Mike Schnitzel

Contributor

Mike Schnitzel serves as a contributor to Mergers & Acquisitions. He focuses mainly on the financial markets.

Private equity firms

10 Rising Stars of Private Equity tell their tales

Learn how the 10 up-and-coming dealmakers named by Mergers & Acquisitions as the 2019 Rising Stars of Private Equity are shaping the future in these Q&As.

By Mary Kathleen Flynn

August 30
Immersive

Meet Mergers & Acquisitions' 2019 Rising Stars of Private Equity

Branford Castle's Austin Collier, Sterling Partners' Shawn Domanic and Summit Partners' Sophia Popova shine in our list of 10 up-and-coming private equity investors

By Mary Kathleen Flynn
Medical devices

Big medical device companies focus on small-scale deals

Abbott, J&J, Medtronic among the buyers.

By Mike Schnitzel

April 30
Law and regulation

BYU, Kirkland, partner on program for future M&A lawyers

The Deals Academy is a program for first-year law school students who have demonstrated an interest in transactional law designed to help them get experience in M&A.

By Mike Schnitzel

April 26
Energy industry

14 smart energy deals

The energy industry is teeming with M&A activity, as companies seek to improve operations. Hubbell, Ingersoll Rand and private equity firms AE Industrial Partners and Genstar Capital are among the buyers.

By Mike Schnitzel

October 4

TRENDING

Private equity fundraising

M&A Wrap: LLR, PE Fundraising, ConocoPhillips, Alibaba, Kainos, Thoma Bravo, Datasite, Most Influential Women

LLR Partners raises sixth fund. Popular VDR provider Datasite is being acquired by CapVest. ConocoPhillips buys rival Concho Resources. PE News from Kainos and Thoma Bravo. Mergers and Acquisitions seeks nominations for the 2021 Most Influential Women in Mid-Market M&A.

By Demitri Diakantonis

October 19
Strength Through the Storm

As we head into the final quarter of 2020, Twin Brook Capital Partners’ Jennifer Dzwonchyk and Tony Maggiore discuss working with lower middle class companies and their private equity sponsors over the past several months and the amazing resilience many of these businesses have exhibited in the face of unprecedented challenges.
Investment banking

M&A Wrap: Cascadia, Datasite, Tata, Leonard Green, Avista, Clearlake, Most Influential Women

Investment Bank Cascadia Capital, led by CEO Michael Butler, forms new group to focus on M&A in robotics, automation and artificial intelligence. Datasite's Rusty Wiley talks about dealmaking. PE news from Leonard Green, Avist and Clearlake. Mergers & Acquisitions has opened up the nominations for the 20201 Most Influential Women in Mid-Market M&A.

By Demitri Diakantonis

October 15