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...One we missed: The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources, by Javier Blas and Jack Farchy....
...Orlando Bravo sees the path to a $20bn tech buyout Orlando Bravo, co-founder of Thoma Bravo, said the $131bn-in-assets group was eyeing an “arbitrage” in publicly listed software companies across the UK...
...On sky-high public and private valuations: “The time to buy a great software company that fits your strategy is when you can,” said Thoma Bravo’s Orlando Bravo, adding that trying to time interest rates...
...Thoma Bravo to take Proofpoint privateThe US buyout group has agreed to take cyber security company Proofpoint private in a $12.3bn deal....
...Buyout firm Thoma Bravo has separately approached Symantec about a takeover, a deal that analysts have said could value the US cyber security group at more than $19bn....
...investors should weigh a break-up (FT Lex) Hudson's Bay secures shareholder approval to become a private company (Reuters) Due Diligence is written by Arash Massoudi, Kaye Wiggins and Robert Smith in London, Javier...
...Orlando Bravo, who bid $3.9bn for the Oxfordshire-based cyber security group Sophos just a couple of weeks before the Halloween Brexit deadline, believes his private equity group Thoma Bravo’s secret sauce...
...News round-up Santander shocks market with bond decision (FT) Thoma Bravo to buy mortgage software group Ellie Mae (FT) Ineos boss Ratcliffe slams EU over ‘foolish’ taxes (FT) France calls for biggest...
...Two other deals, both involving Thoma Bravo, played out in the same way. After that, the activist set out to build up its own capabilities under Cohn’s leadership....
...The US cyber security group has been approached about a potential acquisition by private equity group Thoma Bravo, two sources familiar with the matter tell DD....
...The culprit was Thoma Bravo, which extended job offers this past weekend, kicking off a frenzy of interviews at almost every big firm....
...DD’s Javier Espinoza sat down with Aimee Keane to answer that question in the latest episode of the FT podcast Behind the Money....
...Guy Oliphint and Greg Chitty have been promoted to co-heads of the upstream group while Brian Conner and Brian Bravo are now co-heads of midstream banking....
...grabs as exchange battle intensifies (FT) Elliott pushes for major changes at Hyundai Motor (FT) Walmart nears deal to take majority stake in Flipkart (FT) Leonard Green to buy building products firm SRS...
...Barcelona said it informed the player and his father and agent, Neymar Sr, that the French side would need to trigger a buyout clause on his existing contract worth €222m....
...Exchange latest to partner with IBM on blockchain (fn) BlackRock raises ’biggest fund ever’ in renewable power (fn) KKR’s Succession Plans Mark Private Equity’s ’Inflection Point’ (Bloomberg) Thoma Bravo...
...“There is way enough,” is the response of Orlando Bravo of Thoma Bravo. He cautions, however, that some of his rivals are not selling enough companies: “Where is the money on the table, guys?”...
...Get in touch with us at: Due.Diligence@ft.com — Arash, James, Don, Sujeet, Javier & Neil....
...Please spread the word and drop us a line any time: Due.Diligence@ft.com — Arash, James, Don, Sujeet, Javier and Neil. Delaware Law: A win for PE Finally a break for private equity titans....
...Javier Tebas, who runs Spain’s two top professional leagues, says he likes the idea of a breakaway Champions League proposed by China’s Dalian Wanda Group....
...GM corn is already on Mexican tables,” says Francisco Javier Mayorga, who, as Mexico’s agriculture secretary from 2009 to 2012 oversaw GM trials....
...They split into two teams, codenamed “Alpha” and “Bravo”, and hid in the woods near the palace. In rented cars, they approached State House....
...And later: “Everybody needs a hobby,” Bond comments, to the villain, Silva, played by Javier Bardem. “So what’s yours?” Silva asks. “Resurrection....
...Prices range from £12 to £50 per half litre, labelled with facsimiles of labels from the Victorian era when Mr Byass was busily flogging Sr González’s light, dry wines from Jerez around Britain....
...Their rift began a few years back when Santoro Sr penned a scathing review of a book by his son....
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