Winners all round in biotech merger
Both sets of shareholders seem unusually happy at the merger of the British respiratory biotech specialists Vectura Group…
Adviser: Lazard
Ventilation leader prepared for sale
One of the world’s leading companies in the indoor air ventilation technology sector is understood to be in…
GAF gets taste for Denmark
Bahrain’s Investcorp has exited its investment in the Danish manufacturer of roofing products Icopal, with a sale to…
Barclays hires Lazard to sell Asia wealth unit
Barclays has mandated Lazard as adviser on the sale of its Asian private wealth unit, according to sources…
Aveva welcomes suitors after dropping Schneider deal
At least two rival bidders could be poised to make a move for Aveva after the UK software…
CSC secures Xchanging – for now
Having come in with an offer 19% higher than that of its bid rival, the US software, services…
Barclays completes Italian retail disposal
Barclays will book a £200m loss after continuing the sale of its continental European banking operations with the…
Lazard advising Sanofi on animal health deal
Sanofi is working with investment bank Lazard to prepare either a sale or IPO of its…
Views diverge on likely Starwood price
Analysts have been more or less unanimous in giving credence to apparenty well-informed reports of Chinese interest in…
AB InBev strikes ‘done deal’ with SABMiller at fourth attempt
The global brewing industry is on the brink of transformation after SABMiller said it would recommend a fourth…