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Jul 22, 2010

Partner Maxworthy Recognized as one of the Leading Young M&A Professionals Under 40

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Today our Michael (Max) Maxworthy has been recognized by The M&A Advisor as one of the leading 40 M&A, Financing and Turnaround professionals who have made great accomplishments before their 40th year. Maxworthy was chosen for his accomplishments and expertise from a pool of international nominees by an independent judging panel of distinguished business leaders. “I am pleased to recognize Michael Maxworthy as a winner of our inaugural awards and bestow upon him The M&A Advisor’s highest individual achievement,” said Roger Aguinaldo, CEO and founder of The M&A Advisor. “We’ve been recognizing transactions and teams for their achievements over the…

Sep 25, 2009

Something to tweet about: Twitter valued at $1B

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Today our managing partner Ken Marlin was quoted in a discussion of twitter’s valuation by Michael Liedtke for AP News. Twitter Inc.’s founders now have a billion-dollar baby, and they seem determined to raise it without a corporate parent. That was the message underlying Friday’s news that Twitter has lined up $100 million to finance its operations while founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone plot ways to make money off one of the Internet’s most popular communications tools. The investment values the 3-year-old company at $1 billion, even though it has yet to generate any meaningful revenue, let alone profits.…

Jul 23, 2009

Apax Partners To Use All Equity In $571M Bankrate Deal

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Today our managing partner Ken Marlin was quoted in a discussion of Bankrate Inc by Sasha Dai and Kathy Shwiff for The Wall Street Journal. Apax Partners has agreed to acquire personal-finance Web site Bankrate Inc. in a $571 million deal that is especially notable because it is all equity. Bankrate got its start about 30 years ago as a print publisher of the newsletter Bank Rate Monitor, and through 1996 it was primarily a print publication business. In 1996, it started up Bankrate.com, and has built up its online operations over time, including with several acquisitions in 2008. The…

May 22, 2009

Standard & Poor’s, A Division of McGraw-Hill, Sells Vista Research to Guidepoint Global

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Today we announced the sale of Vista Research to Guidepoint Global. Marlin & Associates initiated this transaction, helped manage the process, assisted in the negotiations and acted as exclusive strategic and financial advisor to Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw–Hill Companies. “We are pleased to have helped S&P to develop and evaluate strategic alternatives for Vista, and to advise them on this transaction,” said Ken Marlin, M&A’s managing partner. “Vista and Guidepoint are among the leading expert networks in the country. Their strengths are complementary, and the combination should bring considerable benefits to the customers and employees of…

Mar 23, 2009