At Transaction Advisors Institute's DealInsights Spring Symposium Quinn Carlson, Director at Duff& Phelps; Michael Teplitsky, Vice President at Wynnchurch Capital; Dawn Bartholomew, Vice President of Corporate Development at Huron Consulting Group; and Lee Wise, Vice President, Business Development, Mead Johnson Nutrition shared perspective on deals from their vantage point of business development, corporate development and private equity.

They fielded questions such as How to counter 'decision bias' that exists in an organization when considering deals? How to get proprietary deal flow and overcome reluctance of targets to engage in discussions? What strategies are effective in retaining talent post-deal?

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