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  • Sunday, 26 January, 2020
    Deutsche Bank AG
    Deutsche Bank payments to Saudi royal adviser probed

    German prosecutors investigate two former employees for suspected bribery

  • Sunday, 26 January, 2020
    AnalysisNewcastle United Football Co Ltd
    Saudi Arabia takes £350m shot at Newcastle United

    Fans cheer prospect of Ashley exit but obstacles remain to getting deal across line

  • Saturday, 25 January, 2020
    Newcastle United Football Co Ltd
    Saudi wealth fund in talks to buy Newcastle United

    Gulf investor seeks gateway to world’s most popular sport through UK retail magnate Mike Ashley’s club

  • Monday, 20 January, 2020
    Travel & leisure industry
    Barclay brothers in talks to sell Ritz hotel

    Jeddah-based group representing wealthy families shows interest in London institution

  • Tuesday, 7 January, 2020
    Anheuser-Busch InBev SA
    AB InBev plans to replace veteran chief financial officer

    Exclusive: World’s biggest brewer searches for successor to Felipe Dutra

  • Tuesday, 31 December, 2019
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    US companies power a surge in megadeals in 2019

    American M&A rose as European and Asian transactions declined sharply 

  • Tuesday, 17 December, 2019
    JAB Holdings Ltd
    JAB to list Peet’s and Douwe Egberts in €3bn coffee IPO

    Plan to merge businesses would create largest publicly traded coffee company

  • Monday, 16 December, 2019
    Hellman & Friedman LLC
    Hellman & Friedman nears €2.5bn AutoScout24 deal

    German online car trading platform attracts private equity interest

  • Saturday, 14 December, 2019
    Financial services
    UK dealmaker Robey tops £100m in pay since leaving Morgan Stanley

    Latest results for Robey Warshaw show M&A trio earned £48m last year

  • Promoted Content
  • Friday, 13 December, 2019
    Food & Beverage
    Mexico’s Grupo Lala chief to join JAB beverages arm

    Mauricio Leyva to advise German family company on expanding beverages arm

  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2019
    Nestlé S.A.
    Nestlé to sell Häagen-Dazs ice cream business for $4bn

    Deal with private equity joint venture is latest divestment by CEO Mark Schneider

  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2019
    Saudi Aramco IPO
    Saudi Arabia renews push for $2tn Aramco valuation

    State funds and families encouraged to buy shares in pursuit of Prince Mohammed target

  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2019
    Chelsea FC PLC
    US financier tabled offer for Chelsea Football Club

    Todd Boehly’s bid fell short of £3bn valuation sought by owner Roman Abramovich

  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2019
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Carsales.com joins suitors for Scout24’s auto unit

    Trio of PE firms expected to submit offers for car trading business

  • Thursday, 5 December, 2019
    Kering SA
    Kering explores Moncler acquisition as luxury deals heat up

    Gucci-owner has held talks with Italian maker of ski suits and quilted jackets

  • Monday, 2 December, 2019
    Board changes
    Man City investor Silver Lake shakes up top leadership 

    Entertainment power broker Egon Durban made co-chief of US private equity group

  • Monday, 25 November, 2019
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Boomtime back as dealmaking hits $70bn in a day

    US stocks hit new record thanks to return of animal spirits and ebbing of recession fears

  • Monday, 25 November, 2019
    LVMH
    LVMH clinches takeover of Tiffany for $16.6bn

    Largest ever luxury deal gives French group a bigger presence in jewellery

  • Sunday, 24 November, 2019
    Novartis AG
    Novartis agrees $9.7bn deal for US cholesterol drugmaker

    Swiss company looks to restock pipeline with acquisition of The Medicines Company

  • Thursday, 21 November, 2019
    Football
    Italian football club AS Roma in talks over possible sale

    Serie A club owners confirm holding preliminary discussions with group of investors

  • Thursday, 21 November, 2019
    Saudi Aramco IPO
    Saudi Arabia sidelines foreign banks on Aramco IPO

    JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley are ‘global co-ordinators’ in name only

  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2019
    AnalysisSaudi Aramco
    How Riyadh’s Saudi Aramco ambitions were thwarted

    Bankers had to deliver news to angry chairman that investors valued oil group at well below $2tn target

  • Monday, 18 November, 2019
    Saudi Aramco
    Saudi Aramco abandons international IPO roadshow

    State-owned oil company will confine marketing of shares to the kingdom and Gulf states

  • Thursday, 14 November, 2019
    Lazard Ltd
    Ex-Obama adviser leads Lazard’s dealmaking quest

    Peter Orszag looks for ways to squeeze more from once unruly advisory firm’s outposts

  • Monday, 11 November, 2019
    Just Eat PLC
    Takeaway.com seeks to reassure investors over Just Eat merger

    Chief Jitse Groen said new company could withstand well-funded rivals such as Uber and Deliveroo

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