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    • Friday, 28 July, 2023
      Due Diligence
      The banker brawl with hundreds of millions at stake Premium content

      Plus, a deal over Valentino with a Qatari fund sets Kering up for more transactions

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    • Thursday, 27 July, 2023
      Centerview bankers face off in court over ‘oral partnership agreement’

      Dispute involving former employee David Handler shines spotlight on inner workings of boutique investment bank

      Centerview founding partners Blair Effron and Robert Pruzan
    • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
      Due Diligence
      Can Centerview Partners become the next Goldman Sachs? Premium content

      Plus, Lazard’s next boss prepares for a turnround and Jamie Dimon returns to China

    • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
      The Big Read
      Centerview: the Wall St power brokers confronting a rare rupture 

      Boutique bank famed for its harmonious culture is dealing with a bitter lawsuit and the questions that come with success

      Montage image showing Robert Pruzan, left, and Blair Effron; a Wall Street sign; and a torn $100 bill
    • Friday, 21 April, 2023
      US boutique adviser Centerview names first co-presidents

      Firm behind blockbuster deals taps new generation of leadership

    • Thursday, 30 March, 2023
      Boutique adviser Centerview beats Wall Street banks in deal rankings

      Jump to third place ahead of Morgan Stanley and Bank of America in closely watched standings

      Blair Effron, co-founder and partner at Centerview Partners LLC, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in New York
    • Sunday, 19 June, 2022
      Mergers & Acquisitions
      Fear of recession will not stop deals, says Centerview’s Blair Effron

      Co-founder of boutique investment bank says pressure from new technologies has made M&A ‘less cyclical’ 

      People walk along a Wall Street sign in New York
    • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
      Due Diligence
      Wall Street’s advice to Trump: give it up Premium content

      Some big names have called on the president to welcome his successor. And he listened. Sort of

    • Tuesday, 7 July, 2020
      News in-depthInvestment Banking
      What does an M&A boutique do when the deals dry up?

      The heads of independent Wall Street firms on how they are adapting to a coronavirus world

    • Wednesday, 8 April, 2020
      Investment Banking
      Centerview hires Lazard’s Matthieu Pigasse to lead new Paris office

      Self-styled enfant terrible of French financial world joins US investment banking group

    • Friday, 6 March, 2020
      Due Diligence
      Coronavirus is talk of Tulane as dealmakers descend Premium content

      Welcome to Due Diligence, the FT’s daily deals briefing

    • Thursday, 24 October, 2019
      Due Diligence
      Insider trading: the plot thickens Premium content

      Welcome to Due Diligence, the FT’s daily deals briefing

    • Tuesday, 19 March, 2019
      FT People: Financial Services
      Deutsche hires ex-FIG head’s firm for Commerzbank deal

      New York-based advisory group Centerview Partners to assist in merger discussions

      FILE PHOTO: Outside view of the Deutsche Bank and the Commerzbank headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, March 18, 2019. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski/File Photo
    • Wednesday, 4 July, 2018
      John Gapper
      It is a mystery why bankers earn so much

      M&A advisers are paid millions for making boards of directors feel comfortable

      web_Investment banker’s fees
    • Monday, 30 April, 2018
      News in-depthFT Alphaville
      The math behind the fight at Xerox
    • Thursday, 29 March, 2018
      News in-depthBanks
      Record ‘megadeals’ push global takeovers beyond $1.2tn

      More than half of acquisitions in the first quarter were worth in excess of $5bn

    • Tuesday, 10 October, 2017
      US & Canadian companies
      Pfizer weighs sale of consumer health business
      Pfizer's deal with SpringWorks conceived as a way of ensuring potential medicines do not end up being shelved
    • Monday, 5 June, 2017
      US & Canadian companies
      Boutique advisers crash M&A league table thanks to high fees

      FT analysis shows Centerview and Qatalyst charged steepest rates for advisory work

    • Tuesday, 26 July, 2016
      Retail & Consumer industry
      SABMiller will ‘continue to consult with shareholders’
    • Wednesday, 10 February, 2016
      European companies
      Natixis buys majority stake in Peter J Solomon advisory boutique

      French bank looks to tap into US M&A boom

      Portrait of Peter J Solomon in his office with a carved wooden chief, sculptor unkown, from a factory in Oswego, NY, late 19th century.
    • Monday, 23 November, 2015
      FT AlphavilleMergers & Acquisitions
      Pfizer, having its drug-laced cake and eating it
    • Thursday, 20 August, 2015
      FT AlphavilleJoseph Cotterill
      Solera – PE’s next software buyout?
    • Friday, 6 March, 2015
      US & Canadian companies
      Going the extra mile to win a $21bn deal

      How AbbVie came out on top in pharma’s most competitive auction

    • Thursday, 5 March, 2015
      US & Canadian companies
      Centerview builds record on pharma deals

      Investment bank builds on consumer products role

      Blair Effron, partner with Centerview Partners LLC, speaks at the Bloomberg Link Dealmakers Summit in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010. The summit brings together Wall Street's biggest rainmakers in M&A and private equity to look at deal flow, LBO & IPO activity in 2010. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Blair Effron
    • Sunday, 22 February, 2015
      Pharmaceuticals sector
      Valeant nears deal to buy Salix

      Takeover could mark drugmaker’s return to dealmaking

      Michael "Mike" Pearson, chairman and chief executive officer of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc., pauses during a Bloomberg Television interview in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, April 23, 2014. With his $45.7 billion bid for Allergan Inc., Pearson is pulling the credit rating of Canada's most indebted junk bond issuer closer to investment grade while attempting the biggest takeover in the country's history. Photographer: Scott Eells/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Mike Pearson
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