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    James Fontanella-Khan is US corporate finance and deals editor at the Financial Times covering deals across America. Previously he worked on Lex and as a correspondent in Brussels, New Delhi and Mumbai. He started his career at the FT in London on the news desk in 2005. He graduated at Science Po, Paris.

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    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Daily Telegraph
      Jeff Zucker hits out at rival Telegraph bidders for ‘slinging mud’

      Former CNN boss says other media groups turned on his Abu Dhabi-backed deal after he cut them out

      Jeff Zucker
    • Monday, 20 November, 2023
      Daily Telegraph
      Zucker’s RedBird IMI offers to take over Telegraph in debt for equity deal

      Abu Dhabi-backed group run by former CNN boss agrees to help Barclay family pay off its loans

      A copy of The Daily Telegraph
    • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
      Cravath
      Cravath creates non-equity partner tier as it seeks to retain legal talent

      Elite US law firm ‘evolving with our marketplace’ as rivals target star lawyers

      The outside of Cravath’s offices
    • Sunday, 5 November, 2023
      News in-depthHedge funds
      Inside Hunterbrook’s plans for a ‘news hedge fund’

      ‘Narrow needle to be threaded’ as start-up combines journalism with trading house

      Workers sitting at banks of computer screens
    • Wednesday, 1 November, 2023
      Walt Disney Co
      Disney moves to buy Comcast out of Hulu

      Offer of $8.6bn is expected to start heated valuation negotiations between the two media groups

      Montage of Brian Roberts, left, and Bob Iger, with the Hulu logo in the background
    • Wednesday, 1 November, 2023
      Financial services
      US media veterans back new trading firm with financial news arm

      Fund would get exclusive access to market-moving stories before they are published

      A trader looks over computer monitors
    • Tuesday, 31 October, 2023
      Mergers & Acquisitions
      Oil sector megadeals open fee gusher for Goldman and Morgan Stanley

      The two banks are the biggest winners on Wall Street as energy industry bucks M&A downturn

    • Wednesday, 25 October, 2023
      Endeavor
      Silver Lake moves to take entertainment group Endeavor private

      Value of Ari Emanuel’s group jumps to $14bn as it says it is exploring strategic alternatives

      Ari Emanuel
    • Tuesday, 24 October, 2023
      News in-depthOil & Gas industry
      Dealmakers see Chevron-Hess tie-up as the start of oil ‘arms race’

      The $53bn deal has sparked speculation that BP and Shell may feel forced to respond

    • Tuesday, 17 October, 2023
      Choice Hotels International Inc
      Choice Hotels launches $10bn hostile bid for rival Wyndham

      A deal would unite the Radisson and Ramada brands and create one of the biggest US budget operators

      Wyndham Hotel’s Days Inn in Las Vagas, Nevada, US
    • Friday, 6 October, 2023
      ExxonMobil
      ExxonMobil in talks to buy US shale behemoth Pioneer

      Potential deal would be oil supermajor’s biggest for almost a quarter of a century

      A view of the ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
    • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
      Mergers & Acquisitions
      Dealmaking languishes at decade low on private equity drought

      Worst third quarter for M&A since 2012 tops a dire year so far

      White Splunk logo on balloon in urban setting
    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      Cisco Systems Inc
      Cisco agrees $28bn deal for cyber security group Splunk

      US tech company seeks to propel next generation of AI-enabled online security

      Splunk signage
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      FT Globetrotter
      Running in Milan: five great routes

      From beloved landmarks to showstopping starchitecture via lush green spaces and a main waterway, these runs reveal everything that gives the city its grande brio

      Joggers running alongside Milan’s Grand Canal
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      News in-depthPaul Weiss
      ‘Project Springsteen’: how law firm Paul Weiss raided rival Kirkland in London push

      New York company hires lawyers from Chicago-based outfit in bid to build European private equity practice

      A montage showing the Paul Weiss website on a smartphone and the Kirkland logo in the background
    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      Paul Weiss
      US law firm Paul Weiss mounts further raid on rival Kirkland

      More partners set to move as firm signals its ambition with expanding London office

      Paul Weiss office sign
    • Saturday, 9 September, 2023
      On Wall StreetAmericas regulation
      Banker glee does not tell the whole story on Lina Khan setbacks

      Settlement over Amgen $28bn acquisition shows the antitrust chief still won concessions to protect consumers

      Lina Khan
    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
      Utilities
      Enbridge in $14bn deal for Dominion gas utilities as US energy mix shifts

      Canadian pipeline group to become largest natural gas distribution company in North America

      Oil storage tanks at the Enbridge Cushing storage terminal in Cushing, Oklahoma,
    • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
      Football
      Everton suitor 777 hails new era of football ‘hyper commercialisation’

      Miami investment group says cross-selling opportunities justify its bets on struggling clubs

      Josh Wander of 777 Partners
    • Monday, 28 August, 2023
      Natura Cosmeticos SA
      Brazil’s Natura considers Body Shop sale

      Beauty conglomerate has struggled to turn around UK ethical skincare brand

      The Body Shop logo outside one of its stores
    • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
      Retail & Consumer industry
      End of family ownership looms for sandwich maker Subway after $9bn deal

      Sale signals renewed appetite from banks to finance private equity buyouts

      A Subway sandwich
    • Sunday, 20 August, 2023
      Corporate governance
      US regulators raise pressure on board members at competing companies

      Federal Trade Commission joins Department of Justice antitrust division in scrutiny of ‘interlocking directorates’

      US Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan, left, and US Department of Justice antitrust division assistant attorney-general Jonathan Kanter
    • Monday, 14 August, 2023
      United States Steel Corp
      Esmark becomes second US Steel suitor with $10bn offer

      Move comes a day after steelmaker rejected offer from Cleveland-Cliffs

      The US Steel logo on a water tower at its plant in Braddock, Pennsylvania
    • Monday, 14 August, 2023
      Legal services
      Paul Weiss raids rival Kirkland for top lawyers in London and US

      Elite firm poaches private equity and debt finance specialists as competition for top hires intensifies

      Canary Wharf
    • Monday, 31 July, 2023
      Mergers & Acquisitions
      Buffett’s favoured advisory firm takes stake in Italian machinery maker IMA

      BDT & MSD Partners’ investment values company at about €6.5bn and provides exit for private equity backer BC Partners

      Byron Trott walking with a bag over his shoulder
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