What makes a deal interesting in your opinion?
This is following the "If you could have worked on any deal of the last few years, which would it be?" (no links allowed as new on the website) topic
Hello everyone, this is my first post here. Did a quick search and did not find anything related but the question seems relevant - and I don't have an answer, probs my lack of experience (UG in the UK with buy side internship but not IB specifically).
I definitely have this fascination for deals and the mechanisms behind them, not only how do you come up with valuation but industry specific research / qualitative factors, the relations between different players (management, shareholders)... But w/o any experience it's hard to grasps what really makes a deal more interesting than others.
So, what are differentiating factors in the opinion of wall street professionals (or anyone with relevant knowledge I guess) ? What makes you say "I loved working on that deal" rather than on another one?
Thanks in advance.
If you could have worked on any deal of the last few years, which would it be? (Originally Posted: 09/06/2011)
Base it on experience, learning, resume, whatever. Let's say anything post 2009.
Any IPO, M&A, restructuring, debt deal.
My votes: AT&T-T-Mobile, Kraft-Cadbury, AIG restructuring, Comcast-NBC
a deal that involved me selling a company that I owned and being set for life.
Facebook
buffet's purchase of the railroads for 25b
I enjoy when ginormous tangible physical things such as portfolios of buildings, railroads, shipyards, port facilities, oil fields, etc, change hands... knowing that I am the owner of a website, even if it generates a lot $$$, doesn't do it for me the way a skyscraper or a railroad does.
Taggart Transcontinental, D'ancona Copper, Rearden Steel
XOM XTO
Disney-Marvel
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