Membership Benefits

Benefits of Being an ACG Chicago Member

Your work is about people - making the right connections at the right time. ACG Chicago helps you make deals through exclusive networking events and keep your edge through relevant programming.

Powerful Networking - Bringing together local M&A professionals for idea exchange and deal making.

Relevant Programming - Keeping you up-to-date on the most current topics in M&A and market trends like benchmarking and market conditions

Rewarding Volunteerism - Further build leadership skills by leading leaders like you!

Dynamic Deal Opportunities - Numerous Chicago events and ACG Global’s annual deal-making events provide warm leads for you to drive quality business deals

Key benefits include:

• Opportunity to connect: 30+ local, in-person events a year - Breakfasts, cocktails, roundtables and more to connect and learn
• Premier networking: - Attend the ACG Midwest Capital Connection. Meet, greet and build relationships with capital providers, advisors, entrepreneurs and knowledgeable M&A partners who have an expertise in middle market M&A and profitable business growth.
• Leading-edge market intelligence: The powerful ACG Chicago and ACG Global network provides you access to essential up-to-the-minute news that impacts the M&A ecosystem.

Remember, when you become an ACG Chicago member, you also gain access to ACG’s 13,000+ M&A dealmakers and can save up to $1,000 on ACG events.

Our annual membership fee is $495, which covers 12 months from the join date through the end of that month. There is no initiation fee.

We also offer a special rate for Young Professionals (age 35 and under) who have never been members before: $395 per year for the first two years. After that, the standard annual rate of $495 applies.

We are an approval chapter to make sure the member community is built of active professionals dedicated to corporate growth. 

Join or Renew your membership today