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...JPMorgan has named Alex Bruce as head of Emea M&A for its financial sponsors group, and tapped Nitin Maheshwari as head of Asia-Pacific strategic investors group M&A....
...Kaye WigginsI talked to a lot of people in private equity about this story because I’m just so fascinated by it. And I think it’s kind of like a mix of admiration and shock....
...M&A headwinds Maritime giant MSC is considering buying a train operator for $6bn to counter a shipping downturn. But the bet could prove expensive, Reuters’ Breakingviews writes....
...The transaction has all the trappings of a yet another feat of financial engineering from the billionaire Issa brothers, Mohsin and Zuber, who co-own both groups with their private equity partners at TDR...
...“2020 and 2021 have been incredible years,” said Philippe Zuber, chief executive of Kerzner International, its developer....
...“I believe in land acknowledgments,” he says, “but I’m also interested in the history of the land itself, beyond the indigenous history of the land, from a geologic perspective.”...
...Goldman Sachs has expanded the roles of its head of global activism and takeover defence Avinash Mehrotra and head of global natural resources M&A Brian Haufrect to become co-heads of M&A for the Americas...
...The owners of UK supermarket group Asda, brothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa and private equity group TDR Capital, have made an initial non-binding bid but it is not clear whether they will now make a formal...
...The appointment of the former Marks and Spencer chief executive brings Asda and EG Group, both owned by the billionaire brothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa and the private equity group TDR Capital, even closer...
...Job moves Goldman Sachs’ co-chair of global M&A Michael Carr is retiring after 25 years at the Wall Street investment bank, according to a memo seen by DD....
...The owners of UK supermarket group Asda, brothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa and private equity group TDR Capital, are also in the running after submitting initial bids....
...The buyouts group has told potential investors in its next fund that it marks its stake in Asda — the UK grocer that TDR and the billionaire brothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa bought from Walmart last year —...
...TDR Capital and the billionaire brothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa bought rival supermarket chain Asda from Walmart in a £6.8bn deal earlier this year....
...White & Case has hired Xavier Petet as a partner in its M&A practice in Paris. He joins from Clifford Chance....
...“I think the property alone is enough to fund the M&A....
...Asda’s high-yield bond sale — backing British billionaire brothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa and private equity group TDR Capital’s takeover of the grocery chain — was always going to be a blowout....
...Sports Direct, Very Group, Next and B&M have all sold and leased back distribution centres over the past 18 months. Asda’s board will initially have six members....
...But Buxton was sceptical about more M&A, saying that private equity groups would worry about their exit route....
...White & Case has hired Ferdinand Mason as a partner in its global M&A practice. He joins the London office from Jones Day....
...“I'm not sure why the government is cheering this,” he said. Additional reporting by Tabby Kinder...
...It pitted Seven & i’s expansionist chief executive Ryuichi Isaka, pictured below, who made his way by winning over the US activist Daniel Loeb, against Mohsin and Zuber Issa, the billionaire brothers from...
...Asda: billionaire brothers go shopping We’ve told you before about Zuber and Mohsin Issa (pictured below, left and right), brothers from the northern English industrial town of Blackburn who run the petrol...
...My PhD associate Maria Zuber is unfailingly supportive and incredibly inspiring. How physically fit are you?...
...I’m planning a new vision for Repossi....
...One scoop to start: Deloitte has resigned as the auditor of EG Group, the petrol stations company whose billionaire owners Zuber and Mohsin Issa just agreed to a £6.8bn takeover of Walmart-owned grocer Asda...
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