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AB InBev, Blackstone override value gap (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Valuation gaps continue to stem dealflow, so motivated buyers and sellers are using some creative deal structures to complete transactions. Blackstone Group LP's (NYSE:BX) $2.3 billion acquisition (The Deal Pipeline subscription required) of Anheuser-Busch InBev SA's (NYSE:BUD) Busch Entertainment Corp. is a case in point. The deal includes a provision in which...

Posted on October 8, 2009 10:35 AM

Sullivan's Aquila on joint venture due diligence (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Due diligence can be a highly complicated exercise. It becomes even more so when the target company is involved in a joint venture that includes one or more partners. In this edition of Inside The Deal, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP M&A partner Frank Aquila says in this scenario a buyer...

Posted on August 11, 2009 8:37 AM

Distressed deals: Strategics coming on strong (from Corporate Dealmaker)

It's been nearly six months since we reported in The Deal magazine that more and more corporate acquirers were eying the distressed market for potential targets. So, did they arrive? If we narrow the definition of distressed deals to transactions involving a bankrupt seller, the answer is yes. According to...

Posted on June 15, 2009 9:00 AM

Sullivan & Cromwell's Aquila on distressed M&A (from Corporate Dealmaker)

The number of distressed M&A transactions doubled between 2007 and 2008 and will continue to increase, says Frank Aquila, a partner in the M&A group at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. In this edition of Inside The Deal, Aquila says there is a "staggering amount" of high-yield debt coming due in...

Posted on May 15, 2009 3:40 PM

Dealmaking in a down economy (from Corporate Dealmaker)

We've been talking to Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's Frank Aquila lately about buying assets out of bankruptcy. You can check out his column in The Deal magazine here, and we'll have a video interview posting soon. But Aquila hit on another topic of interest to our readers over at BusinessWeek...

Posted on April 7, 2009 9:53 AM

M&A shines in stormy economy (from Corporate Dealmaker)

The stock market is hovering in or around bear territory, job creation is down, unemployment is up, consumer confidence is in the tank. And, yet, M&A rages on -- despite private equity's break. In the current issue of The Deal newsweekly, David Marcus takes a look at M&A activity in...

Posted on July 10, 2008 9:21 AM