Investment Banking
Mergers & Acquisitions Transactions

Date

Client

Transaction

Role

Amt ($MM)

Jun 2008

Celebrate Express, Inc.

Sale to Liberty Media Corporation

Target Advisor

31

Jun 2008

CAD Sciences LLC

Asset Sale to iCAD, Inc.

Target Advisor

5

Jun 2008

Landry's Restaurants Inc

Sale to Fertitta Holdings, Inc.

Target Advisor

1,200

May 2008

DTS, Inc

Sale of Digital Cinema business to Beaufort California, Inc.

Target Advisor

15

May 2008

Iomai Corporation

Sale to Intercell AG

Target Advisor

189

Mar 2008

Verus Pharmaceuticals Inc

Sciele Pharma Inc

Target Advisor

29

Feb 2008

CollaGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc

Sale to Galderma S.A.

Target Advisor

420

Feb 2008


Macrovision Corporation

Sale of Software Business Unit to Thoma Cressey Bravo

Target Advisor

200

Feb 2008

EKR Thearpeutics, Inc

Acquisition of the Cardiovascular Products from PDL BioPharma, Inc.

Acquiror Advisor

170

Jan 2008

Arbor Networks

Acquisition of Ellacoya Networks

Acquiror Advisor

Undisclosed

Dec 2007

Boston Scientific

Sale of Fluid Management Venous Access business to Avista Capital Partners

Target Advisor

420

Nov 2007

Oncotech

Sale to Exiqon A/S

Target Advisor

45

Nov 2007

Exelixis, Inc.

Sale of 80.1% stake in Artemis Pharmaceuticals GmbH

Target Advisor

20

 

Nov 2007

Tutogen

Merger with Regeneration Technologies, Inc

Target Advisor

263

 Oct 2007

Covad Communications  Group Inc

Sale to Platinum Equity  Partners

Target Advisor

304

 Oct 2007

Natus Medical Incorporated

Acquisition of Excel-Tech Ltd

Acquiror Advisor

64

 Oct 2007

NanoDrop Technologies

Sale to Thermo Fisher Scientific

 Target Advisor

Undisclosed

 Sep 2007

Renovis, Inc.

Merger with Evotech AG

 Target Advisor

                152

 Sep 2007

Esprit Pharma, Inc

Sale to Allergan, Inc

 Target Advisor

                370

 Jul 2007

Cambridge Display Technology

Sale to Sumitomo Chemical

 Target Advisor

                285

 Jun 2007

  Huntsman Corp.

 Sale to Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc

 Target Advisor

           10,600

 Jun 2007

 TLC Vision Corp.

 Modified "Dutch Auction"

 General Advisor

            115

Jun 2007

Verid, Inc.

Sale to EMC

Target Advisor

Undisclosed

May 2007

Exar Corp.

Merger with Sipex

Acquiror Advisor

242

May 2007

Backcountry.com

Sale to Liberty Media

Target Advisor

Undisclosed

Apr 2007

Xign Corp.

Sale to JP Morgan Chase

Target Advisor

Undisclosed

Feb 2007

 Polycom, Inc.

Acquisition of SpectrLink Corp.

Acquiror Advisor

   220

Nov 2006

 PortalPlayer

Sale to NVIDIA

Target Advisor

  357

Oct 2006

Meridian Project Systems, Inc

Sale to Trimble Navigation

Target Advisor

  Undisclosed

Sep 2006

 Jazz Semiconductor 

Merger with Acquior

Target Advisor

  260

Sep 2006

 OccuLogix, Inc

Acquisition of SOLX, Inc

Acquiror Advisor

 35

Aug 2006

Orthofix International N.V.

Acquisition of Blackstone Medical, Inc

Acquiror Advisor

333

May 2006

Main Street Restaurant Group, Inc

Sale to The Briad Group

Target Advisor

124

Apr 2006

Medisys PLC

Sale of the Hypoguard Group to ARKRAY, Inc

Target Advisor

43

Mar 2006

Vela Pharmaceuticals

Sale to Pharmos Corporation

Target Advisor

30

Mar 2006

Artemis International Solutions Corporation

Sale to Trilogy, Inc

Target Advisor

29

Mar 2006

Agilix Corporation

Sale to PerkinElmer, Inc

Target Advisor