By Ben Motamed, Charlie Bark, Archie Clarke, Emmanuel Olowe, James Midgley (Durham University); Alvaro Aguilar De Nalda (ESADE); Lisa Dai, Larry Cao, Jeffrey Kim, and Milan Agarwala (Columbia University) Photo: Piron Gillaume (Unsplash) Overview of the deal Acquirer:  EQT Target:  Coller Capital Transaction Type : All-stock acquisition funded thoroughly newly issued shares Total Transaction Size:  $3.2 billion Closing Date:  Q3 2026, subject to regulatory approval Target Advi

By Aman Prasad, Jiaqi Tang, Oliver Greenhalgh (University of Birmingham), Alvaro Aguilar De Nalda (ESADE); Freya ZHANG, Akshi Bansal, Jacky CHAN, Sharon Liu, Chak Li (HKUST) Photo: Adi Goldstein (Unsplash) Overview of the deal Acquirer:  IBM Target:  Confluent Implied Equity Value:  $ 31 per share Total Transaction Size:  $11.9 billion Closing Date:  Expected mid-2026 Target Advisor:  Morgan Stanley (financial), Cooley LLP (legal) Acquirer Advisor:   Centerview Partners (fina

By Alp Ceylan, Elisa Nicoletti, and Victor Varela (Bocconi University); Alvaro Aguilar De Nalda (ESADE); Jiaqi Tang, Oli Greenhalgh and Ibrahim Demir (University of Birmingham) Photo: Acton Crawford (Unsplash) Overview of the deal Acquirer:  Union Pacific Corp Target:  Norfolk Southern Corp Transaction Type : Stock-and-cash acquisition Total Transaction Size:  $84.4 billion Closing Date:  The first half of 2027 (subject to regulatory approval)  Target Advisor:  BofA Securitie

By Rasmus Sjögren, Alexander Henje, Haris Jasarevic, Nikolas Kakona (Stockholm School of Economics), Shivam Gujral (University of Cambridge) Photo: Brett Jordan (Unsplash) Overview of the deal Acquirer:  T-Mobile US, Inc. – a leading American wireless carrier and subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom Target:  Uscellular’s Wireless Operations – a regional wireless business of United States Cellular Implied Equity Value:  US$4.3 billion Total Transaction Size:  ~US$4.3 billion, includ

By Shahmir Ahmed, Alp Ceylan, and Francesco del Sesto (Bocconi University); Alvaro Aguilar De Nalda (ESADE); Nikhil Freiherr Raitz Von Frentz, Max Fischer, Daniel Barker, Moritz Ibe (University of St Andrews) Photo: Farzad (Unsplash) Summary of IPO Meesho is a Bangalore-based start-up that was founded by two IIT Delhi graduates in December 2015. It went public on the BSE and NSE the 10th of December 2025. It is a mobile-app-based e-commerce marketplace that lets small busines

By Alexander Svanidze, Ava Singer, Ryan Leo, Julianna Zelnhefer (Boston University); Alvaro Aguilar De Nalda (ESADE); 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 L

By Mateo Sy, Linh Nguyen, Nathaline Marielle, Jeongmin Oh, Parth Talwar (HKUST); Alvaro Aguilar De Nalda (ESADE); Benedict Murphy, Shivam Gujral (University of Cambridge) Photo: Dominic Kurniawan Suryaputra (Unsplash) Overview of the deal Acquirer:  Jardine Strategic Limited (“Bidco”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited Target:  Mandarin Oriental International Ltd Implied Equity Value : US$4.2 billion Total Transaction Size:  The remaining 11.96%

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