Posted on January 27, 2009 at 10:37 AM
Filed under: Best Practices | CD Community | Corporate Strategy | Crisis On Wall Street | Growth Strategy | M&A Outlook
Tagged: Mapping Decline and Recovery Across Sectors , McKinsey Quarterly , Recession , Recovery

Sometimes the best indicators of the way forward can be found by looking back, which is why "Mapping Decline and Recovery Across Sectors," is worth a read. The report published in the latest McKinsey Quarterly (registration required) analyzes the financial performance of U.S. corporations during the last four recessions (mid-70s,...  Continue reading

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Posted on January 15, 2009 at 2:32 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Corporate Strategy | Growth Strategy | M&A Outlook
Tagged: Cravath , Hostile deals , Jim Woolery , Swaine and Moore

As Thomas Zadvydas reported Wednesday on TheDeal.com (subscription required), Sequenom Inc. is going hostile with its $41 million offer for rival Exact Sciences Corp. The medical research firm decided to take the offer directly to Exact Sciences' shareholders after the target's management said on Monday it would explore alternatives rather...  Continue reading

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Posted on November 26, 2008 at 2:14 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Growth Strategy | M&A Outlook | Most Admired 2008
Tagged: Corporate Dealmaker , General Electric , M&A , Robert Duffy

Robert Duffy, general manager, global business development of General Electric Co., attended The Deal's M&A Outlook 2009 to accept the Most Admired Corporate Dealmaker Award in the industrial sector. In this edition of Inside The Deal, Suzanne Stevens speaks with Duffy about GE's acquisition strategy in 2009 Also see:Announcing...  Continue reading

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Posted on November 19, 2008 at 9:39 AM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Growth Strategy | Information Technology | M&A Outlook
Tagged: Greenwich Capital , Inside the Deal , Jim Kuster , M&A Outlook , RBS

Corporate deals will evolve from stock-for-stock structures in early 2009 to more leveraged deals later in the year. But we won't see the same highly leveraged transactions that drove dealmaking in prior years. That's according to Jim Kuster, head of the telecommunications, media and technology group for RBS Greenwich Capital,...  Continue reading

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Posted on November 13, 2008 at 9:37 AM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Best Practices | M&A Outlook
Tagged: Irving Place Capital , John D. Howard , M&A Outlook 2009

I was able to catch up with John D. Howard, chief executive of Irving Place Capital, at The Deal's M&A Outlook 2009 conference in New York. You can view the complete interview here, but here are some highlights of particular interest to strategics, especially those who may have assets to...  Continue reading

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Posted on November 12, 2008 at 4:48 PM
Filed under: M&A Outlook | Most Admired 2008 | People
Tagged: abbott laboratories , cisco systems , general electric co. , johnson & johnson , oracle corp.

Regular visitors to this site may recall that in September we launched a survey to identify the Most Admired Corporate Dealmakers in three key industry sectors: healthcare, information technology and industrial. Well, despite a few minor distractions in the financial markets since then, The Deal's readers came through for us and identified the companies doing the best work in M&A in those...  Continue reading

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Posted on November 12, 2008 at 3:56 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions | CD Community | Corporate Strategy | M&A Outlook | People | Trends
Tagged: Foley & Lardner , Jay Rothman , Jerry Yang , M&A Outlook , Sydney Finkelstein , Yahoo!

At The Deal's M&A Outlook 2009 conference Wednesday, dealmakers got into business psychology and the deal economy. The Deal's middle-market editor Nathaniel Baker noted that with the IPO markets all but removed as a realistic option, dealmakers must come up with creative alternatives for exits in 2009.Two options panelists...  Continue reading

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Posted on November 12, 2008 at 2:50 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Corporate Strategy | M&A Outlook | People | Trends
Tagged: David Turner , FBR Capital Markets , Hamilton Crawford , Houlihan Lokey , Jonathan Peskoff , Lincolnshire Management , M&A Outlook , Tom Callahan

The Deal's middle-market editor Nathaniel Baker asked M&A Outlook 2009 conference panelists on Wednesday: "Who's buying what and why?"David Turner (pictured), head of private equity at Guardian Life Insurance Co., gave his investing strategy. "In this type of environment, we are handpicking groups we want to back right now...  Continue reading

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Posted on November 12, 2008 at 2:33 PM
Filed under: M&A Outlook | Most Admired 2008
Tagged: Cisco , Most Admired Corporate Dealmaker , Ned Hooper

The Deal unveiled the winners of the Most Admired Corporate Dealmakers Awards at the M&A Outlook 2009 conference Wednesday afternoon. Ned Hooper of Cisco Systems Inc. accepted the award for information technology. Hooper couldn't attend the event, but he did give an acceptance speech via video....  Continue reading

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Posted on November 12, 2008 at 1:52 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions | CD Community | Corporate Strategy | M&A Outlook | People | Trends
Tagged: David C. Turner , FBR Capital , Foley & Lardner , Hamilton Crawford , Houlihan Lokey , Jay Rothman , Jonathan Peskoff , Lincolnshire Management , M&A Outlook , T.J. Maloney

After the credit crunch, the middle market is the deal haven for private equity investors and corporates looking for niche companies. At The Deal's M&A Outlook 2009 conference on Wednesday, experts were on hand to answer some burning questions like where the hotbeds will be for middle-market activity down the...  Continue reading

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