Tag: M&A
How Much Do Various Advisers Affect the Success of M&A?
By: Alexander Schmitz & Soenke Sievers (CLS Blue Sky Blog)
Companies that engage in M&A regularly employ a variety of financial, legal, and other advisers to...
Kenya OKs Amethis, Naivas Deal
The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has approved acquisition of a minority stake in retail chain Naivas by French private equity fund Amethis Finance.
The...
Gilead To Buy Forty Seven, Cancer Therapy Specialist For $4.9B
Gilead Sciences agreed to buy Forty Seven for about US$4.9 billion to advance into one of the hottest areas of pharmaceutical research, cancer treatments...
Credit Karma Deal Could Hit Antitrust Hurdle
TurboTax has long been the leader in do-it-yourself tax-filing software. But it has faced increasing competition from a nimble startup, Credit Karma, which has...
France Clears Elsan’s Acquisition Of Hexagone Santé Méditerranée
Frances Autorité de la concurrence has cleared Elsan’s acquisition of Hexagone Santé Méditerranée subject to commitments, the regulator reported Monday (March 1).
Elsan operates 120...
US: CBS names M&A specialists to board of directors
According to Bloomberg News, the New York-based news and media company CBS named several M&A specialists to the board of directors; three of them women....
