Hints and tips:
...US megadeals are slowly bringing M&A action back If a UK paper and packaging company is at the centre of a bidding war, then M&A must be back....
...J Lo and Shakira was awesome....
...M&A lawyer Jon Bowden has joined Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as a partner in Singapore. He joins from White & Case....
...“When I’m on the factory floor painting, all the staff are excited about what I’m doing — especially when I mention that I’m a Stokie,” she says....
...I’m sure those institutions right now are embarrassed....
...Separately, Linda Sim has joined as a Los Angeles-based partner in its M&A practice from Loeb & Loeb. Dasha Sobornova has joined Akin Gump’s structured finance team as a partner in its London office....
...“It’s like the greatest M&A advisory business.” Apollo instead opts to buy cheaply and in bulk....
...BNP Paribas has hired Apoorva Shah, Nomura’s former head of Asian M&A, to lead its UK business....
...For example, this newer document lists Geos LLC, a Russian private company headquartered in Novorossiysk, as the seller....
...Law firm Baker McKenzie has appointed William M Washington III to the role of chief financial officer....
...Blackstone, through its Mileway platform, has built a European warehouse portfolio worth billions....
...Food processor JBS is trying to attract employees who are no longer interested in long-term warehouse work by offering educational and housing benefits while they work towards other careers....
...And in the end, I’m confident that we will achieve a historic victory for American freedom and at the same time, freedom of speech,” Trump said....
...Instacart considers robot pickersUS grocery delivery service Instacart is exploring the use of robotic warehouses to fulfil its orders....
...says James Bailey, executive director of Waitrose, who joined from rival supermarket J Sainsbury....
...Alongside corporate CEOs from Accenture’s Julie Sweet to Mastercard’s Ajay Banga, there are big-name M&A lawyers including Paul Weiss’ Brad Karp and Cravath’s Faiza Saeed and well-known dealmakers such as...
...An earlier attempt to sell Asda to rival J Sainsbury was blocked by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority last year....
...(Current owner Walmart, blocked by regulators from selling it to rival J Sainsbury last year, wants out and is running out of options.)...
...He said: “M&A never dies. It dies for a couple months.”...
...“J’Ouvert is about young black womanhood,” says Friedman. “It’s powerful, physical, incredibly moving and very important . . ....
...“I’m disappointed to see that Wetherspoons have publicly announced the potential opening of their venues so soon....
...Since opening an automated warehouse for ecommerce sales in Tokyo's Ariake district in 2018, it set up a second warehouse in Japan this year....
...Jeff Bezos was still mostly selling novels when he ordered the construction of dozens of warehouses despite apparently having little idea what his expanded company would sell....
...Companies that acknowledge they use liquidators include J Jill, the women’s clothing chain....
...Now, the trickle is becoming a flood; earlier this year all 530 Carphone Warehouse stores were closed and in November J Sainsbury said that over 400 standalone Argos stores would be gone by the end of 2024...
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