Real Estate Deal Toys: Why They’re a Lot More Than “Closing Gifts”

January 9, 2015 by David Parry

Savvy commercial real estate firms are recognizing what investment banks have long known: the branding and marketing potential of “deal toys” “Lining a windowsill in Anthony Orso’s office at Cantor Commercial Real Estate are dozens of...

7 Employee Recognition Awards That Should Make You Cringe

October 28, 2014 by David Parry

What could be more frightening than handing out the same tired, interchangeable, off-the-shelf, clichéd employee recognition awards? Maybe receiving one. Looking for creative employee recognition awards? Good luck. Because let’s face it:...

Deal Toy Ideas for Spin-Off “Mania”

October 9, 2014 by David Parry

Interesting Deal Toy Ideas for Spin-Off Transactions “Hewlett-Packard, eBay, Barnes & Noble---the rash of spinoff announcements this year has been dizzying”. The CNBC report quoted here goes on to note that 62 spinoff transactions are...

The Lucite That Marks The “Most Profitable Deal in History”

September 16, 2014 by David Parry

Deal toy recognizes Blackstone’s foresight, tenacity---and ultimate success---in the purchase of Hilton Hotels Blackstone’s $26 billion buyout of Hilton Hotels in 2007, a deal just pronounced the most profitable in history by Bloomberg...

“Help! The Lucites in My Order All Look Different”

March 21, 2014 by David Parry

Lucites in your deal toy order will vary. That’s just the nature of the Lucite production process; but where and how your Lucites vary is the real issue. “I’m here in our conference room with my colleagues…” Unscheduled calls...

I Screwed Up Germany’s Largest IPO

March 4, 2014 by David Parry

Mea culpa… Or, in this case, mea culpa, Terra Firma…. …and J.P. Morgan…and UBS…and most of all, to both Teléfonica Deutschland and Deutsche Annington. In a recent blog post, we—more specifically, I—mistakenly referred to the...

A Closer Look at Twitter’s IPO Deal Toy Showcase

February 7, 2014 by David Parry

Custom deal toy celebrates Twitter’s November 2013 IPO Just seven years separate these two tweets. Since Jack Dorsey sent the inaugural tweet above on March 21, 2006, among other things, Twitter has, developed a global user base of...

Featured Deal Toy: Germany’s Largest Residential Real Estate Company

January 10, 2014 by David Parry

In her determination to accommodate her client’s design wishes, Jane Whitaker had hit a brick wall—literally. The banker had reached out to The Corporate Presence’s London office for a deal toy design for a landmark European real estate...

Featured Deal Toy: Southeast Asia’s Landmark Retail Transaction

October 4, 2013 by David Parry

Southeast Asia’s Landmark Retail Transaction The Hong Kong office of The Corporate Presence recently helped commemorate what has become widely viewed as a watershed transaction, for both Indonesia, as well as the entire Southeast Asia...