The Megadeal Signed at a Food Stamps Office

October 6, 2020 by David Parry

(This is another in a series of posts, leading up to The Corporate Presence's 40th anniversary, that will focus on noteworthy deals we have commemorated). It's hard to imagine which of these might've been more satisfying. Selling your company...

An Ogre Among Deal Toys

September 28, 2020 by David Parry

This post marks the first in a series leading up to our celebration of The Corporate Presence's 40th anniversary---which officially begins in 2021. But don't worry: we'll spare you the usual "landmark anniversary" fare. You know: poignant...

The Lucite Embedment: 5 Unique (and Largely Overlooked) Marketing & Branding Opportunities

September 26, 2020 by David Parry

A Lucite embedment can uniquely help brand or market your company or organization---provided you're aware of the possibilities and advantages. "But what exactly do they do?" That's a question we've heard repeatedly over the years when people...

Some Landmark M&A Deals—And Their Deal Toys (Updated)

September 21, 2020 by David Parry

The M&A deals commemorated here involved not only individuals like Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Warren Buffett, and Robert Iger...but also a Ukrainian immigrant and a former Yahoo engineer. They involved firms like Blackstone, Moelis, Evercore,...

Closing Dinner Deal Toys: 5 Ways to Avoid Disaster

February 17, 2020 by David Parry

Bankers can vastly reduce the downside of closing dinner deal toys and other deadlines by guarding against these 5 common pitfalls. What happened to one analyst's deal toys ---deal toys that were supposed to be given out at a closing dinner that...

MORE Landmark M&A Deals—And Their Deal Toys (Updated)

December 5, 2019 by David Parry

You go to sleep convinced you’ve pulled off a mega deal…only to find out the next morning that it’s been snatched away from you—in the middle of the night, a continent away. See which deal we’re talking about below in the follow-up to our...

Real Estate Tombstones: 7 Iconic Buildings & Properties (Updated)

August 27, 2019 by David Parry

Europe's largest office building. New York City's most expensive rental. The building nicknamed "The Bottle Opener". The hotel created by feuding blue-blood cousins. They're all here---and more---in our quick review of iconic buildings...

“New” Dinosaur Deal Toys: Going Back To The 90’s! (Updated)

May 19, 2019 by David Parry

The deal toy above dates back to May, 1998----back to when Smith Barney and Salomon Brothers had merged to form Salomon Smith Barney...and before both would merge once again, this time into Citigroup. As with our previous galleries of Dinosaur...

More Gambling Tombstones – New & Old

May 9, 2019 by David Parry

Take Shots Embrace the Grind Be a Nice Person Keep Tilt External Be Serious About Your Legacy Dealmaking wisdom from some investment banking grandee? Actually they're tips for beginning World Series of Poker players---offered...