The Deal

Saturday, July 4,

10:48 pm

  • Log in to The Deal Pipeline
  • Subscribe to The Deal magazine
  • Products & services

Corporate Dealmaker: Helping companies succeed in the deal economy.

Syndicate

Subscribe to our RSS feed

Contributors

Topics

Growth Strategy

I-banks, law firms hire in response to oil M&A
Posted on July 2, 2009 at 10:11 AM Filed under: Acquisitions \| Careers \| Deal International \| Growth Strategy \| Middle market \| Movers & Shakers \| People \| Sector Watch \| Trends Tagged: Alan Murray , Bank of America , Barclays , David Asmus , Evercore Partners , Gazprom , Morgan Lewis & Bockius , PetroChina , Robert Pacha , Sinopec , Societe Generale
	Strategics in the oil sector feeling an economic upturn is in sight have been running to the deal table as valuations are still a bit depressed. In turn, investment banks and law firms alike have responded by hiring as they look to reign in M&A advisory fees.Some big deals have... Continue reading
[ Share ] [ E-mail] [ Comments (1) ] [ Full Story ]

Areva grid auction is latest signal of nuke fever
Posted on June 30, 2009 at 4:44 PM Filed under: Corporate Strategy \| Divesting and Restructuring \| Growth Strategy \| Joint Ventures and Alliances Tagged: areva sa , Constellation Energy Group , mitsubishi heavy industries
	French nuclear engineering giant Areva SA is expected to put its transmission and distribution business up for sale to finance new investment, Paris-based Paul Whitfield reports on The Deal Pipeline (subscription required).The decision, and a related move by state-controlled Areva to seek outside investors, is the latest example of the... Continue reading
[ Share ] [ E-mail] [ Leave a Comment ] [ Full Story ]

Animal health M&A trend: Wockhardt sells
Posted on June 29, 2009 at 3:29 PM Filed under: Acquisitions \| Corporate Strategy \| Deal International \| Growth Strategy \| Joint Ventures and Alliances \| Middle market \| Sector Watch \| Trends Tagged: Bayer , Eli Lilly , FCCB , Merial , Novartis , Pfizer , Provimi , Sanofi , Vétoquinol , Virbac , Wockhardt , Wyeth
	In a broader effort to focus on its human pharmaceutical business and raise cash (as well as investor confidence), Indian generic drug maker Wockhardt Ltd. is selling its animal health division to France's Vétoquinol. The deal marks Vétoquinol's entrance into India. Earlier this month, Wockhardt sold its German business Esparma... Continue reading
[ Share ] [ E-mail] [ Leave a Comment ] [ Full Story ]

Automakers' best years still to come?
Posted on June 29, 2009 at 8:10 AM Filed under: Corporate Strategy \| Detroit Breakdown \| Growth Strategy
	Yes, you read that headline right. Except the consultants making the argument -- Ronald Haddock and John Jullens of Booz & Co. -- published an article making that case without even using the question mark. The piece appears in the firm's Strategy+Business journal.To understand their sunny outlook, you have to... Continue reading
[ Share ] [ E-mail] [ Leave a Comment ] [ Full Story ]

BP taps Ericsson's Carl-Henric Svanberg
Posted on June 25, 2009 at 12:58 PM Filed under: Careers \| Corporate Strategy \| Deal International \| Growth Strategy \| Movers & Shakers \| People Tagged: BP plc , Carl-Henric Svanberg , Hans Vestberg , Peter Sutherland , Sony Ericsson , Tony Hayward
	Surprising onlookers, and what The Associated Press calls a move that caught the financial district off guard, BP plc (NYSE:BP) named Sony Ericsson's Carl-Henric Svanberg (pictured) as its chairman. BP has been looking for a new one for about two years now.Former Rio Tinto plc (NYSE:RTP) chairman Paul Skinner was... Continue reading
[ Share ] [ E-mail] [ Leave a Comment ] [ Full Story ]

Rite Aid gains an inch in three-way pharmacy race
Posted on June 25, 2009 at 9:55 AM Filed under: Acquisitions \| Corporate Strategy \| Growth Strategy \| Integration Tagged: CVS Caremark Corp. , Rite Aid Corp , Walgreen Co.
	Quarterly results from No. 3 pharmacy chain Rite Aid Corp. (NYSE:RAD) and Walgreen Co. (NYSE:WAG) give us a chance to update the three-way race among the country's largest drugstore chains. As we detailed in a magazine column in May, this one is a corporate strategy classic. Each of the three... Continue reading
[ Share ] [ E-mail] [ Comments (1) ] [ Full Story ]

Intel teams with Nokia, and Conan O'Brien
Posted on June 24, 2009 at 1:19 PM Filed under: Corporate Strategy \| Deal International \| Growth Strategy \| Information Technology \| Joint Ventures and Alliances \| People Tagged: Anand Chandrasekher , Conan O'Brien , Intel , Nokia , smart phones , Tonight Show
	Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC) and Nokia Corp. (NYSE:NOK), which have worked together on research projects, will now turn to the task of manufacturing, collaborating on smartphones and perhaps a new class of wireless device. Intel, the world's largest computer chipmaker, will sell chips to Nokia, while licensing some of Nokia's modem... Continue reading
[ Share ] [ E-mail] [ Leave a Comment ] [ Full Story ]

IBM, Dell backstory on M&A chief poaching
Posted on June 24, 2009 at 11:15 AM Filed under: Acquisitions \| Careers \| Growth Strategy \| Law \| Movers & Shakers \| People Tagged: David Johnson , Dell Inc. , Elias Mendoza , IBM , Morgan Stanley
	The latest: IBM Corp. (NYSE:IBM) named Elias Mendoza, who joined the company three years ago from Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), to head its corporate development team. IBM made the move as it battles former M&A chief David Johnson in court, who was lured away by rival Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL).Dell has long... Continue reading
[ Share ] [ E-mail] [ Leave a Comment ] [ Full Story ]

Nissan's Ghosn 'not worried' about selling e-cars
Posted on June 23, 2009 at 10:23 AM Filed under: Corporate Strategy \| Deal International \| Detroit Breakdown \| Growth Strategy \| Joint Ventures and Alliances \| Middle market \| Sector Watch \| Trends Tagged: DoE , electric car , NEC Corp. , Nissan Motor , Renault SA , Toyota , zero-emission
	Japan's Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (NASDAQ:NSANY), slated to receive a piece of the $25 billion the U.S. Department of Energy set aside for makers of fuel-efficient cars, will debut its first electric vehicle in August. Nissan plans to sell the cars -- with a 100-mile battery life -- in Japan... Continue reading
[ Share ] [ E-mail] [ Leave a Comment ] [ Full Story ]

Tech companies 'much less bearish' on deals
Posted on June 22, 2009 at 3:06 PM Filed under: Acquisitions \| CD Community \| Corporate Strategy \| Growth Strategy \| Middle market \| Sector Watch \| Trends Tagged: Broadcom , Data Domain , EMC Corp. , Emulex , Intel , NetApp , Oracle , Sun Micro , Wind River Systems
	Cash-rich tech giants are showing signs of a willingness to open their coffers to acquire startups and rivals. The tech-focused section of our sister blog Dealscape highlighted data from the 451 Group showing conditions have stabilized to some degree for tech acquirers and potential targets alike.Leading the way this... Continue reading
[ Share ] [ E-mail] [ Leave a Comment ] [ Full Story ]

Browse past entries in the Growth Strategy category by date

Choose Another Topic

Best Practices	Integration
Divesting and Restructuring	Alliances and Joint Ventures
International Deals	People
Corporate Strategy	Case Studies

Search

Decade of The Deal

Corporate Dealmaker Video

Vanterra's Shad Azimi on PE's evolution

Vanterra Capital's Azimi on how PE firms are investing in management to increase the value of their portfolio companies.

Movers & Shakers

Cuong Viet Do
Tyco Electronics Ltd.

Ram Ramakrishnan
Millipore Corp.

Cliff Miller
DeviceVM Inc.

Sam Wick
News Corp.

Arturo Gomez
Purfresh Inc.

Cuong Viet Do, Tyco Electronics Ltd.

Ram Ramakrishnan, Millipore Corp.

Cliff Miller, DeviceVM Inc.

Sam Wick, News Corp.

Arturo Gomez, Purfresh Inc.

COMPLETE MOVERS & SHAKERS ARCHIVES

The Magazine

And the winners are...

Even in a period when things like toxic credit default swaps and noxious structured investment vehicles dominate the conversation in many parts of the deal community, people are still willing to take the time to recognize skill and achievement in the strategic transactions that help those companies adapt and grow.
View the complete issue

Last Issue

Archives

Suggest a topic

Purchase a reprint

Subscribe to The Deal

Monthly Archives

©Copyright 2009, The Deal, LLC. All rights reserved. Please send all technical questions, comments or concerns to the Webmaster.