People: February 2004

Posted on February 15, 2004 at 5:14 PM
Filed under: Best Practices | CD Community | Jan.-Feb. 2004 | People | The Magazine
Tagged: acquisitions , Avaya , bankruptcy , Cerberus Capital Management , deals , H.J. Heinz , Hicks Muse , Lucent Technologies , private equity , strategic , Vlasic Foods International

The scene at the midtown Manhattan law firm last fall was reminiscent of the World Series of Poker. In fact, though, the setting was Mike Bond's first deal negotiation since joining Avaya Inc. a few months earlier as its vice president of corporate development. Communications systems provider Avaya, which...  Continue reading

[ Share ]  [ E-mail ]  [ Leave a Comment ]  [ Full Story ]

Posted on February 15, 2004 at 4:49 PM
Filed under: Jan.-Feb. 2004 | People | Research and development | The Magazine
Tagged: corporate development , corporate tool , deal , M&A , Merrill Lynch , Michael Frankel , Skadden , strategic transactions , VeriSign

Michael Frankel may be only 35, but he's seen dealmaking from just about every vantage: as a lawyer at Skadden Arps, as an i-banker at Merrill Lynch and as a corporate development vice president and then general manager at VeriSign Inc. Those experiences - combined with a knack for...  Continue reading

[ Share ]  [ E-mail ]  [ Leave a Comment ]  [ Full Story ]

Posted on February 15, 2004 at 4:32 PM
Filed under: Corporate Strategy | Deal International | Jan.-Feb. 2004 | Movers & Shakers | People | Slides | The Magazine
Tagged: acquisitions , AES , electric , energy , greenfield , mergers , power , private equity , Robert Hemphill

It's a homecoming of sorts for Robert Hemphill Jr., who returned in February to Arlington, Va., power producer AES Corp. as executive VP of global development, a new position. Hemphill worked at AES at its founding in 1981, helping to build it from a three-person, $1 million startup to...  Continue reading

[ Share ]  [ E-mail ]  [ Leave a Comment ]  [ Full Story ]

Posted on February 15, 2004 at 4:19 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Corporate Strategy | Jan.-Feb. 2004 | People | The Magazine
Tagged: acquisitions , Credit Suisse , Fiat , General Electric , General Motors , investment banking , joint ventures , mergers , Paolo Fresco , strategic

If there were a corporate dealmaker hall of fame, Paolo Fresco would surely be in it. As chairman of Fiat SpA from 1998 to last year, he led a string of transactions, including the purchase of U.S. farm and construction equipment group Case Corp. for $4.3 billion and the...  Continue reading

[ Share ]  [ E-mail ]  [ Leave a Comment ]  [ Full Story ]

Posted on February 15, 2004 at 3:11 PM
Filed under: Jan.-Feb. 2004 | People | The Magazine
Tagged: 3i Group , acquisitions , Association for Corporate Growth , Chad Murrin , dealmaker , dealmaking , East India Club , FTSE 100 , Glaxo SmithKline , M&A , Oxford Instruments , private equity , Smiths Group , strategic alliances

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...  Continue reading

[ Share ]  [ E-mail ]  [ Leave a Comment ]  [ Full Story ]