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James Fontanella-Khan

M&A correspondent

James Fontanella-Khan is US M&A correspondent at the Financial Times covering deals across America. Previously he worked on Lex and as a correspondent in Brussels, New Delhi and Mumbai. He started his career at the FT in London on the news desk in 2005. He graduated at Science Po, Paris.

Along with Arash Massoudi , he is the co-creator of the FT’s new premium deals briefing called Due Diligence. To receive the newsletter in your inbox Tuesday to Friday at 5am UK time, sign-up here.

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  • Thursday, 19 April, 2018
    Pharmaceuticals
    Shire rejects £42bn Takeda offer as Allergan retreats

    Shares in Irish drugmaker yo-yo as US group says it may also bid, then pulls out

    Thursday, 19 April, 2018
  • Thursday, 19 April, 2018
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Shire rejects £42.4bn takeover bid from Takeda

    Stock and cash offer values Irish drugmaker at £46.50 a share

    Thursday, 19 April, 2018
  • Wednesday, 18 April, 2018
    Media
    CBS weighs legal risks of increased Viacom bid

    Shareholders could challenge Shari Redstone’s effort to reunite family media empire

    Wednesday, 18 April, 2018
  • Monday, 16 April, 2018
    Financial Services
    Guggenheim probed by SEC over mansion purchases

    Investment management division says it is co-operating with US regulator

    Monday, 16 April, 2018
  • Friday, 13 April, 2018
    Video The Big Read 13:22min
    Listen: Top lawyers reap rewards

    Superstar partners are drawing salaries akin to those of top bankers and sports stars

    Friday, 13 April, 2018
  • Tuesday, 10 April, 2018
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Sprint and T-Mobile USA rekindle merger talks

    Third attempt to create a wireless group that can better take on Verizon and AT&T

    Tuesday, 10 April, 2018
  • Tuesday, 10 April, 2018
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Patrick Soon-Shiong looks to net DC United

    Consortium hopes to snap up Major League Soccer team in deal valuing club at $500m

    Tuesday, 10 April, 2018
  • Monday, 9 April, 2018
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Viacom wants CBS to raise bid by $2.8bn
    Monday, 9 April, 2018
  • Monday, 9 April, 2018
    The Big Read
    The dawn of the superstar lawyer

    As top performers are offered pay equal to bankers and hedge fund managers, is the lockstep system under threat?

    Monday, 9 April, 2018
  • Promoted Content
  • Sunday, 8 April, 2018
    Pharmaceuticals
    Celgene hunts deals to offset patent cliff losses

    Cancer treatment behind 63% of revenue could face competition from copycats in 2020

    Sunday, 8 April, 2018
  • Wednesday, 4 April, 2018
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    SS&C gatecrashes Temenos bid for Fidessa
    Wednesday, 4 April, 2018
  • Wednesday, 4 April, 2018
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Viacom rejects CBS’s below-market takeover

    Weeks of talks expected on proposal to reunite companies separated 13 years ago

    Wednesday, 4 April, 2018
  • Wednesday, 4 April, 2018
    Analysis Mergers & Acquisitions
    Investors smart at ailing pharma deals

    Doubts hang over acquisitions struck when the industry was in the grip of an M&A frenzy

    Wednesday, 4 April, 2018
  • Tuesday, 3 April, 2018
    Financial Services
    Goldman promotes tech banker to co-head Americas M&A
    Tuesday, 3 April, 2018
  • Monday, 2 April, 2018
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    CBS set to make below-market bid for Viacom

    A deal would reunite Sumner Redstone-controlled companies 13 years after they split

    Monday, 2 April, 2018
  • Monday, 2 April, 2018
    Insurance
    Humana jumps on media reports of Walmart takeover
    Monday, 2 April, 2018
  • Monday, 26 March, 2018
    Media
    IAC sounds out a possible sale of Dictionary.com
    Monday, 26 March, 2018
  • Wednesday, 21 March, 2018
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Global deals surge past $1tn at fastest ever pace

    Wave of consolidation in US and activity in UK, China, Germany and Japan drive market

    Wednesday, 21 March, 2018
  • Sunday, 18 March, 2018
    Analysis Media
    Antitrust showdown with AT&T will resonate across all sectors

    DoJ’s challenge to Time Warner deal will set the stage for future media consolidation

    Sunday, 18 March, 2018
  • Friday, 16 March, 2018
    Technology
    Qualcomm ousts Jacobs as director over buyout plan

    Former chairman will not be renominated to board after saying he is exploring a bid

    Friday, 16 March, 2018
  • Friday, 16 March, 2018
    Analysis Mergers & Acquisitions
    Tale of woe for Tan and his Qualcomm dream

    Broadcom chief made wrong bet trying to use positive Trump ties in takeover bid

    Friday, 16 March, 2018
  • Thursday, 15 March, 2018
    Technology
    Former Qualcomm chairman seeks funding for buyout

    Paul Jacobs approaches global investors to back takeover after Broadcom bid blocked

    Thursday, 15 March, 2018
  • Thursday, 15 March, 2018
    Technology
    Former Qualcomm chairman seeks funding for buyout

    Move comes days after president blocked $142bn bid by Broadcom

    Thursday, 15 March, 2018
  • Wednesday, 14 March, 2018
    Technology
    Broadcom withdraws $142bn offer for Qualcomm

    Retreat comes after Trump blocks Singapore chipmaker’s pursuit of US rival

    Wednesday, 14 March, 2018
  • Tuesday, 13 March, 2018
    Analysis Technology
    Trump’s Broadcom block shakes corporate America

    Rare move to kill $142bn bid for Qualcomm stokes fears for dealmakers

    Tuesday, 13 March, 2018
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