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M&A Reports
Jun 25, 2021
Why General Motors Should Acquire Plug Power
General Motors' acquisition of Plug Power would provide the acquirer with a greatly needed increase in its foothold in the rapidly growing..
Apr 22, 2021
Why Apple Should Buy Sonos
The acquisition would give Apple a foothold in the fast-growing home entertainment industry, beyond their arguably unsuccessful smart-home..
Apr 7, 2021
Google’s $2.1B Acquisition of Fitbit
Google has completed its acquisition of Fitbit, the advanced health and fitness smartwatch maker, in a deal worth roughly $2.1B...
Feb 28, 2021
Why Southwest Should Acquire Alaska Air Group
In the backdrop of the pandemic, Southwest Airlines should make an attempt to acquire Alaska Air Group...
Feb 8, 2021
Salesforce’s Acquisition of Slack
On December 1st, Salesforce announced the acquisition of Slack in a blockbuster deal valuing the workplace communications app at $27.7B...
Jan 4, 2021
Spotify’s $235 Million Acquisition of Megaphone
Spotify confirmed it had entered a definitive agreement to acquire Megaphone for $235 million, representing 23% of Spotify...
Dec 4, 2020
LSE's sale of Borsa Italiana to Euronext
Euronext announces that it has entered into a binding agreement with London Stock Exchange Group ("LSEG") to acquire 100% of shares ...
Dec 2, 2020
Pioneer Natural Resources’ $4.5 billion Acquisition of Parsley Energy
Pioneer Natural Resources Company, a large oil and gas exploration and production company is buying out Parsley Energy for $4.5B
Nov 27, 2020
Microsoft doubled down in cloud gaming with the acquisition of Zenimax Media
In September 2020, Microsoft confirmed plans to acquire ZeniMax Media, the parent company of game developer Bethesda Softworks. Microsoft...
Nov 15, 2020
Nvidia’s Acquisition of Arm
Nvidia has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Arm Holdings for nearly $40B, solidifying its push to...
Nov 10, 2020
CaixaBank’s 4.3 billion EUR Acquisition of Bankia
After intensive negotiations, the boards of directors of the leading Spanish banks CaixaBank and Bankia gave the go-ahead for the merger...
Oct 23, 2020
Sunrun acquires Vivint in all stock transaction valued at $3.2 billion
Sunrun (NYSE: RUN), America’s biggest rooftop- solar company has announced that it will be taking over rival Vivint Solar (VSLR) for $3.2bn
Oct 20, 2020
Facebook's Acquisition of Imagery Startup Mapillary
Facebook is a Social media company, owning and operating multiple social media platforms...
Sep 28, 2020
Uber’s $2.65B Acquisition of Postmates
Food delivery has become quite commoditized.
With the Postmates acquisition, UberEats immediately moves into a strong position.
Sep 21, 2020
Adevinta Acquires eBay Classifieds Group in $9.2bn Deal
Adevinta, a Norwegian online classifieds company, beat out the competition after a multi-month auction process and will acquire 100% of eBay
Sep 14, 2020
Iress, One of Australia’s Largest Fintech Players, Acquires OneVue
Despite the disruption caused by COVID-19, Iress, one of Australia’s largest Fintech players has preserved towards its acquisition of OneVue
Sep 7, 2020
Charoen Pokphand´s planned $10.6 Billion Acquisition of Tesco
Just days prior to the market crash, Thailand’s CP Group announces its acquisition of Tesco PLC’s South East Asian stores - a group of asset
Aug 31, 2020
MUFG's Investment in Grab
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (“MUFG”) is the largest Japanese based financial services company with approximately $3.1 trillion in current
Aug 24, 2020
KKR's Big Investment in the Beauty Industry
COVID-19 has changed our lives completely: the way we work, communicate, consume and shop.
Aug 17, 2020
Can the Merger of Tortoise with Hyliion Disrupt Class 8 trucks?
The last two years we have seen an unprecedented rise of special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs. So far in 2020, almost USD 12 bill
Jul 27, 2020
Buffett's Big Bet on Natural Gas
Uncertainty. This has been the theme not just for the year of 2020, but also for Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway.
Jul 27, 2020
Tencent Acquires Struggling South East Asia Video Streaming Platform, iFlix
iFlix is a Malaysia-based streaming platform, poised as the Netflix of the SEA Emerging Markets.
Jul 4, 2020
Amazon’s $1.2 Billion Acquisition of Zoox
Amazon, one of the world’s largest companies, is acquiring Zoox, a start-up developing autonomous vehicle technologies.
Jun 21, 2020
Facebook buys a stake in India’s Jio Platforms Limited
Facebook has agreed to acquire a 9.99% stake in Jio Platforms, a subsidiary to Reliance Industries Limited.
Jun 14, 2020
CapitaLand Mall Trust and CapitaLand Commercial Trust Merger
Overview of the deal Acquirer: CapitaLand Mall Trust Target: CapitaLand Commercial Trust Estimated value: USD6,120.1 million Announcement...
Jun 12, 2020
Cancelled deal between Victoria’s Secret and Sycamore Partners
By Calvin Hung (University Of Edinburgh) Overview of Deal Acquirer: Sycamore Partners Management Target: Victoria’s Secret Stores, a...
Jun 9, 2020
Takeaway.com’s £6.2 Billion Merger with Just Eat
By Niklaus Straussberger, Helene Kapelari, Noah Al-Hachich (Vienna University of Economics and Business), Charlie Solnik, Ryan...
Jun 1, 2020
NVIDIA Closes $6.9 Billion Mellanox Deal After a Year
By Chirag Gupta (New York University) Overview of the deal Acquirer: NVIDIA Corporation Target: Mellanox Technologies Estimated Value:...
Jun 1, 2020
Intel’s $840 Million Acquisition of Moovit
By Vincent Wess, Emil Widdig, Julius Kalvelage (WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management), Constantin Wells, Rayan Singh, Luca Poeschl...
May 12, 2020
Acquisition of Aveo Group by Brookfield
By Gleb Kuznetsov (University of Queensland) Overview of the deal Acquirer: Brookfield Property Partners Target: Aveo Group Implied...
Apr 26, 2020
Verizon's $500 Million Acquisition of BlueJeans
By Ryan Tenerowicz, Charlie Solnik, and Ory Ratoviz (California Polytechnic State University), Chris Leung, and Krystal Yip (University...
Apr 20, 2020
Franklin Templeton’s $6.5 Billion Acquisition of Legg Mason
By Dylan Litt, Michael Lipsky, and Kyle Amelio (New York University), Ilya Korzinkin, Siddharth Sharma, Mihir Gupta, and Hugo Tay...
Mar 21, 2020
PepsiCo’s $3.85 billion Acquisition of Rockstar Energy
By Steven Skomra, Dylan Barnacle, Zach Trotzky (Georgetown University), Christopher Gvenetadze, and Alessandro Carleo (Bocconi...
Mar 16, 2020
Saudi Aramco's $69 billion Acquisition of SABIC
On March 27 2019, Saudi Aramco announced that it had come to an agreement to acquire a 70% majority stake in SABIC from the Public...
Mar 4, 2020
Woodward and Hexcel's $6.4 Billion Merger
By Ilya Korzinkin, Mihir Gupta, Hugo Tay, Siddharth Sharma (University College London) Overview of the deal Acquirer: Woodward Inc....
Dec 23, 2019
Prologis’ $12.6 billion Acquisition of Liberty Property Trust
Liberty Property Trust (LPT) emerged as a clear acquisition target with a robust portfolio of industrial properties in key U.S. markets...
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