Eric Cantor

Former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor joins us now, currently of MOLUS.

And I want to start on the economy and all of these deals that we see going on.

I mean, is this just an incredibly robust deals pipeline on the heels of a benign economy and wide open capital markets?

I think you're right.

I mean, I know at Mollis, you know, our bankers are really busy as we come into the very end of the year running through the tape.

And so there's a lot of dialogue.

We're in the business of advising on transactions.

Transactions are a tool for companies to accelerate growth, to figure out how to better position, to gain efficiencies.

And as you say, they're accommodative capital markets right now, too.

And so we are seeing just a lot of dialogue, a lot of activity.

And I think a general optimism as we come to the New

What's interesting is in markets right now, you're seeing a bit of skepticism, pushback.

Broadcom, perfect example of that.

We also saw that with Oracle.

Debt investors are saying you need to pay up a little bit more.

As vice chair of MOLUS, are you seeing that pushback in any way, shape, or form?

Or are deals just coming out of the woodwork in ways that keep even your associates really busy?

You know, I think if you look at the strategic sort of universe, I mean, they are and have always had a list of where they're heading in terms of targets and the kind of deals they want to do.

And certainly in the sponsor world, there are other sort of forces at work, you know, the need to recycle capital, you know, assets that may need to go into a continuation fund.

There are all types of different tools available for clients, investors, sponsors, strategics.