What Dealmakers Are Thinking in 2017

Deal flow is set to be “pretty busy” in the first half of 2017, after a transaction hiatus by many private equity firms in 2016, according to EY’s Bill Stoffel. He also weighs in on what companies and dealmakers are considering when it comes to carve-outs, divestitures, and add-ons; what impact interest rates are having on deals; and what the level of interest by PE players is in exiting via IPOs.