America Business Capital; and Michael Teplitsky of Wynnchurch.

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