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...A larger financial institution could also seek to acquire Centerview to add a lucrative M&A practice....
...Handler, who led the tech banking practice at Centerview beginning in 2008, left the boutique in 2022 amid a rift with Centerview’s founders, Blair Effron and Robert Pruzan....
...“I’m a front door sorta guy. I think it was effective and I’d do it again.”...
...Which is why I’m sceptical much change happens....
...If you’re the hacker, claim credit: robert.armstrong@ft.com and ethan.wu@ft.com. Value revisited: where are the cheap stocks?...
...If you’ve got a candidate, email us: robert.armstrong@ft.com and ethan.wu@ft.com....
...I’m not sure of the market relevance of either point, but there you go. Email us: robert.armstrong@ft.com and ethan.wu@ft.com....
...Join us on October 17 at the Biltmore Mayfair in London as we gather the biggest names in M&A, private equity and corporate finance, including a deep-dive with FT journalists into short seller Hindenburg...
...Or as the FT’s Robert Armstrong calls it, a hedge fund....
...At Goldman Sachs, Brian Haufrect, co-head of M&A in the Americas, is a seasoned adviser to energy groups including Occidental Petroleum, ConocoPhillips and Shell....
...But the country is only ripe for M&A in theory....
...Portfolio manager Robert O’Leary and performing credit head Armen Panossian will succeed him as co-chief executives....
...Blair Effron and Robert Pruzan, who had both worked as investment bankers, started Centerview in 2006 at a fortuitous moment....
...There he met a series of Vista executives including Robert Smith, the billionaire founder and another heavy hitter, Brian Sheth....
...Big companies started rethinking the risks of relationships with massive financial institutions peddling credit lines, interest-rate swaps and other services alongside sensitive M&A advice....
...Smart reads Comeback kid Private equity mogul Robert Smith is attempting to pull off one of the biggest reputational re-sets in buyouts history: raising $20bn for a new fund two years after settling a federal...
.../ From Robert Stephens, Edinburgh, UK...
...Email us: robert.armstrong@ft.com and ethan.wu@ft.com....
...*This story has been amended to correct the M&A volumes...
...Roll up, roll up: the gaming group playing M&A What exactly is Embracer?...
...I’m sure those institutions right now are embarrassed....
...It was a stunning result, which the firm hasn’t hit since the 1980s, when founders Henry Kravis and George Roberts were hailed (and derided) as Wall Street’s barbarians....
...“I hope I’m not being Pollyanna . . . but so far, there’s been no evidence to the contrary that we cannot count on the rule of law.”...
...“I’m kind of stunned by the silence,” Wood recounts. “I walk into the kitchen to the counter. And I’m not happy, and I’m not sad. I’m just in that zen state. “Boom. That’s when it hit me....
...The curious buyout deal that reimagines M&A Would you spend $4.5bn on a deal if you weren’t in control of the negotiations?...
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