Deal Economy 2010: Avaya's Ali on digesting Nortel

Avaya Inc.'s Mohamad Ali had little time to settle in after becoming senior vice president for corporate development in July. Four days after the former IBM Corp. (NYSE:IBM) dealmaker started, Avaya made a $475 million stalking-horse bid for a unit of bankrupt Nortel Networks Corp. The enterprise communications provider was the victor in a heated auction with a bid nearly double its original price. Even as a complex integration is underway, Ali continues to scan the landscape for Avaya's next target. - Suzanne Stevens 



Also see the following video interviews:

• Citigroup's Leon Kalvaria on megadeals,
  
• Rochdale Securities Richard Bove on BofA CEO possibilities, Goldman Sachs $500 million donation, and bank failures and financial reform,
  
• Novartis' Marvelle Sullivan on cross-border dealmaking,
• PwC's Mark Ross on divestments,
• Centerview's Blair Effron on large deals,
• Morgan Stanley's Jim Rosenthal,
• IBM's Mendoza on using i-bankers,
• Huntsman Gay's Steve Young on QBs as PE investors,
  
• Deutsche Bank's John Eydenberg on PE IPOs,
• Morgan Stanley's Jim Rosenthal on the Smith Barney integration,
• Streambank's Gabriel Fried on IP valuations,
  
• Avaya's Mohamad Ali on digesting Nortel,
• GE's Duncan O'Brien on GE Capital lending and the company's M&A strategy,
  
• AlixPartners' Steve Deedy on retail bankruptcies,
  
• Weil Gotshal's Harvey Miller on resolution authority and on unwinding Lehman Brothers

and the rest of the coverage from the conference.

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