The specialty pharma industry has historically been an area filled
with dealmaking but has been more subdued over the past few years.
Not exact matches
As we've written before, the competition is forcing PE firms to get creative in their
dealmaking,
with more add - on deals, carve - outs, and an increased interest in new sectors like technology.
Next to him, grinning widely, was the man who had assembled the acquired company: Stefano Pessina, an Italian billionaire who had started
with one local pharmaceutical distributor in 1977 and, through shrewd and voluminous
dealmaking, built it into the $ 40 billion, 4,600 - store Alliance Boots.
Specialty pharma
dealmaking fell off abruptly in 2017
with just $ 7 billion in deals, the lowest since 2009 according to consulting firm EY.
But the serial acquirers that defined the last decade of specialty pharma
dealmaking — Teva Pharmaceuticals, Valeant Pharmaceuticals, and Endo International — are no longer in the position to take on bigger deals, as they're all saddled
with too much debt.
Simon, a real estate giant
with headquarters in Indianapolis, has relied on aggressive
dealmaking and savvy property management to bolster its position as the largest U.S. operator and developer of shopping malls.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is embarking on its biggest cost - cutting push in years as it tries to weather a slump in trading and
dealmaking, according to two people
with knowledge of the effort.
This may also be a further sign that Beijing has run out of patience
with splashy foreign
dealmaking.
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With the stock market hitting record highs and confidence growing in the US economy,
dealmaking has accelerated dramatically.
Both parties say the complex
dealmaking that united the five - member Independent Democratic Conference
with Republicans in New York means we won't necessarily know which party has won control on election night.
«It keeps playing out in ways that I think sometimes are about
dealmaking, sometimes about revenge,» Mr. de Blasio said during a sit - down
with City Hall reporters in his office.
And we were met
with subversive, backdoor
dealmaking between the Council Speaker and One Police Plaza.»
Weinstein was, for many years, a force during Sundance, starting a reputation for
dealmaking that started
with Steven Soderbergh's «sex, lies and videotape» in 1989 and continued for decades after.
As Dropout Nation has documented over the past few weeks (and, actually, longer than that), decades of
dealmaking between states, districts, and affiliates of the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers is rearing its ugly head just as state governments must also deal
with increasing Medicaid costs driven by the passage of the Affordable Care Act.
But, like the recent New York auctions where nearly 60 % less art sold by - value in comparison to one year before but
with far fewer costly guarantees, the businesses behind the art being sold appear to remain strong thanks to this kind of shrewd
dealmaking.
«While the outlook for 2017 remains fraught
with uncertainty, many of the key drivers of a healthy
dealmaking environment remain.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has posted a double - digit increase in profits per partner (PEP) for 2017,
with the metric rising 13.5 % to $ 2.4 m after another strong year for lobbying and
dealmaking.
At the recent ICSC's New York National
Dealmaking Conference, executives including Anjee Solanki, national director of U.S. retail services
with Colliers International, noted that retail rents are softening across property types.
(Bloomberg)-- China is planning sweeping curbs on its companies» overseas acquisitions, including barring most foreign investments of $ 10 billion or more, people
with knowledge of the matter said, as it seeks to tame a record
dealmaking...
Even
with the positive mood at this year's ICSC New York
Dealmaking conference, seasoned retail real estate professionals expect only moderate growth for the sector in 2012...
When he stepped down, Tomasz received a compensation package totaling nearly $ 2.8 million, but has been barred by a non-competition agreement from doing any
dealmaking except «for his own account,» according to documents filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
And so the families turned to Lindsay Goldberg, a now - $ 13 billion private equity firm that focuses on deals
with family - owned businesses, to put up the majority of the cash necessary to fund the entity and provide
dealmaking expertise.