Ice Miller's Business group is sponsoring the Smart Business Dealmakers Conference in Columbus. Partners Rob Ouellette, Tom Pampush, and Cathy Strauss are members of the Host Committee.

View the full agenda.

About the Event:

The Smart Business Dealmakers Conference connects thousands of local dealmakers - from middle-market CEOs to top investors and lenders to leading M&A advisers.

With sessions ranging from raising capital to buying and selling companies to alternative asset investing, our conference covers the breadth of the M&A landscape.

Discount Code:

Use the promo code ICE250 for $250 off your event ticket.

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Partner Jim Smolik will be moderating the keynote panel titled "Looking Back; Looking Forward: The Past Decade of M&A."

Panel Description:

The M&A landscape has been reshaped by changing valuations, new sources of capital, evolving buyer and seller expectations, and economic uncertainty. This opening keynote brings together perspectives from private equity, investing, entrepreneurship and the advisory community to examine how the dealmaking playbook has evolved. The panel will explore lessons from the past 10 years, how the relationship between capital and operators has changed, and what those experiences can tell us about where M&A is headed next.

Moderator:

• Jim Smolik, Partner, Ice Miller

Panelists:

• Austin Berning, Vice President, Stonehenge Partners
• Chimdi Chekwa, Co-Founder, Pit BBQ Grille; BILT Connections
• Erika Oku, Senior Investment Associate, 3A Partners