Download PDF Overview Among companies in the credit card industry, three names always stand out – Visa [NYSE: V], Mastercard [NYSE: MA] and American Express [NYSE: AXP]. However, that may soon change if the deal between Capital One and Discover Financial Services goes through. It was announced on 20th February Read more…
Download PDF Introduction In the last two decades, the American skies underwent a radical transformation shaped by significant mergers. Southwest [LUV: NYSE], Delta [DAL: NYSE], United [UAL: NASDAQ] and American Airlines [AAL: NASDAQ] emerged as dominant players, holding 71.5% of the U.S. market. Contrastingly, Europe has faced a more fragmented Read more…
Download PDF Introduction Since Joe Biden was elected President of the United States in late 2020, antitrust enforcement action has, in the general population’s mind, moved from something we read about in history textbooks to something dominating the headlines. Whether it is through challenging the latest multi-billion dollar merger or Read more…
Download PDF Introduction On November 1 Johnson & Johnson, an American multinational which develops medical devices and is ranked 36 in the fortune 500 companies with yearly sales of $98.3bn, announced its proposal to acquire AbioMmed [ABMD: NASDAQ], a cardiovascular technology group. The acquisition, worth $16.6bn, will make Johnson & Read more…
Download PDF Introduction As already discussed at length in the part I of this series of articles, antitrust authorities and their applicable laws have a huge impact in determining the success or failure of an M&A deal. Nowadays, this is particularly important, given a toughened regulatory environment worldwide. From the Read more…
Download PDF Introduction Antitrust legislation aims to break up monopolies or prevent them from forming in the first place. Its goal is to defend small enterprises from unscrupulous methods while also protecting the general public by assuring better prices through competition. In most countries around the world, laws exist to Read more…
Download PDF London Stock Exchange Group(LON:LSE) – market cap as of 30th October 2020: £29.13bn Euronext (EPA:ENX) – market cap as of 30th October 2020: €6.23bn Introduction After long talks, The London Stock Exchange announced on Friday the 9 of October 2020 it will sell Borsa Italiana to Euronext Read more…
Introduction With the fear of an imminent slowdown in the global economy and the ongoing trade war, uncertainty is currently dominating the upstage, to the detriment of M&A cross-border transactions, which so far could instead count on a positive momentum. With the looming pressure from Chinese companies pushing for acquisitions Read more…
Kroton Educacional SA (BOVESPA: KROT3) – market cap as of 04/05/2018: R$ 21.75bn Somos Educação SA (BOVESPA: SEDU3) – market cap as of 04/05/2018: R$ 5.70bn Exchange rate: 1 BRL (R$) = 0.285 USD ($) Introduction On April 23, 2018, Kroton Educacional, the largest for-profit education company in Brazil, proceeded Read more…
Introduction A persistent financial crisis, the rising of regional tensions, the concerns of a trade war and many other facts have recently been catching up with the M&A-friendly international environment. Protectionism seems now to pervade the new world order. Rising economic nationalism is threatening to impact M&A activity across all Read more…
AT&T Inc. (NASDAQ T:NYQ)—market cap as of 28/10/16: $224.61bn Time Warner Inc. (NASDAQ TWX:NYQ)—market cap as of 28/10/16: $68.04bn Introduction On October 22, 2016, AT&T Inc. announced the acquisition of Time Warner Inc. in a stock and cash transaction valued at $108.7bn including Time Warner’s $23.3bn Net Debt. AT&T will Read more…
Sherwin-Williams, market cap as of 15/04/2016: $27.154bn Valspar, market cap as of 15/04/2016: $8.469bn Introduction Sherwin-Williams, the largest producer of paints in the United States, agreed to buy rival Valspar Corp., for about $9.3 billion, to become the world’s biggest coatings maker. This compelling combination will lead to a Read more…
Halliburton Company; market cap (as of 21/11/2014): $43.1bn Baker Hughes Inc.; market cap (as of 21/11/2014): $27.5bn Introduction On November 17, Halliburton Company, the world’s second biggest oilfield service provider, announced a definitive agreement to acquire Baker Hughes Inc. in a stock and cash deal worth $34.6bn. The transaction is Read more…