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Growth in Special Purpose Acquisition Companies
By Jamie McLean Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACS) are companies with “no or nominal operations and either no or nominal...
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May 13, 20203 min read
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Acquisition of Aveo Group by Brookfield
By Gleb Kuznetsov (University of Queensland) Overview of the deal Acquirer: Brookfield Property Partners Target: Aveo Group Implied...
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May 12, 20205 min read
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The Fight to Win the Hunger Games
By Julius Kalvelage In the food delivery industry, M&A activity and valuations have been at very high levels over the past years. There...
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Apr 28, 20205 min read
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Verizon's $500 Million Acquisition of BlueJeans
By Ryan Tenerowicz, Charlie Solnik, and Ory Ratoviz (California Polytechnic State University), Chris Leung, and Krystal Yip (University...
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Apr 26, 20205 min read
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Franklin Templeton’s $6.5 Billion Acquisition of Legg Mason
By Dylan Litt, Michael Lipsky, and Kyle Amelio (New York University), Ilya Korzinkin, Siddharth Sharma, Mihir Gupta, and Hugo Tay...
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Apr 20, 20206 min read
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The Impact of The Covid-19 Crisis on U.S. M&A Deals
By Dylan Litt, Kyle Amelio, and Michael Lipsky (New York University), Charlie Solnik (CalPoly), Mihir Gupta (University College of...
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Mar 29, 202011 min read
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PepsiCo’s $3.85 billion Acquisition of Rockstar Energy
By Steven Skomra, Dylan Barnacle, Zach Trotzky (Georgetown University), Christopher Gvenetadze, and Alessandro Carleo (Bocconi...
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Mar 21, 20205 min read
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Saudi Aramco's $69 billion Acquisition of SABIC
On March 27 2019, Saudi Aramco announced that it had come to an agreement to acquire a 70% majority stake in SABIC from the Public...
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Mar 16, 20206 min read
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Woodward and Hexcel's $6.4 Billion Merger
By Ilya Korzinkin, Mihir Gupta, Hugo Tay, Siddharth Sharma (University College London) Overview of the deal Acquirer: Woodward Inc....
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Mar 4, 20206 min read
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Specialisation in the Pharmaceuticals Sector
By Julius Kalvelage Many companies in the pharmaceutical industry are facing pressure to generate sales and profit while losing ground...
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Jan 31, 20204 min read
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Big Pharma's Patent Panic
By Julius Kalvelage Over the past years, large pharmaceutical companies have experienced a deterioration in their ability to grow...
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Jan 31, 20206 min read
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Consolidation is Key for the Automotive Industry
By Francesca Bandini The automotive industry is undergoing unprecedented changes on multiple fronts. Strong sales fluctuations and fierce...
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Jan 31, 20205 min read
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The Shrinkage of Public Markets
By Vincent Wess The shrinkage of public markets is a relatively recent phenomenon and is comprised of two main underlying trends. On the...
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Jan 31, 20206 min read
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The Rising Prominence of Activist Investors
By Jamie McLean Investor activism is where an individual or group “purchases large numbers of a public company’s shares and/or tries to...
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Jan 31, 20204 min read
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Prologis’ $12.6 billion Acquisition of Liberty Property Trust
Liberty Property Trust (LPT) emerged as a clear acquisition target with a robust portfolio of industrial properties in key U.S. markets...
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Dec 23, 20196 min read
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