A Deal Makers Balance Defense Gloom With Civil Boom
Senior managing director of Houlihan Lokey, Anita Antenucci.
Senior managing director of Houlihan Lokey, Anita Antenucci.

The Paris Air Show attracts not just buyers and sellers of aircraft and related equipment, but also the buyers and sellers of the companies that make them. The aerospace and defense sectors have been hotbeds of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in recent years, and the bankers who guide and cajole these deals have once again flocked to Le Bourget.