CVS/Aetna, Disney/Fox Highlight Solid M&A
The days before Christmas can be busy ones for M&A as companies try to wrap deals up, but the end of 2017 was crazed, with at least a dozen U.S. deals of $1 billion or more announced from Dec. 15 to 31 led by the Unilever spreads deal. The flurry suggests the continued appetite for M&A among both corporates and PE shops, which were involved on six of the 10 deals, three as buyers and three as sellers.
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Firms
Deals announced between Jan 2017 and Dec 2017 ranked by number of deals, then by aggregate transaction value in the event of a tie.
Morgan Stanley
Goldman Sachs & Co.
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Citigroup Inc.
Barclays Capital
Credit Suisse Group
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Lazard Ltd.
Evercore Inc.
Jefferies LLC
Deutsche Bank AG
UBS Investment Bank
RBC Capital Markets
Moelis & Co. LLC
Stifel, Nicolaus & Co.
Wells Fargo Securities LLC
Centerview Partners LLC
Sandler O’Neill & Partners LP
Houlihan Lokey Inc.
Rothschild & Co
Piper Jaffray & Co.
Perella Weinberg Partners LP
Raymond James & Associates Inc.
Guggenheim Securities LLC
Robert W. Baird & Co.
Macquarie Capital
Stephens Inc.
BMO Capital Markets Corp.
Deloitte LLP
Harris Williams & Co.
William Blair & Co.
PJT Partners Inc.
Allen & Co. LLC
HSBC Holdings plc
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Inc.
Greenhill & Co.
KeyBanc Capital Markets
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
LionTree Advisors LLC
Financial Technology Partners LP
FTI Consulting Inc.
Ernst & Young LLP
KPMG LLP
Cowen and Co. LLC
TD Securities Inc.
BNP Paribas SA
Peter J. Solomon Co.
Qatalyst Partners
National Bank Financial Inc.
Quayle Munro Ltd.
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.
Needham & Co. LLC
Canaccord Genuity Corp.
Hovde Group LLC
JMP Securities LLC
Daiwa Securities Group Inc.
D.A. Davidson & Co.
BDT & Co. LLC
Credit Agricole Group
GCA Corp.
Intrepid Investment Bankers LLC
Nomura Holdings Inc.
Duff & Phelps Corp.
Triple Tree LLC
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Valence Group LLC
Leerink Partners LLC
Raine Securities LLC
AlixPartners LLP
Oppenheimer & Co.
Banco Santander SA
Lincoln International LLC
Atlas Technology Group LLC
America’s Growth Capital LLC
Robey Warshaw LLP
Nordea AB
Arma Partners LLP
Societe Generale SA
Dyal Co. LLC
Petrie Partners LLC
Waller Capital Corp.
SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.
DH Capital LLC
Banks Street Partners LLC
Ankura Consulting Group LLC
Greentech Capital Advisors Securities LLC
EarlyBirdCapital Inc.
Torreya Partners LLC
Catalyst Strategic Advisors LLC
Bank Street Group LLC
Mercer Capital Management Inc.
Petsky Prunier LLC
Grant Thornton LLP
Roth Capital Partners LLC
Gleacher Shacklock LLP
Foros Group
Professional Bank Services Inc.
Panoramic Capital Advisors Inc.
FBR & Co.
FIG Partners LLC