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...founder Blair Effron; and Brad Karp, chair of US corporate law firm Paul Weiss....
...Brunswick chair and co-founder Sir Alan Parker also drew attention to Timms’s supremely connected “inner crew”: Goldman Sachs chief operating officer John Waldron; Centerview Partners founder Blair Effron...
...William Blair and the Perella entities declined to comment. The other companies did not immediately respond to a request for comment....
...Thanks largely to efforts from Samsung, Chinese smartphone groups and multiple suppliers including Apple partners Foxconn and Pegatron, India already accounted for 16 per cent of global smartphone production...
...As Stephen Bates, author of Royalty Inc, puts it: “The monarchy is one thing the Americans don’t have.”...
...Seattle-based Russell brought in Michelle Seitz as chief executive two years ago from the much smaller William Blair Investment Management. She has since focused on controlling costs....
...’ Paul Taubman, Centerview’s Blair Effron and Guggenheim Partners’ Alan Schwartz....
...Blair Effron, co-founder of Centerview, one of the fastest-growing boutiques, said that there was still an “opportunity to continue to expand and invest” during the crisis....
...“You have to accept the fact that in some markets you can be more successful with a smaller stake if you have the right partners alongside you,” she added....
...Jefferies advised NVA on the deal and William Blair & Company advised the sellers....
...Mark Phipps, an analyst at William Blair, said that while growth in the near-term looks good for Spinraza, he is concerned about impending competition....
...Collison was previously a managing director at William Blair. Anil Jhingan has joined Discovery Communications as executive vice-president of corporate development, Emea and Asia-Pacific....
...“I would rather not spend time in a room with someone who thinks that killing defenceless animals is what one should do with one’s life,” James Rasteh, partner at Coast Capital, said....
...JPMorgan and Guggenheim Partners, who are advised Disney in the takeover process, are estimated to make $27.5m in fees each, according to the same filing....
...The miner is seeking partners to develop mines in the Galilee Basin, a vast, untapped coal basin in north-east Australia estimated to contain billions of tonnes of coal....
...Blair Effron, co-founder of investment bank Centerview Partners and an adviser to PepsiCo, said Mr Laguarta had a proven record in innovating and growing the business....
...“Technological disruption continues to be a big driver behind large M&A,” said Blair Effron, co-founder of the advisory firm Centerview Partners....
...Centerview Partners, which jumped from 21st to fifth in the ranking, was the only boutique investment bank to make it into the top 10....
...The change of leadership comes just 15 months after Russell was bought by TA Associates and Reverence Capital Partners, the private equity companies, for $1.15bn....
...“The Chinese are an important partner, in the long run they have such critical mass that you want them to be not just a client, but part owners,” says R. Blair Thomas, chief executive of EIG....
...“The results that came out [Monday] night have instilled confidence that this is not a one-trick pony,” said Jason Ader, an analyst at William Blair....
...Hogan Lovells hired Christopher Moore as a partner in Northern California....
...“October was certainly busy and part of it is just coincidental,” said Blair Effron, a co-founder of Centerview Partners, which advised on the GE deal....
...People with knowledge of the situation say that Freud’s ongoing friendship with Tony Blair angered Rupert after allegations emerged that Blair may have had an affair with Murdoch’s ex-wife, Wendi....
...It is the tale of a little-known but well-connected oil company that was co-founded by a Saudi prince and claims to be a “partner of choice” for multinationals....
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