Posts tagged: Lazard

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UNCOOKED ALERT: Naturgy Energy Group SA said to ... - Part 5

Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 8:31 am

There was more follow up in the Spanish press of little old Betaville's UNCOOKED Alert about the Naturgy Energy Group takeover rumours.

This morning Expansion reported that TAQA, the Abu Dhabi-based group circling Naturgy, had hired bankers from NM Rothschild and Lazard to advice it on "was to enter Naturgy's" capital.

Then just now Naturgy's shares were suspended.

I wonder what could be going on...?..

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WELL-DONE ALERT: Cox & Kings said to have appointed advisers for £500 million sale of Meininger Hotels - Part 2

Monday, 2 September 2019, 4:00 pm

Oh look - I see Bloomberg has just published a "scoop" about Cox & Kings appointing bankers from Lazard to find a buyer for Meininger Hotels, the Berlin-based budget hotel chain. Below is a link:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-02/cox-kings-said-to-weigh-sale-of-european-hotel-chain-meininger..

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RARE ALERT: Gemalto said to ...

Tuesday, 18 April 2017, 12:12 pm

Dutch digital security company Gemalto is being circled by a mystery buyer.

People claiming to be familiar with the matter said Gemalto is rumoured to have received a non-binding proposal conditional on due diligence although it's not clear what price the buyer is willing to pay for business.

Some people suggested the approach for Gemalto had come from French IT services group Atos...

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Mead Johnson said to be working with Lazard following takeover interest from European food giants - part 2

Friday, 8 July 2016, 12:00 am

Unsurprisingly, I have had a few people on the blower whinging about my Mead Johnson story from March following yesterday's news about Danone agreeing a deal to buy WhiteWave for $12.5 billion.

In case you don't recall, I revealed in mid-March that Mead Johnson had begun working with the sharp suited types from Lazard following interest from Nestle and Danone...

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