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Normandy is pleased to have Ethan Safar join us for the summer of 2023. A rising Junior at BC and a Wisconsin native, Ethan joined the team in May and very quickly began supporting Normandy’s retained add-on searches. Along with researching and evaluating opportunities for our clients,… Read More...

Luke Hendry joined the Normandy team at the beginning of June. In only a few weeks’ time, Luke became deeply involved with several of our buy-side projects across several different industries. In addition to supporting the team with researching and evaluating opportunities for our clients, Luke is… Read More...

I am very pleased to share that last month, Normandy’s own Andrew Hadley participated in the final Charity Beanpot Challenge to support the Travis Roy Foundation. Read More...

Deal making activity set a record in the first half of 2021. A combined $456.6 billion worth of total deals in the U.S. closed in the first six months of the year, accounting for nearly two-thirds of all deal value recorded in 2020 (Pitchbook Q2 PE Breakdown).… Read More...

Andrew Luntz joined the Normandy team in early June, bringing the total number of ‘Andrews’ at the firm to three. In just a few short weeks, Andrew has added significant value to several of our retained buy-side searches, drawing on prior experience at a search fund and… Read More...

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted many aspects of the market in 2020, and private equity firms across all landscapes have been at the forefront of the changing environment. Deal volume, deal size, and fundraising all declined in aggregate in 2020. According to PitchBook’s 2020 Annual US PE Breakdown,… Read More...

Luke began interning with Normandy Advisors in late 2020. A quick learner, Luke has already made a positive impact on four of our retained buy-side searches, assisting with research and evaluation of acquisition opportunities, and providing us with detailed analysis of current M&A activity in the Middle… Read More...

If you are reading this post, you are looking at the new Normandy Advisors website! We are very excited about the launch of our new site which allows us to share more information about the projects we are working on and highlight what we are seeing on… Read More...

In July 2020, we asked nearly 200 professionals in the private equity industry to tell us about their experiences with buy-side advisory firms. Click "Read more" to see the results of our survey. Read More...

The unprecedented increase in capital in the private equity sector is forcing private equity firms to differentiate themselves to remain competitive. Private markets are at historical highs with a staggering $2.6 trillion allocated to private equity groups in the last ten years, according to Pitchbook. Read More...

With a current sourcing project in commercial product distribution, we reviewed consolidation trends in the industry. Examining Pitchbook data from the past three years on acquisitions of distributors by private equity firms, we found that transactions within the sector have steadily increased, especially in the past year… Read More...

As valuations continue to increase in the market, deal volume is predicted to decline. In Pitchbook’s most recent M&A report for 2Q 2017, they predict that the United States is “on pace for 18.5% and 23.6% year-over-year decreases [in total deal volume and value], respectively” from 2016… Read More...