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During the Corporate Dealmaker Forum, on extreme dealmaking, the panelists discussed career moves from investment banking to corporate development. The panelists included: Kenneth Kharbanda, SVP of mergers and acquisitions at AOL LLC; Joy Shih, director of Corporate Development and M&A with Motorola Inc.; and Philip Brandes, a partner at Mayer...
Posted on October 2, 2008 6:08 PM
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s senior director of M&A, Luis Castellanos-Torres, spoke on the ins and outs of dealmaking at the Corporate Dealmaker Forum on Thursday. With China attracting $84 billion in foreign investment, Castellanos-Torres said that having a strong presence in China is very important for Wal-Mart from an acquisitions prospective....
Posted on October 2, 2008 3:22 PM
The opening panel at The Deal's Corporate Dealmaker Forum reviewed the current state of an M&A market going through one of its most turbulent times in years. Dealmakers Kenneth R. Meyers, the vice president of mergers and acquisitions at Siemens Corp.; David Drake, president of Georgeson Inc.; and Douglas L....
Posted on October 2, 2008 11:42 AM
The Deal's Corporate Dealmaker Forum kicked off Thursday with a panel of top bankers taking the measure of a market facing turbulence not seen in decades. "Tumultuous is the right adjective," Douglas L. Braunstein, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.'s head of investment banking, commented. "We're in the middle of a...
Posted on October 2, 2008 11:09 AM
Dealmakers know acquisitions that can take them into an entirely new business can be a dicey situation. Integration is tricky; the relationship with the target's management is often crucial; and the very unfamiliarity of the business raises the risk level.Tackling the ins and outs of these types of deals were...
Posted on October 1, 2008 4:25 PM
Hard-charging, no-nonsense dealmaking certainly has its place in corporate development. But according to a new PricewaterhouseCoopers' report, those dealmakers with a softer touch may ultimately achieve greater deal success.
Posted on February 5, 2008 1:49 PM
Rapid integration can help capture a target's value. The trick is to accomplish it without getting burned by noncompliance with Sarbanes-Oxley rules.
Posted on October 15, 2007 8:18 AM
In dealmaking there's still no substitute for first-hand experience, but as the field has matured, the library of books with something useful to say on the topic has burgeoned.
Posted on August 15, 2007 6:28 PM
Public Service Enterprise Group's new strategy chief knows the company well, which will surely come in handy as he helps plot a course following its failed megamerger with Exelon Corp. Stephen Byrd, a former investment banker in the power group at Morgan Stanley, has worked with PSEG since the...
Posted on April 15, 2007 2:09 AM
Is it different this time? Sure it is. There are clear distinctions to be made between the global M&A market of 2006, when deal volume reached $4.06 trillion, and that of 2000, when the previous record of $3.33 trillion was set. One difference you see at a glance: The...
Posted on February 16, 2007 2:10 AM
If you've ever made the 90-mile drive from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles, you'll know the route requires two very different soundtracks: The first, shorter stretch, heading south on the Ventura Highway, hard against the Pacific, demands surf music -- sharp, bouncy and 100% thought-free. Turning east and heading...
Posted on December 15, 2006 10:49 PM
Former general counsel Ben Heineman talks about how an in-house legal team contributes to dealmaking success.
Posted on June 15, 2006 9:05 PM
As pioneering biotech companies grow up, a few are using venture investments to keep tabs on early-stage technologies gestating inside their less mature counterparts.
Posted on April 15, 2006 5:18 PM
Jeffrey Henderson begins his tenure as CFO as the drug wholesaler struggles to regain its footing.
Posted on June 15, 2005 4:19 PM
Visit London's posh East India Club and you can't help reflecting on how imperial glory fades. Visit on the right day, though, and you'll also be reminded that corporate empires live on - provided, of course, that they're reasonably clever about how they move assets in and out of their...
Posted on February 15, 2004 3:11 PM
"Great question, that's a really great question," Richard Bressler says after being asked a question that isn't actually all that great. But presiding over one of the most active and tenacious M&A teams in entertainment takes charm as well as dealmaking smarts - and Bressler, CFO of Viacom Inc.,...
Posted on February 15, 2004 12:56 PM
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