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Omnicom’s $9bn Acquisition of Interpublic Group
By Alexander Svanidze, Ava Singer, Ryan Leo, Julianna Zelnhefer (Boston University); Alvaro Aguilar De Nalda; Rasmus Sjögren, Alexander Henje, Haris Jasarevic, Nikolas Kakona (SSE) Photo: Quick PS (Unsplash) Overview of the deal Acquirer: Omnicom Group Target: Interpublic Group Implied Equity Value : $13.25 billion USD Total Transaction Size: $13.25 billion USD Closing Date: November 26, 2025 Target Advisor: Morgan Stanley (Financial), Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP (Lega
Álvaro Aguilar de Nalda
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Affinity Partners, PIF, and Silver Lake’s $55bn Acquisition of Electronic Arts
By Anastasia Malikova, Dennis Malaj, Gauri Khanna, Sarah Lee (LSE); Aman Prasad, Ibrahim Demir, Jiaqi Tang, Oli Greenhalgh (University of Birmingham) Photo: Florian Olivo Overview of the deal Acquirer: PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners Target: Electronic Arts (EA) Total Transaction Size: $55 billion Closed Date : Expected in Q1 FY27 Target Advisors: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (Financial); Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (Legal) Acquirer Advisors : J.P. Morgan Securities LL
amansp2006
Nov 16, 20256 min read


Siemens' $5.1bn Acquisition of Dotmatics
By Giorgio Goretti, Marco Morchio, Carlotta Nardello (ESADE); James Searle, Ben Motamed, Greg Dargue, Cameron Hansell (Durham University)...
katerinageorgiou5
May 15, 20254 min read


ServiceNow's $2.85bn Acquisition of Moveworks
By Kevin Xu , Ngoc Nguyen , Cooper Thompson (University of Melbourne); Amin Ouamar , Jules Bedrossian , Maximilien Kender (HEC Paris)...
katerinageorgiou5
May 5, 20256 min read


Alphabet's $32bn Acquisition of Wiz
By Aman Prasad, Andrea Defilippi, Jase Lall, Jill Shah, Sharmell Sonia D’Silva (University of Birmingham); Terry Zhang, George Luo (The...
katerinageorgiou5
Apr 30, 20255 min read


Scopely's $3.5bn Acquisition of Niantic
By Edward Mazin, Ryan Trachuk, Olin Duncan, Charlie Hogshire, Caden Viehe, Brendan McNulty (UCLA); Amarthya Chandrappa, Howard Fang,...
katerinageorgiou5
Apr 24, 20255 min read


Baidu's $2.1bn Acquisition of YY Live
By Holly Griffin, Ishaanika Gulzar, Kai Lim, Katerina Georgiou, Tomiwa Oshai (King's College London); Matt Jung, Karson Shi, Mateo Sy,...
katerinageorgiou5
Mar 28, 20256 min read


WorldWide Technology's $1.3bn acquistion of Softchoice Corp.
By Anastasia Malikova, Shir Lyn Lau, Hunter Pang (LSE); Edward Fung Freya Zhang, Harry Yum (HKUST) Photo: Shutterstock Overview of the...
martinatk05678
Feb 27, 20256 min read


Bell Canada Enterprises’ (BCE) $3.65bn Acquisition of Ziply Fiber
By: Maximilien Kender, Jules Bedrossian, Amin Ouamar and Malo Inizan (HEC Paris); Amya Hillis, Janira Martinez, Zin Nas, Irene Souny...
martinatk05678
Feb 19, 20255 min read


Vocus Group’s $3.5bn Acquisition of TPG Telecom
By Kevin Xu, Cooper Thompson, Nancy Huang, Ngoc Nguyen, Oliver Chen (University of Melbourne), Douglas Dahlén, Elliot Christophers, Jens...
martinatk05678
Feb 4, 20255 min read


Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners’ $8.4bn Acquisition of Smartsheet
By Edward Mazin (UCLA), Adam Bernabeu, Mahaut Bonnet de Roovere and Malo Inizan (HEC Paris) Photo: Ahmer Kalam (Unsplash) Overview of...
martinatk05678
Nov 21, 20246 min read


Aon’s $13 bn acquisition of NFP
By Pierre Caye (McGill University), Jonathan Lui, Erica Chan, Hunter Pang, Lasheeka Ramesh (London School of Economics) Photo: NASA...
Lasheeka Ramesh
Sep 5, 20245 min read


IBM’s $6.4bn Acquisition of HashiCorp
By Enrique Perez-Hernandez, Tarvo Simons, Taha Yassine, Michael Joachim ten Eicken, and Juan Pelaez (IE University), Adam Bernabeu,...
Michael Ten Eicken
Jun 4, 20245 min read


Swisscom’s €8bn Acquisition of Vodafone Italia
By Carlo Leopardi, Tommaso Arona, Alina Shaikh, Edoardo Tosti, and Alexander Svanidze (Boston University), Ahaan Roychowdhury, Diti Shah,...
Michael Ten Eicken
May 28, 20245 min read


VIAVI Solutions’ £1.0 bn Acquisition of Spirent Communications
By Rhys Meredith, Salah Baaziz, Aaryan Upadhyay and Dominic Zhu (University of Bristol) and Leo Fridjhon, Xinyue Zhang, Li Hanchen,...
Michael Ten Eicken
Apr 2, 20245 min read


Renesas’s $5.8bn Acquisition of Altium
By Adam Bernabeu, Malo Inizan and Mahaut Bonnet de Roovere (HEC Paris) Kush Mahawar, Alina Vendina and Helena Bhattacharya (Oxford...
Michael Ten Eicken
Mar 22, 20245 min read


Synopsys’ $35bn Acquisition of Ansys
By Adam Bernabeu, Malo Inizan and Mahaut Bonnet de Roovere (HEC Paris) ; Leo Luke Fridjhon, Xinyue Zhang, Hanchen Li and Abraham...
Victor Paquet
Feb 13, 20245 min read


HPE’s $14bn Acquisition of Juniper Networks
By Kayley Portelli, William Hodgson, Jingheng Xu, Nancy Huang (University of Melbourne) ; Nathaniel Baker, Alyssa Serebrenik, Samuel...
Victor Paquet
Feb 6, 20246 min read


Six Flags and Cedar Fair's $8 Billion Merger
By Erica Chan, Hunter Pang, Jonathan Liu, Lasheeka Ramesh (LSE). In collaboration with Alexandre Megrelis, Jules Donzelot, Loïc Meunier,...
Victor Paquet
Jan 30, 20246 min read


Blackstone’s $2.5bn Acquisition of Civica
By Ana Almeida, Caroline Brandvold, Morrison Dobere, Angelina Gart, Nick Laterza, and Aanjay Patel (Cornell University); Aviral Jain,...
Victor Paquet
Dec 5, 20236 min read
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