CHICAGO, Dec. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Karl D'Cunha, Senior Managing Director of Houlihan Smith & Company, Inc., will speak on the webinar panel, "Getting the Deal Done: Corporate Valuations in 2009," on Thursday, January 15th at 12:00 p.m. est., moderated by Dealmaker Magazine. Registration for the webinar can be found at: http://doubledownmedia.com/invites/Merrill_invite-1211_rev.html
Other participants on the panel with D'Cunha are a group of senior finance executives from leading financial organizations. The webinar will be moderated by Randall Lane, editor-in-chief of Dealmaker Magazine. Panel members include William Hupp, Chief Financial Officer of Adams Street Partners; Brian McCarthy, Corporate, Securities and M&A Transactional Partner at Skadden Arps, and Paul Hartzel, Senior Vice President of Merrill Corporation.
The panel will provide their own unique perspective on the importance of corporations and financial professional to properly value assets in the current deal market. The panelists will discuss the effect of valuations on emerging deal structures, the current uncertainty in valuation, the increasing responsibility of public companies towards valuations, and the circumstances that will effectuate certainty in this uncertain market.
HOULIHAN SMITH & COMPANY INC. ("Houlihan") is a national investment banking firm and is the leading provider of ARS Valuation and Investment Advisory services. The Houlihan name is synonymous with valuation and deal making expertise, leveraging years of experience, reputation and relationships. We are also a recognized leader in corporate advisory services, having successfully transacted more than 500 merger and acquisition, capital restructuring, private placement, bankruptcy services, and ESOP advisory engagements. http://www.houlihansmith.com. http://www.fairnessopinion.com. http://www.hedgefundvaluation.com.
Contact: Karl D'Cunha, CA
Senior Managing Director
Houlihan Smith & Company, Inc.
tel: 312-499-5929
fax: 312-499-5901
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