The Guardian: Mergers & Acquisitions

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Armengol to replace Robin Bulloch in 2025 but owner Sabadell faces $13bn hostile takeover bid by BBVA TSB has appointed the former executive Marc Armengol as its new chief executive as the bank faces uncertainty over its future, with its parent company facing a hostile $13bn (£10.2bn) takeover bid.

Bank

TechCrunch: M&A

JULY 25, 2023

Founded in 2002, Imperva is a data and application security company with services spanning web application firewalls (WAFs), API security, DDoS protection, account takeover (ATO) protection, data activity monitoring (DAM) and more. The news comes four years after private equity giant Thoma Bravo acquired Imperva for $2.1 This includes a $5.5

Securities

Focus Investment Banking

MARCH 3, 2024

I’ve been doing transactions in the automotive aftermarket since helping America’s Service Station’s private equity owner sell 30 stores in Texas in 2002 to a strategic buyer. Slee also lived in Charlotte and had an Investment Banking firm called Robertson & Foley. And that’s all it took to become an investment banker.

Negotiation

Focus Investment Banking

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

But the costs of compliance with regulatory requirements, such as those imposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002, are significant. It didn’t look like fun. Publicly traded companies must adhere to stringent and transparent reporting standards at substantial legal and administrative costs.

Private Equity

Devensoft

AUGUST 14, 2023

Streamlining Integration Management Office (IMO) for Better Efficiency Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) are complex undertakings that require careful planning and execution. The cultural differences led to significant internal conflict, with the HP board narrowly approving the merger by a single vote.

M&A

The Deal

AUGUST 9, 2023

Wadhwani created private equity firm Symphony Technology Group LLC in 2002 and is SymphonyAI’s sole backer, having invested $1 billion to build out the company. raised $300 million at a $6.3 billion valuation in 2021. Dhawan became CEO of SymphonyAI in 2022, replacing founder Romesh Wadhwani. Dhawan previously ran Cerence Inc.

M&A

Focus Investment Banking

AUGUST 29, 2023

FOCUS Investment Banking represented DIGITALiBiz, Inc. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, iBiz provides business IT solutions, systems engineering and integration, research and analysis, communications strategy, and program management to government agencies. iBiz), a U.S. DIGITALiBiz, Inc.

M&A