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Samantha Jones

Samantha Jones is a former 5th-generation owner/President of a $50MM distribution business who successfully navigated a profitable sale to a competitor with a national footprint. She brings a balanced perspective to the mergers & acquisitions process, as both a growth-focused buyer and legacy-conscious seller.

Developing the Acquisition Muscle: How to Know if Your Business is Ready

Developing the Business Acquisition Muscle: How to Know if Your Business is Ready

Growing through acquisition can significantly elevate a business, but the process requires careful preparation. The successful acquirers we work with have completed a rigorous self-assessment to ensure they are fully ready, from clarifying the specific outcomes they need to create to understanding their internal capabilities and identifying the additional support they will need along the […]

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Structuring M&A Value in a Fractured Staffing Market

Structuring M&A Value in a Fractured Staffing Market

In our practice at Walden M&A, we continuously evaluate market shifts to help mid-market owners maximize their enterprise value. Recently, the staffing sector entered a period of subtle shifting, best described by public transactions translating into valuation differences at the negotiating table. We are no longer looking at a simple economic slowdown; the market appears […]

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The Data Center M&A Gold Rush

The Data Center Gold Rush: Why Infrastructure Contractors Are Seeing Record Multiples

The current landscape for specialized contractors feels like a modern-day gold rush. We are witnessing an AI-driven infrastructure supercycle transforming data centers from standard commercial builds into mission-critical industrial powerhouses. For middle-market business owners serving business construction (in the architectural, engineering, mechanical, electrical, or plumbing trades, for example), this shift has led to continued increases […]

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