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Dear Clients & Friends, The end of another year is almost upon us. Below is a link to our December 2011 Market Update. As you will see, it provides our latest sense of M&A values, activity and trends for the dozen plus technology, information and healthcare sectors that we follow. Click here for our Market Update We hope your year has been happy, healthy and prosperous.  So far, for many, this has been a year with strong multiples and volumes but generally at levels somewhat below those of a year ago. There are plenty of bright spots, including a recent…

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      Yesterday, we were honored at the Americas M&A Atlas Awards for Middle Markets for advising on the: Entertainment & Media Deal of the Year for Getty Images’ acquisition of Photolibrary (Sydney, Australia); and the Financial Technology Deal of the Year for TMX Group’s acquisition of Atrium Network (London, United Kingdom). The M&A Atlas Awards were held at the Harvard Club. Americas M&A Atlas Awards is part of the prestigious M&A Atlas Awards global brand, exclusively honoring top deals, outstanding dealmakers and A-list firms from the North and South American mergers, acquisitions, corporate, private equity, investment bank, intermediaries…

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We were awarded the Middle Market International M&A “Deal of the Year” for advising Belgium-based S.W.I.F.T. SCRL (The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication)on its acquisition of Ambit Messaging Hub from SunGard. We were also finalists for advising on four other recent international transactions: SMARTS Group (Sydney, Australia), which we advised on its sale to NASDAQ OMX; Avox (Wrexham, United Kingdom), a majority-owned company of Deutsche Börse, which we advised on its sale to The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation ​(DTCC); iSuppli Corporation (El Segundo, California), which we advised on its sale to IHS; and Qatar Insurance Services (Doha, Qatar), which…

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