David O’Hara, managing director at MKI Global Partners, said: “Confluent sits naturally inside IBM’s software segment alongside Red Hat and...
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CBS News: Paramount Skydance makes bid for all of Warner Bros. Discovery valued at $108 billion
Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders "will have to choose between [Paramount Skydance's] straight $30-a-share cash offer and Netflix's slightly...
Sky News: Netflix agrees blockbuster $72bn deal for Warner Bros studios
David O'Hara, managing director at the advisory firm MKI Global Partners, said of the proposed deal: "The 12-18 month timeline signals a long...
Reuters | Instant view: Netflix to buy Warner Bros Discovery’s studios, streaming unit for $72 billion
DAVID O'HARA, MKI PARTNERS, NEW YORK "The review will likely be slow and uncomfortable, but the backdrop is still a crowded market where Disney+,...
Novo Nordisk gatecrashes Pfizer deal with $9bn bid for Metsera
Mark Kelly, chief executive of advisory firm MKI Global Partners, said the deal had become “very political” and the structure was a sign that Novo...
Financial Times | AstraZeneca to elevate New York listing in blow to London
"Companies like AstraZeneca have been looking for ways to shift the balance of their listings away from London towards the USA while maintaining a...
Financial Times | Acquiring companies throw in the towel on big German M&A
"Acquiring companies have gone ‘this is just ridiculous’, and thrown the towel,” said Mark Kelly, chief executive of London-headquartered MKP...
The Australian Financial Review | Sultan Al-Jaber: the other key man risk to Santos’ $36.4b takeover
“In essence, the way XRG works is that any transaction – and Santos is obviously a hugely important one given the whole strategic backdrop to XRG’s...
Financial Times: Brussels approves €4.1bn acquisition of Just Eat Takeaway by Prosus
Thomas Nienaber, managing director at MKP Advisors, said the decision by Prosus to sell down its Delivery Hero stake was an “obvious quick fix to...
Financial Times: Why a $200bn US rail megamerger could still hit the buffers
David O’Hara, managing director of MKP Advisors, a specialist advisory firm, wrote in a note to clients this week that the end of such interlining...