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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.
Originally filmed in September, Walt Disney's executive vice president of corporate strategy and business development spoke to The Deal Pipeline about its M&A strategy and its motivation for purchasing Marvel.
Baker Botts’ Hugh Tucker, and Latham & Watkins’ Robin Fredrickson and Sean Wheeler discuss the issues they currently see popping up for corporate dealmakers in the energy sector.
The new chair of the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association believes private equity is an 'underexploited force for growth' in the roiling euro zone.
A top antitrust litigator at the agency, he now takes his talents to Simpson Thacher.
The venture capitalist and fashion entrepreneur talks about his past investments and his new projects.
The target, Buddy Media, makes software that enables corporations to publish and analyze the effectiveness of their social media marketing campaigns.
Some serious private equity people believe there's money to be made even there. But new investors will be hard to find.
Yahoo! sticks with Skadden for its Alibaba deal while Morgan Lewis scores a triple play in May.
Hirings, firings, raids, defections, new offices, retirements and fond remembrances when appropriate.
The German chancellor finds herself in an increasingly precarious position: either allowing Europe to come apart — and threatening Germany's own prosperity — or breaking decisively with domestic public opinion.
In a challenging M&A climate, corporate dealmakers have hung in even as their jobs have evolved. Anyone up for post-merger integration?
Relations between investors and buyout shops are changing with the advent of managed funds, in which investors get lower fees and a targeted approach and managers get slugs of capital. Tac Ops, anyone?
The big television and newspaper chain fell into bankruptcy after a disastrous Sam Zell LBO. Now, as it contemplates an exit, its new owners ponder the pieces.
What are the media company's assets worth when the sum becomes parts?
Making 22 acquisitions while in the protective confines of bankruptcy for 11 years has given the debtor back its strategic core 158 years after its founding.
It remains unclear exactly when the debtor will at long last emerge from bankruptcy.
For this sponsored report, Merrill DataSite and The Deal surveyed 91 large-cap companies to determine their strategic acquisitions forecasts for the year ahead. Download the report
Let us now quantify the Apocalypse. Or maybe not.
In speculation that the media company could sell its outdoor ad business lurks a more grandiose possibility.
Confidentiality agreements have always received far less legal attention than merger agreements. Not anymore.
The Securities and Exchange Commission struggles with rules for juxtaposing executive and rank-and-file compensation.
The cable system operator's recap with a twist allows a PE firm to buy the company without creating a new financing structure.
A Kauffman Foundation report confirms that only a small slice of the funds outperform.
High-net-worth direct investing has seen an uptick with the slump in private equity. These flush family funds seem certain to settle in for the long run.
A divestiture should be viewed as a strategic opportunity; two industry veterans offer pointers on how to analyze a portfolio for potential divestiture.
There are number of trends that will continue to shape the Canadian PE landscape, including moderate LBO volume and importance of foreign investment reviews.
