Posts by Offit Kurman
Microsoft in talks to buy TikTok
A deal would give the software company a popular social-media service and relieve U.S. government pressure on the Chinese owner…
Read More5 Tips for private equity firms eyeing add-on deals in the pandemic
Here’s an M&A buyer’s guide to: independent valuations, financial due diligence, tax planning, on-the-ground support and post-acquisition accounting.
Read MoreM&A wrap: TA, FP, Edifecs, California Pizza Kitchen, Riverside, Zebra, OEP, Core Industrial, WindRose
TA and FP back healthcare technology company Edifecs. California Pizza Kitchen becomes the latest restaurant chain to file for bankruptcy…
Read MoreCalifornia Pizza Kitchen latest chain to file for bankruptcy
Pizza Hut franchisee’s NPC International Inc., the holding company of Chuck E. Cheese CEC Entertainment Inc. and the U.S. arm…
Read MoreA $158 billion CLO bet is putting the insurance industry at risk
Insurers have become the biggest U.S. investors in the market, topping banks and hedge funds to amass a third of…
Read MoreWhy OnDeck is being sold on the cheap
The pioneering online lender had long struggled to live up to the hype that drove its early growth, even before…
Read MoreBC Partners seals $3.4 billion buyout of Italy machine firm IMA
Private equity firms have been struggling to pull off major take-private deals in 2020 even after the coronavirus pandemic hammered…
Read MoreBlank check firm led by ‘Moneyball’ maestro Billy Beane files for IPO
The special purpose acquisition company, backed by RedBird Capital Partners, will pursue an acquisition in the sports, media and analytics…
Read MorePrivate equity firms quietly return to debt funded payouts
Private equity-owned companies are again raising debt to pay their owners dividends, just as warnings sound about saddling businesses with…
Read MoreBillion dollar deals see private credit step out of the shadows
Lenders estimate that over the next five years, some 10 percent of new U.S. leveraged corporate loans could end up…
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