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Here are a few classics:

Super-Regional Banks, a bank from the southeast (SunTrust, Regions, BB&T) merges with a midwestern bank (5/3, Key). Things to keep in mind you want minimal branch overlap and to stay under the $500BN limit. Also some banks are unable to play due to CRA ratings or AML consent orders.

Another classic is a big pharmaceutical company gobbling up a smaller biotech. Find a big company with a gaping hole in a hot area (heme/onc especially CART or other immunoncology or gene therapy) and have them go out and buy someone with a good pipeline and some late stage product.

 

Aer Lingus and Ryanair. Blocked multiple times by the EU for 'anti-competition' matters but reality is they hate a low cost buying out a flag carrier even if Aer Lingus carries less than 30 million passengers per year and Ryanair is hitting 100+ million.

The downside people worry about is that Ryanair would turn Aer Lingus into a low cost and mess it all up

 
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