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The Deal magazine looks at the biotech sector and how new, creative funding deals are promising to rejuvenate the search for new drugs. Plus, this issue looks at LIBOR's new landscape. Meanwhile, we have an indepth conversation with CD&R's Joseph Rice.
June 18, 2012What goes up must come down, and so it would appear as The Deal magazine examines big-league bankruptcy. The theory holds for Tribune as it's new owners weigh its assets. But what about W.R. Grace, as it emerges from bankruptcy having made 22 acquisitions under protection? Plus, the corporate dealmaker 100.
May 28, 2012The Deal magazine takes an indepth look at the strategic dealmaking of the packaging industry in the middle market. We also hit the road looking at the startup landscape in the drug development and medical devices sectors in Kalamazoo, Michigan as well as the burgeoning companies in the solar power, pharmaceutical, brewery and pesticide industries in Bend, Oregon.
May 7, 2012Wanna do M&A? Careful, because here comes the shareholder litigation. When it comes to tech acquisitions, they're getting done -- just too bad companies aren't very good at it. And sovereign wealth funds are back, growing fast.
April 16, 2012No one said private equity would be easy, and our annual Private Equity Deals of the Year proves it again with a roundup of 2011's big winners and losers. Also, The Deal magazine takes a look at cowboy capitalism with a trip to Dallas-Fort Worth. Finally, take a look at our sampling of middle-market companies on the auction block.
April 2, 2012The Deal magazine travels to Japan to witness the island nation rise again amidst an active streak of dealmaking. Plus, a duet of music-related articles look at the antitrust snares of Universal Music's purchase of EMI assets and the effect that the emergence of digital music is having on copyright laws.
March 12, 2012In this issue, The Deal magazine hits the bankruptcy trifecta: the take-no-prisoners battle for Alter Communications; the rise and fall of real estate moguls, the Meruelo brothers; and the bankruptcy league tables. Also, take a look at how Humana has set a new course along the acquisition trail.
February 20, 2012The Deal magazine focuses on the middle market by looking at some of its top dealmakers and then gives an overview of what's out there on the auction block. The issue also features an in-depth look at private equity in France and in emerging markets around the world.
February 6, 2012The Deal magazine gets in the pilot seat to take a look at American Airlines' bankruptcy, then wonders what will now happen to a beleaguered Reader's Digest. Also, Herb Fritch of HealthSpring may have an answer to the sky-high inflation of the healthcare industry.
January 23, 2011What a topsy-turvy, rumbly-tumbly year 2011 turned out to be -- and The Deal magazine takes a look at the M&A Deals of the Year in uncertain times. Also, Edgar Bronfman Jr. sits down for his first interview since selling Warner Music.
December 12, 2011Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, suddenly it was 2011 -- and The Deal magazine looks back at all the twists and turns of dealmaking. Also in this issue, dealmakers pay back as social entrepreneurs.
November 28, 2011'What worrying wall of debt?' The Deal magazine asks. Oh, right, there it is. Plus, the Windy City offers up its own particular brand of private equity, while, farther afield, Big Oil makes a play in Kurdistan.
November 14, 2011The Deal magazine tracks down the in-house corporate dealmakers from the top American companies and takes a voyage around the world to explore the valleys and peaks of the travel industry.
October 31, 2011The Deal magazine goes back to school and offers a full report on the business of education.
October 17, 2011The Deal magazine goes looking for trolls and geeks, and the middle market shows its ups and downs in a trying economy.
October 3, 2011Who are the private equity movers and shakers to keep an eye on, and how does Ralph de la Torre look to transform managed care?
September 19, 2011The Deal magazine honors this year's Most Admired Corporate Dealmakers and takes a close look at the ups and downs of Wall Street compensation.
September 5, 2011The interview issue asks all the pertinent questions to six experts in their respective fields, while the market for multiple sclerosis therapies provides an evocative case study on dealmaking.
July 25, 2011The Deal magazine gets up close and personal with faces of the middle market and charts the new hits of the music business as it shifts away from label dominance.
June 27, 2011Despite trying financial times, the spotlight shines on the private equity deals of the year that were deftly executed and held to the principle of creating value.
The Deal Pipeline's corporate dealmaking editor Suzanne Miller discusses key strengths and pressures for tech M&A.
The Deal Pipeline's editor at large Matt Miller chats about the evolution of sovereign wealth funds since 2007, as well as their crucial relationship with PE.
Healthcare's rainmakers had a busy month as an M&A frenzy broke out in their sector.
The veteran dealmaker is raising money for a fund that will invest in Indian entrepreneurs building enterprises focused on the problems of the poor.
A firm founded by a group of Barrington bankers continues to expand with the addition of three managing directors.
The partner has been successfully negotiating a full plate of big name antitrust cases, including Express Scripts' purchase of Medco.
After 34 years, the senior partner heads over to Berwin Leighton as a consultant.
Ancestry.com pays $100 million for Archives.com, fueling Matthew and Brian Monahan's growth plan.
The company's chief strategy officer discusses some of the challenges within the security software industry.
No one courts the News Corp. head now. But politicians know they make scapegoats of the media at their peril.
Hirings, firings, raids, defections, new offices, retirements and fond remembrances when appropriate.
A much-ballyhooed media blitz in April featuring the Goldman chairman and CEO seemed to quell two years of speculation that he was a goner.
The phenomenon now arises in nearly every M&A deal worth more than $100 million. It has spawned debate and controversy, enriched some lawyers, changed Delaware law, and brought a major new force into dealmaking.
Stuart Grant, Mark Lebovitch and Randall Baron and their firms have made their national reputations by representing plaintiffs.
A massive award handed down by Leo Strine in the Southern Peru case underscores the increase in plaintiffs' fees awarded by Chancery in recent years.
With change inexorable and competition intense, technology companies are big users of M&A as a tool to grow. Too bad they're not very good at it.
After the financial crisis, these investment pools receded from the headlines. But after taking a hit, they're back and growing fast.
PE-backed initial public offerings do best when there's little leverage, or their proceeds are being used to pay down debt. Then there's the casino and hotel operator formerly known as Harrah's Entertainment.
With mixed results so far, what makes for a successful IPO by a private equity firm?
Are needs of shareholders aligned with whatever definition of the corporate good you conjure up?
The magazine hooks the reader with a lurid cover for a story about a midmarket buyout shop trying to improve manufacturing skills. Why not? The media eats it up.
How long before its strategic partners slay the Frankenstein they so innocently created?
The law firm used its post-merger girth to make lots of lateral hires. But that's like buying bags of money without knowing how much cash they actually hold.
The antitrust bar senses a vendetta in the proposed rules for attorney misconduct.
Andre Esteves' investment bank, the largest in Latin America, has raised one of South America's biggest-ever private equity funds.
Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa are ripe for investment, but avoid the pitfalls.
A number of categories and players in the sector are poised to benefit from going private.
Poland shows great promise for PE firms wishing to establish themselves in Central and Eastern Europe.
