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Q&A: Associate at MM Private Equity fund
Hey WSO, I’m a first-time poster and longtime reader. I have some downtime on account of MLK Jr. Day and wanted to take the time to give back to the community and provide some insight on my career decisions I’ve made along the way. Non-target LAC (e.g. Little Ivies) Interned at BB in Operations...
Corporate M&A Analyst - Responsibilities and Exit Ops
Hi all - I've been selectively searching for corp dev roles over the past few months and continue to come across certain positions titled as "Corporate M&A Analyst". After doing some research, I haven't been able locate much background info on these types of roles. I've found these types of...
Corporate M&A in a BB - Analyst
Opinions on such a position? Currently a sector (not FIG) M&A analyst in a BB - an opportunity in another BB has come up in their Corporate M&A team. I'm guessing most of the activity is defensive in nature, i.e. trying to fend off competition from Big Tech and fin-tech start-ups. I'm looking for an...
Q&A: Corp Dev (F500) with a non-traditional background and b school
I work in corporate development at a professional services company (Fortune 500) in NYC . My career path to corp dev is non-traditional and didn't involve IB but may be of some help to a couple people. My summary background: - graduated from a liberal arts college in 2006 - took a back office job in...
Q&A: Former Business Valuations Associate (BO-> Val-> Corp Dev)
Maybe its just me (since I have selective reading, could very well be true) but when accounting firms and different groups within accounting firms are brought up "Business Valuations" is always asked about. So I thought would do an AMA on the mysterious world of Business Valuations. Here's a quick...
M&A and Its Effect on R&D Spending
Hey guys, I'm working on a senior thesis that is due in -2 days... needless to say I'm a little desperate, it has to be 30 pages long and I'm an Economics major. My question is, I'm trying to find a correlation between M&A activity and R&D spending. Does it go up after a company has undergone a...
Which Offer To Accept
Offer 1: Boutique Consulting firm (50-60 people): They mainly do strategy consulting with 3 or 4 big tech companies (think apple, intel, etc). They also do a ton of marketing and some operations consulting. Offer 2: An Asset Management company . Well pwm company doing portfolio analysis. They mainly...
M&A Integration Question
When does an acquirer begin to actually start recognizing a target's revenue? How long after the deal is closed? I'm looking at an acquirer who bought a target (deal closed in FY 2010). Target was generating $700(+/-) mm in rev annually. This $700 bump does not seem to be reflected anywhere in the...
GS vs. Deutsche Bank (M&A)
Where should I go? I am interning in Frankfurt in the summer. I got two calls from the both banks. What I heard from my friend, Goldman Sachs sometimes give lots of opportunities to work in London, too. In Frankfurt, Deutsche Bank is larger than Goldman Sachs in M&A . Your suggestions?
The truth
Okay, I'll keep this as brief as I can, I'll start off with the situation and then the question. Situation: 22 years old UK national, comes from a non target University, - studied Business Management & Finance, degree classification 2:2 (about 57%) Studying now towards a Mathematics and Statistics...
Corporate divestiture assistance
Hello, just wondering if anyone has any examples out there of companies that announced that they are thinking about spinning-off or selling a division of their company, then decided not to? For example, HP said they might sell their PC biz, but lets say if they keep it going as a cash cow. Thanks.
Corporate M&A
Ok so it's not IB . If I were to get into a position like this for a respectable firm that is publicly traded in my field of interest, what options would I have a few years down the road? I want to get my MBA or MSF . I imagine I would be interested in moving to private equity (MM, even lower MM I...
Corporate M&A Compensation
All, There was a recent thread regarding good corporate M&A positions (Google, Microsoft, etc.) and unfortunately I'm failing to find it via search. Not sure compensation was mentioned, but I'm looking for general compensation ranges for the following positions in a U.S. corporate M&A group at one...
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