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James Fontanella-Khan

US corporate finance and deals editor

James Fontanella-Khan is US corporate finance and deals editor at the Financial Times covering deals across America. Previously he worked on Lex and as a correspondent in Brussels, New Delhi and Mumbai. He started his career at the FT in London on the news desk in 2005. He graduated at Science Po, Paris.

Along with Arash Massoudi, he is the co-creator of the FT’s premium corporate finance briefing called Due Diligence. To receive the newsletter in your inbox Tuesday to Friday at 5am UK time, sign-up here.

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  • Friday, 14 June, 2024
    Utilities
    Carlyle explores sale of electric power producer Cogentrix

    Generation facilities have become sought after assets as AI is expected to drive strong demand for electricity supply

    A petrochemical plant in Baytown, Texas
  • Friday, 14 June, 2024
    Associazione Calcio Milan SpA
    Italian football prosecutor dismisses case over Elliott’s AC Milan sale

    Decision weakens a separate probe by a Milan prosecutor into hedge fund’s sale to RedBird

    AC Milan’s French forward Olivier Giroud
  • Thursday, 13 June, 2024
    News in-depthParamount Global
    Mission Impossible: how talks to sell Paramount turned into a Titanic flop

    Early affinity between billionaire scions Shari Redstone and David Ellison devolved into stony silence as deal collapsed

    Montage of Shari Redstone, David Ellison, Paramount logo and still image from the Top Hun and Mission Impossible films
  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
    National Amusements Inc
    Redstone ends talks with Skydance over deal to control Paramount

    Decision to halt chaotic sale process has left future of storied Hollywood group hanging in the balance

    Shari Redstone
  • Saturday, 8 June, 2024
    Saudi Aramco
    Saudi Aramco prices stock offer at low end of range in $11.2bn sale

    Oil company targets international investors as government raises funds

    General view of Saudi Aramco’s Shaybah oil field in the Empty Quarter, Saudi Arabia
  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
    Everton Football Club Co Ltd
    Everton’s lenders battle to take control of Premier League club

    Owner Farhad Moshiri is entertaining offers from rival creditors after sale to 777 Partners collapsed

    Everton’s Dominic Calvert-Lewin, right, in action against Manchester United earlier this year
  • Wednesday, 5 June, 2024
    Financial services
    Financial data group Preqin exploring a sale

    S&P Global and BlackRock among potential suitors for UK-based company that could be valued at more than £1bn

    A man walks past screens displaying market data at CMC Markets in London
  • Tuesday, 4 June, 2024
    Paramount Global
    Redstone leaves investors guessing as Paramount and Skydance agree terms

    Controlling shareholder of Hollywood group states ‘confidence’ in co-chiefs pitching to keep company private

    A view of Paramount Studios’ water tank in Los Angeles, California
  • Sunday, 2 June, 2024
    Shein
    Shein fashion group plans to file for London listing in coming days

    Confidential filing would lay groundwork for blockbuster IPO and provide a coup for faltering UK stock exchange

    A woman takes a selfie at a Shein pop-up store
  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
    Paramount Global
    Paramount directors support sweetened offer from Ellison’s Skydance

    Final decision over Hollywood studio group rests with controlling shareholder Shari Redstone

    Shari Redstone
  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
    The Big Read
    Global M&A lurches back to life

    After a weak 2023, a recent flurry of deals is the latest sign of a revival in activity. However political uncertainty is holding back some takeovers

  • Thursday, 30 May, 2024
    US presidential election 2024
    Hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman likely to back Trump

    Financier’s anticipated announcement comes as Wall Street warms to former US president

    Bill Ackman
  • Wednesday, 29 May, 2024
    ConocoPhillips
    ConocoPhillips agrees to buy Marathon Oil in $22.5bn deal

    Acquisition of Houston-based group is latest in a series of megadeals that have reshaped the US energy sector

    A pump jack at the Bakken oilfield in North Dakota
  • Tuesday, 21 May, 2024
    Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC
    Activist investor builds stake in Reckitt after baby formula verdict

    Eminence Capital began buying shares in March when they were hit by a $60mn US damages award

    Mead Johnson’s Enfamil baby formula is displayed on a store shelf in New York City
  • Tuesday, 21 May, 2024
    Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
    Top dealmaker set to leave law firm Skadden Arps as talent war escalates

    Co-head of financial institutions practice David Hepp heads off to Paul Weiss

    Skyscrapers in the City of London
  • Thursday, 16 May, 2024
    Berkshire Hathaway Inc
    Berkshire Hathaway reveals secret minority stake in insurer Chubb

    Conglomerate has quietly amassed a $6.7bn stake in New York-listed insurance group

    Warren Buffett
  • Thursday, 16 May, 2024
    The Big Read
    Paramount: the takeover battle that could reshape Hollywood

    The tussle for the venerable studio has been billed as the money men against the creatives, but the outcome may help decide who survives in the streaming era

    Montage image of David Ellison and Shari Redstone, the Paramount logo and a Wall St sign
  • Thursday, 16 May, 2024
    Shein
    Shein switches focus to London after New York IPO stalls

    E-commerce giant’s proposed US listing appears stuck amid trade tensions between Washington and Beijing

    Montage of Shein logo, models and executive chair Donald Tang
  • Monday, 13 May, 2024
    Chevron Corp
    Blow to $53bn Chevron-Hess deal as investors advised to abstain

    Dispute with ExxonMobil over oil-rich Guyana block cited as source of uncertainty by advisory firm ISS

    Chevron and Hess logos
  • Thursday, 9 May, 2024
    Private equity
    Todd Boehly’s investment house in advanced talks to buy private credit firm

    Eldridge Industries seeks to acquire Hayfin Capital Management in €1bn-plus deal

    Todd Boehly
  • Sunday, 5 May, 2024
    Paramount Global
    James Cameron and Ari Emanuel back Skydance bid for Paramount

    Endorsements from Hollywood’s biggest names come as Sony and Apollo push rival $26bn offer

    A scene from ‘Titanic’
  • Friday, 3 May, 2024
    Person in the News
    Shari Redstone, a media scion weighing the future of her ravaged empire

    The Paramount executive must decide on whether to sell the family business and to whom

    A middle-aged woman holds a carton of pop corn with Paramount written on the label as a male hand reaches for the pop corn
  • Friday, 3 May, 2024
    Renewable energy
    GIP and CPP near $5bn deal for utility group Allete

    Infrastructure groups have invested heavily in shifting power companies to lower-carbon production

    Wind turbines
  • Tuesday, 30 April, 2024
    Paramount Global
    Skydance sweetens Paramount bid as Bakish departs

    Chief executive leaves in sign of disarray at Hollywood group

    Shari Redstone
  • Sunday, 28 April, 2024
    Paramount Global
    Paramount expected to fire CEO Bob Bakish after clash with Shari Redstone

    Company weighs deal with Skydance as Sony and Apollo prepare counterbid

    Bob Bakish
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