HeyJaredViews From the Market
Stikeman Elliott provides creative Canadian legal services to clients around the world.In this series of 15-minute podcasts on private equity and midmarket M&A, with a focus on Canada, a wide range of industry participants discuss the deal market trends that they’ve been seeing.
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Building and Selling a Canadian Manufacturing Business | Chandra Davis (opens the original)
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What goes into preparing a family business for a successful sale? In this episode of Views from the Market, Mario Nigro speaks with Chandra Davis about the history and growth of Electro Cables, a wire and cable manufacturer in Trenton, Ontario, and the company’s eventual sale process. Topics discussed include: • How Chandra and her brother expanded Electro Cables by focusing on quality • Why they decided the timing was right to pursue a sale and new personal and professional goals • How preparat
Seller Preparation & Other Keys to Success | Thomas Bevilacqua & Robert Bezede (opens the original)
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What could better preparation mean for your exit value? Robert Bezede and Thomas Bevilacqua join Mario Nigro to share how their firm, Harmony Succession Partners, prepares sellers for successful exits in Canada’s increasingly sophisticated lower midmarket deal space. In this episode: • Why Harmony focuses on sell-side advisory for lower midmarket businesses • Why businesses with enterprise values of $3 million to $30 million are attracting a wider range of potential buyers • How succession-drive
The Future of Tech M&A: AI, Data, and Deal Dynamics | Mario Di Pietro (opens the original)
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How is AI changing the way technology companies are bought and sold? Mario Di Pietro, Co-founder and Managing Director of Origin Merchant Partners, joins Mario Nigro to discuss how AI is impacting Canadian tech M&A. In this episode: • How AI is influencing the valuation of technology companies • Why buyers, sellers, investors, and advisors are reevaluating long-term growth prospects • The continued strength of technology M&A activity in Canada • Why buyers are approaching transactions more cauti
Episode 164 - Making Midmarket Leaders: A CEO Coach’s Playbook (opens the original)
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Justin Joffe of Legate Partners joins us to share insights from his journey as an entrepreneur turned CEO coach, and what he believes makes a successful CEO. The discussion focuses on the challenges facing first-time business leaders, who must be able to balance big-picture thinking with detailed analysis, depending on the situation. While there is no one formula for success, Justin emphasizes the importance of being level-headed, highly organized and responsive to daily developments. Also impor
Episode 163 - Tech M&A and AI’s Impact: Insights from a Top Tech Advisor (opens the original)
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Anish Singla of Tequity Advisors, a sell-side tech M&A boutique focused on $20m-100m transactions, joins Mario Nigro for an insightful look at the state of tech M&A. After record activity in 2025, buyer concerns about AI disruption vulnerability are impacting certain tech sub-sectors, notably lightly-embedded point solution SaaS businesses. Anish notes that AI has moved rapidly to the forefront of diligence processes, with potential buyers seeking information in the early stages of the process.
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