19 Dec A tale of two mergers
A nice - and unusual - way to round up the year: two large-scale, highly-prominent 'mergers of equals' are both showing signs of...
Merger Tag
18 Dec Analysts support Aer Lingus/IAG merger, but obstacles remain
According to Acquisitions Daily, analysts have been overwhelmingly supportive of the rationale for the acquisition of the Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus by its Anglo-Spanish rival International Airlines Group (IAG), following confirmation that IAG has made an approach to buy the company, which was rejected...
18 Dec Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia shares surge on merger talk
According to Acquisitions Daily, fresh speculation regarding a potential tie-up between the French network-equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent and Finland’s Nokia sent shares in both companies higher on December 18. Merger talks are understood to have...
23 Nov Regulatory shadow over Halliburton plan
There is certainly commercial logic behind Halliburton’s move to acquire rival Baker Hughes – to form an oilfield services company that would be slightly more than half the size of the dominant global leader Schlumberger – as plunging oil prices threaten to curb activity in...
16 Apr Sorrell says Publicis / Omnicom’s ‘merger of equals’ is ‘impossible’
Sir Martin Sorrell, chief executive of WPP, has called attempts by rival holding groups, Omnicom Media Group and Publicis Groupe to form a £23 bilion "merger of equals" "impossible". "They talk about this being a merger of equals, which is technically impossible. From an accounting point...
07 Apr Regulatory mountain for merger to climb
The plan to merge Switzerland’s Holcim with France’s Lafarge to create the world’s largest cement producer – an operation with a turnover of €32bn (US$44bn) – looks an uncertain prospect given the raft of regulatory hurdles that the deal will need to overcome. While the two...
23 Aug American US Airways Integration: A new role for Regulators?
Posted at 13:24h in Comment, Executive Insight, Manage the M&A Process, Prepare for Integration, Uncategorized
Interesting developments continue in the merger efforts of American Airlines and US Airways: According to the Washington Post, the U.S. Department of Justice and several states have just sued to block the proposed merger of American Airlines and US Airways, arguing that the new $11 billion airline would reduce...
05 Aug WPP expected to seek acquisitions
The advertising and marketing giant WPP is expected to seek acquisitions following the merger of rivals Omnicom and Publicis. Shares in large advertising companies such as Japanese rival Dentsu and Havas of France have gained on the back of talk that WPP will make an acquisition...
31 Jul Publicis, Omnicom likely to spark M&A wave
As Publicis and Omnicom work on with their potentially landscape-altering merger, there has been much speculation as to ongoing consolidation and which rivals could soon follow suit. Dealmaking in the advertising and marketing arena to date this year stands at US$21.4bn globally, from the announcement of...