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Our passion inspires us to push limits and lead the way. This gives us the opportunity to inspire and serve our clients. The articles below are related to our thought leadership in our various industries, investment banking and Mergers & Acquisitions.

Event Album: Meridian Capital Partner Appreciation 2019

May 7, 2019

It's been a great year for us at Meridian Capital, in part, because of our professional partners and their support! We hosted over 100 of our Pacific Northwest partners at the London Plane in Seattle. This spring celebration was an opportunity to re-connect with our community of partners and providers and support our greater community... Meridian [...]

Event Recap: PNAA Thought Leadership Dinner

March 12, 2019

Imagine over 650 decision makers and strategists from the world's most influential aerospace companies in one place. Then imagine 70 of the industry’s top professionals from this pool of 650 in an intimate, sit-down dinner listening to industry experts Dr. Kevin Michaels of AeroDynamic Advisory, Richard Aboulafia from the Teal Group, and Dr. Vivek Saxena of [...]

Artificial Intelligence: Global M&A Update

January 17, 2019

Our Principal & Managing Director, Patrick Ringland, contributed to the 2018 Q3 Global M&A Partners' Newsletter focused on Artificial Intelligence. Patrick leads Meridian Capital's Technology Team. He has advised clients across an assortment of industry segments, including biotech, pharmaceutical, technology, media, and telecommunications. He has successfully advised Fortune 50 companies and privately held businesses and entrepreneurs on a [...]

5 Factors Leading Tech Startups to Choose Acquisitions Over IPOs in 2018

December 4, 2018

Author Tyler Kjellesvik Analyst Tech Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) have a way of grabbing the public’s attention. In 2018 alone, Shopify, DocuSign, and Dropbox all made headlines by going public and are now trading at healthy valuations.   But many tech companies have quietly been choosing a different route this year, foregoing the high-profile IPO [...]

Family Business – Ownership to the Kids: Gift or Sale?

August 1, 2018

Parents wishing to transfer their family businesses to their children have a couple of options.  They can give their business to them.  Or, they can sell it to them.  These choices aren’t binary – they can be used in combination with one another.  Either choice will be better, however, if preceded by careful thought and [...]

M&A 101: What investment bankers do in mergers and acquisitions

June 4, 2018

One of our vice presidents, Giovanna Burns, spoke with Pitchbook about the basics of investment banking. Giovanna plays an essential role in transaction execution and supports Meridian Capital's business development initiatives. She has provided advisory services to middle-market companies across various industries on transactions including buy-side and sell-side engagements, IPOs, debt issuances and growth equity raises. [...]

Family Business – Cultures

January 10, 2018

In early 2016, two psychologists, Dennis Jaffe and James Grubman, published a book entitled Cross Cultures: How Global Families Negotiate Change Across Generations. In this book, the authors identify three business cultures that prevail in family businesses worldwide.  Each family business tends to fall into one of them.  And understanding which culture defines a particular family business [...]