Ludwig Burger
Stories by Ludwig Burger
Abu Dhabi’s ADNOC to buy German chemicals firm Covestro for $16b
The deal is one of the largest foreign takeovers by a Gulf state.
Swedish drugmaker SOBI agrees $8b takeover bid from Advent, Singapore’s GIC
SOBI sells drugs for haemophilia, autoimmune diseases, metabolic diseases and cancer supportive care.
Singapore’s Temasek buys 3.6% Bayer stake in $3.7b transaction
Temasek would hold about 4% stake in Bayer after the transaction.
Germany’s Continental forges ‘mild’ hybrid batteries JV with China’s CITC
The new venture, in which Continental holds 60%, will initially produce 48-volt battery systems in Changzhou.
Bain and Cinven get German generics group Stada at second try
The deal marks the largest takeover of a listed German company by buyout firms.
Bain and Cinven takeover of German drugmaker Stada falls apart
The PE firms' $5.9 billion takeover bid did not win enough shareholder support.
M&A instigator Monsanto now in awkward role as possible takeover target
A year after Monsanto Co sparked a massive consolidation race in the agrochemical industry by bidding for a rival, the world's largest seed company no
LSE, Deutsche Boerse in merger talks to create European heavyweight to counter US rivals
The deal would combine the LSE's share-trading operation with the derivatives trading of Deutsche Boerse's Eurex in a group worth almost $30 billion.
