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Savills' $1.1bn Acquisition of Eastdil Secured

By Julianna Zelnhefer, Alex Svanidze, Ryan Leo, and Ava Singer (Boston University); Anastasia Malikova, Dennis Malaj, Gauri Khanna (LSE) Photo: Jason Dent (Unsplash) Overview of the deal Acquirer : Savills plc Target : Eastdil Secured LLC Implied Equity Value : $921.25 million (USD) (60% cash/40% stock) Total Transaction Size : $1,112.5 million (USD) Closed date : Q2-Q3 2026, subject to regulatory clearances Target advisor : BDT & MSD Partners (financial), Latham & Watkins

akshib27

Apr 155 min read

Oakley Capital's $1.34bn Acquisition of GLAS

By Anastasia Malikova, Dennis Malaj, Gauri Khanna, Sarah Lee (LSE); Mateo Roman Sy, Nathaline Marielle, Jeongmin Oh, Linh Nguyen, Parth Talwar (HKU) Photo: Scott Graham (Unsplash) Overview of the deal Overview of the deal Acquirer: Oakley Capital Target: Global Loan Agency Services (GLAS) Implied Equity Value: $1.34 Billion Total Transaction Size: $73.9 Million Closed date: 5 January 2026 Target advisor: Deutsche Bank (Financial), Robert W. Baird (Financial), Willkie Farr &

amansp2006

Mar 256 min read

Klarna's IPO

By Amya Hillis, Jacob Liu, Agastya Mittal, and Dirk Harrison (Columbia University); Shahmir Ahmed and Francesco Del Sesto (Bocconi University) Photo: Jonas Leupe (Unsplash) Summary of IPO The buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) model and broader shift to online commerce have reshaped consumer finance over the past decade, and Klarna has been one of the central players in that transition. Founded in 2005 in Stockholm, Klarna built a platform that lets consumers split payments, pay later,

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Dec 10, 20255 min read

DCP Capital's $1.7bn Acquisition of Sun Art Retail Group

By Ben Marmor, Vincent Daly, Kaiona Wagatsuma, Nathaniel Baker (Cornell University); Ben Preece, Lukas Ehrlich, Joe Taylor , Annant...

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Mar 20, 20255 min read

Ares Management's $3.7bn Acquisition of GLP Capital Partners

By James Searle, Greg Dargue, Cameron Hansell, Ben Motamed (Durham University); Aviral Jain, Leon Gaster, Adalia Melvin, Haci Eren Sidar...

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Jan 23, 20256 min read

Blackstone’s $16.14bn Acquisition of AirTrunk

By Kevin Xu, Nancy Huang (Melbourne University), Annabel Lai, Sanghyeon Kim, Freya Zhang, Edward Fung (HKUST University). Photo: Markus Spiske (Unsplash) Overview of the deal Acquirer : Blackstone Target : AirTrunk Total Transaction Size : AU$24 billion (US$16 billion) Closed date : N/A (Pending approval by Australian Foreign Investment Review Board) Deal Announcement Date : 09/04/2024 Target advisor: Goldman Sachs, Macquarie Capital, Grant Samuel (financial); DLA Piper,