By Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Marc Cooper As warmer weather returns and we adjust our thermostats, I sat down with Head of Business Services Group Tim Shea to discuss M&A trends in essential service sectors. Tim, your team had a record year of deal activity in 2025. What’s been driving the strength of essential…
Subscribe Episode Description In this episode of Solomon Connects , Solomon Partners’ Head of Financial Sponsors Sash Rentala joins M&A Director Chris Moynihan to discuss the evolving M&A landscape amid elevated rates, macro uncertainty, and supply‑demand imbalance for assets. They explore why A‑quality assets continue to trade, what’s holding back broader exit activity, and how…
JOHN HARVARD’S JOURNAL by JACOB SWEET By HARVARD STANDARDS, the gate outside Lamont Library wasn’t really a gate. “It was just an extension of the fencing,” says Nazneen Cooper, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ assistant dean of campus design and planning. Unlike the Yard’s other notable gates, this one lacked any distinguishing features or…
Why Workplace Culture Will be the Hottest Business Trend of 2021 Our leadership offsite has always been a highlight of my year. I enjoy working with my colleagues to implement plans that will drive us forward, and though every year brings its own unique set of challenges, the impact of COVID-19 presented us with a…
Trends Impacting Retail M&A 2021: Annual Consumer Retail Letter As the world adjusts to a “new normal,” and as the late-2020 surge in M&A activity carries into 2021, we reflect on what retailers have needed to survive and thrive in this evolving environment that is still deeply influenced by Covid-19. Read the full report below.
Joseph Valenti , Solomon Partners’s Head of Telecom Investment Banking, joins an all-star panel hosted by Inframation News to discuss the next generation of data centers. Additional panelists include: Sharif Metwalli (Chief Financial Officer, Vantage Data Centers) Jon Berke (North Americas Editor, Inframation News) Jon Mauck (Managing Director, Digital Colony) Santhosh Rao (Managing Director, Investment…
With a year like no other now in the rearview mirror, we’re pleased to provide you with our review of a year filled with unfathomable sacrifice, courage and resolve, as well as historic transformation across our healthcare industry, where 10-years of advancements were made in 10 short months! As the world watched, our industry embraced…
Challenged by the global Covid-19 pandemic, the healthcare industry has undergone its largest transformation in history with seismic shifts towards virtual care, home-based care delivery & coordination, digital engagement, and beyond. Ryan Stewart , Solomon Partners’s Head of Healthcare Technology & Tech-Enabled Services, sat down with Bruce Broussard, CEO of Humana (NYSE: HUM), to discuss…
Global cross-border M&A volumes whipsawed in 2020. In the first half of the year, the onset of the coronavirus pandemic caused uncertainty, leading to a dramatic decline in volumes (1H 2020 bottomed out at levels not seen since 2009). In contrast, 2H 2020 cross-border M&A snapped back, with the year ending at $749B in volume,…
Risk profile was one of the most discussed topics in 2020, particularly as it pertained to US airports and their stakeholders. We invite you to view Tim Bath ‘s most recent insight column, “Unlocking Value in the Airport-Airline Ecosystem,” for a discussion on potential opportunities for evolving risk allocations.
No matter how we try to characterize 2020, it always feels like an understatement. As 2021 kicks off, many of the same challenges remain, and, undoubtedly, we will encounter new obstacles. Nonetheless, there is optimism in putting COVID-19 largely behind us and beginning to chart a path toward the “new normal”, which, in many respects,…
CEO Marc S. Cooper reflects on 2020 and shares his outlook for the M&A market in 2021 in the first edition of our new Solomon Partners Perspectives.
In Episode 12 of our podcast Solomon Partners Presents, Cathy Leonhardt, Co-Head of Global Consumer Retail, and Senior Advisor Steve Sadove discuss their outlook for retailers for the 2020 holiday shopping season and beyond. Despite the rocky start to the year and the dismal outlook brought on by COVID-19, retailers are enjoying a better than expected…
With the world waiting in anticipation for a vaccine to COVID-19, the role of specialty pharmacies has never been more essential. As the largest provider of specialty pharmacy in the United States, how does CVS Health think about providing the highest level of quality and service at the lowest cost possible to ensure optimum healthcare…
