ACG Boston’s 2026 M&A Outlook Forum to examine dealmaking conditions amid evolving macroeconomic signals

Event set for Feb. 26 at the UMass Club in downtown Boston

The Association for Corporate Growth’s Boston chapter will hold its 2026 M&A Outlook Forum on Feb. 26, 2026, bringing deal professionals together for an afternoon-and-evening program focused on macroeconomic conditions and how they may shape mergers and acquisitions in the year ahead. The event is scheduled from 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern at the UMass Club Boston, located at One Beacon Street.

The forum is structured as a content program followed by a networking reception, reflecting the organization’s role as a convening platform for middle-market transaction participants, including investment bankers, private equity professionals, lenders, attorneys, and corporate executives.

Program format: presentations, then peer discussion and networking

Organizers have outlined a three-part agenda:

• 3:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.: Registration
• 4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.: Speaker presentations
• 5:15 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.: Networking reception

The stated objective for the opening segment is a forward-looking discussion of macroeconomic trends influencing the dealmaking environment in 2026. The program is expected to conclude with an interactive conversation among dealmaking peers, centered on how participants are interpreting current conditions and where they see opportunities emerging across the M&A landscape.

The forum is designed to open with a macro-focused outlook and close with an interactive exchange among dealmakers on the evolving M&A environment.

Speakers and roles

Two speakers are listed for the 2026 program:

• Morgan Ley, managing director in the Consumer & Retail group at G2 Capital Advisors, whose professional background includes M&A and capital-raising advisory roles in middle-market transactions.
• Josef B. Volman, a partner at Blank Rome and co-chair of the firm’s Boston office, who is slated to serve as moderator.

Registration pricing and sponsors

Registration is priced at $150 for members and $250 for non-members. Sponsorship listings for the event include Blank Rome and J.P. Morgan.

Context: a recurring Boston-area forum for middle-market deal professionals

The M&A Outlook Forum is positioned as an annual ACG Boston program. The 2026 agenda maintains the same overall time window and venue as the 2025 edition, reinforcing its role as a recurring early-year checkpoint for transaction professionals assessing market conditions, financing availability, and sector-level dynamics before the spring deal cycle.

The forum also sits within a broader calendar of ACG Boston events scheduled through 2026, including larger regional gatherings later in the year that similarly focus on networking and deal flow among middle-market participants.