CNBC looks back at the 10
biggest deals of the year and who advised on them.
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Now Amazon's moves to enter the health care industry have led two major US companies to make one of
the biggest deals of the year, signaling major changes to come in the way Americans buy drugs and otherwise manage their health.
Centerview worked on three of
the biggest deals of the year, advising H. J. Heinz on its $ 23 billion sale to 3G Capital and Berkshire Hathaway, General Electric on its sale of the remainder of NBCUniversal to Comcast for $ 16.7 billion, and Silver Lake Partners on its role in the buyout of Dell for $ 24.9 billion.
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the biggest deals of the year for Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales.
One of
the biggest deals of the year was announced last week at BEA.
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Vodafone's $ 130bn (# 79bn) sale of its stake in Verizon — not only by far
the biggest deal of the year but also the largest US - based corporate transaction since 2001 — was always likely to be a feeding frenzy for law firms.
The life insurance industry made
a big deal of the year 2000 and the impending monster changes in the term life insurance pricing that were just waiting for the ball to drop in Times Square.
Not exact matches
After five
years of negotiations, handwringing, and pushback, the
biggest trade
deal in more than two decades, known as the Trans - Pacific Partnership (TPP), has now been finalized.
Jonathan Crandall, who runs J.C. Landscaping in Danvers, Mass., is a
big believer in holding out for financing
deals that pop up at the end
of a model
year.
On the other hand, and assuming they're destined for critical acclaim, having completely new and exclusive games like Breath
of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, Splatoon 2, Fire Emblem Warriors, Snipperclips, Arms and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 available as part
of your launch
year holiday lineup could prove a much
bigger deal than anyone's yet realized.
But while Saunders» resume may ultimately be defined by his role in several massive mergers, his reputation in biotech is rooted in a rock»em, sock»em approach to
deal - making which has led to his reputation as one
of the industry's
biggest boosters — especially in a
year when biotech has been hopelessly floundering in the marketplace, with major sector indices plunging by 20 %.
As
big a
deal as Salesforce's planned acquisition
of MuleSoft is, it may be just one small chapter in what turns out to be an epic
year for tech mergers and acquisitions.
«By
year - end he was closing some
of our
biggest deals, with higher profitability than anyone else,» says Gordon.
The
deal means Nike (NKE) has stolen the contract from one
of its
biggest rivals, German company Adidas, which signed an 11 -
year contact with the league in 2006.
That accomplishment would be a
big coup for Under Armour, which is Spieth's
biggest endorser — and would likely bring Spieth a generous bonus as part
of his 10 -
year deal that is rumored to be worth as much as $ 200 million.
When the news broke late on Wednesday in Moscow, Russian and western media trumpeted it as the energy
deal of the
year: Glencore (glncy), the world's
biggest commodities house, and the Qatar Investment Authority had agreed to buy a 19.5 % stake in Rosneft, Russia's national oil champion, for 10.5 billion euros ($ 11.1 billion).
That
deal followed a coup for Under Armour (which is
big supporter
of CEO Kevin Plank's alma mater, the University
of Maryland) when the company last
year reached an apparel agreement with the University
of Notre Dame — a
deal that school said was the largest ever in college sports at the time.
Still, one
of biggest changes this
year will certainly be a
bigger emphasis on
deals, keeping customers aware
of low prices at a time when shopper traffic has been falling at Target.
Generally speaking 2014 was a
big year from a
deal point
of view.
It's worth considering which will be the
bigger deal 20
years hence: the likes
of Call
of Duty: Black Ops 3 or that
of Candy Crush and Minecraft?
Canadian startups are enjoying more and
bigger venture capital
deals (in the first quarter
of 2016, venture capital investments reached $ 838 million, nearly double what they were for the same period the
year before), but the VC community, lacking size and versatility, is not keeping pace with their funding needs.
This is Allen Edmonds»
biggest sale
of the
year, so you can't pass these
deals up.
Pittsburgh - based gas driller EQT Corporation's $ 8.2 billion purchase
of fellow fracker Rice Energy was last
year's
biggest U.S. exploration and production
deal.
It's an area that CEO Marissa Mayer has identified as critical to revitalizing the Web portal, and the Flurry
deal marks one
of her
biggest acquisitions during her two -
year tenure.
The service boasts lots
of big names as hosts for its shows, most notably Howard Stern, who agreed in December 2015 to a new contract to host his show for another five
years, in a
deal worth at least $ 80 million per
year.
The
deal is Albertsons» first
big strategic move since Amazon's acquisition
of Whole Foods Market earlier this
year.
Isle
of Man - based GVC, which has grown rapidly into one
of Britain's
biggest online gambling companies, and high street - based Ladbrokes held talks about a
deal earlier this
year but they broke down without agreement.
A
big one is Amazon's Prime Day discount day, a mid-summer sale that offers
deals every 10 minutes and draws tens
of millions
of shoppers each
year.
One
of the
year's
biggest biopharma M&A scuffles came to an end in January when Johnson & Johnson finally struck a
deal to buy Actelion, Europe's
biggest biotech and a maker
of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) drugs.
The prior
year, there were eight
big deals, including Avago's $ 37 billion purchase
of Broadcom, which at the time was the largest tech
deal ever, until it was surpassed later in the
year by Dell's $ 67 billion acquisition
of EMC.
Generic drugmaker Mylan has proposed buying Perrigo for about $ 29 billion in cash and stock in what would be the
biggest pharmaceutical
deal of the
year so far.
Before last
year, however, International Women's Day just wasn't that
big of a
deal, and few Americans knew this «holiday» existed.
The
deal announced late Wednesday comes less than two
years after Google bought Motorola Mobility for $ 12.4 billion in the
biggest acquisition
of Google's 15 -
year history.
All the talk
of takeover
deals shouldn't detract from the
biggest earnings week
of the
year, Jim Cramer
of «Mad Money» said.
«As recently as three
years ago, Black Friday — dominated by
Big Store brands — was clearly better than smaller brand - focused and clothing - focused Cyber Monday, in terms
of the number and quality
of deals, as well as the number
of participating retailers,» says de Grandpre
of DealNews.
In fact, there are only a handful
of publicly traded firms in the world that
deal in the stuff, the
biggest of which include Germany's Beate Uhse, Barcelona - based Private Media and Colorado - based New Frontier Media (Playboy used to be among this group, but it de-listed last
year).
Last
year, December 23rd trumped Black Friday as the
biggest shopping day
of the
year; this
year, major retailers like Amazon and Wal - Mart have been rolling out Black Friday - caliber
deals since November 1.
For better or worse, this
year's study hands a
big talking point to the campaign
of Top State Gov. Nathan
Deal of Georgia, a Republican touting his economic record in his bid for a second term.
That said, pressure on
Big Food is at an historic level, as seen by the rapid pace
of industry
deal making already this
year.
According to Forbes» list
of the world's highest - paid TV actresses in 2017, Vergara's
big financial gain this
year comes not only from her role on the hit series «Modern Family,» but from two licensing
deals, and her uber - popular line
of perfumes.
«Even if it remains a Schedule I substance, the DEA will continue to allocate its resources and time to the
biggest and most violent drug traffickers,» he says, explaining most
of the agency's resources are being used to
deal with the current opioid epidemic, which kills more people each
year than auto accidents.
The US saw the
biggest increase in private equity transactions with a 52 percent rise in
deals led by buyout funds, accounting for a total
of $ 46.4 billion so far this
year.
Music streaming service Spotify has reportedly reached a licensing
deal with Sony Music Entertainment that brings it a
big step closer to what could be one
of the
year's
biggest stock market listings.
Beyond Charney's proclivity for attracting lawsuits, the other
big challenge for the company is to
deal with its debt — $ 175 million as
of the end
of last
year.
While the value
of M&A
deals globally increased 67 percent
year - on -
year in the first quarter
of 2018, the number
of deals dropped by 10 percent to 10,338, preliminary Thomson Reuters data show, reflecting how
deals on average are getting
bigger.
Unlike other festivals that screen films in the hopes
of getting a
bigger distribution
deal, Ellison's crew plans to use social media and other tech to turn these films into
year round events, it says.