Posts tagged: Lazard
Betaville IntelligenceWednesday, 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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Tuesday, 20 June 2023, 7:11 am
Earlier this year it was Standard Chartered but now Abu Dhabi has set it sights on corporate finance firm Lazard.
Well, that's according to a scoop in the venerable Financial Times...
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Tuesday, 15 October 2019, 7:29 pm
Cyrus Kapadia, the newish British boss of Lazard, gets an outing in the The Times City diary today. Below is the link:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-investment-banker-who-practises-what-he-preaches-khgwmjgdp..
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Betaville IntelligenceMonday, 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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Betaville IntelligenceTuesday, 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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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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