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Centerview Partners LLC has once again landed a spot on one of the year's biggest announced transactions.
Centerview has secured financial advisory roles on the four largest U.S. announced M&A bids in 2017 based on transaction value, which includes debt, according to S&P Capital IQ data. The private advisory-focused firm, founded in 2006, is no stranger to big deals. But it is noteworthy anytime an investment bank that is not one of the global universal behemoths becomes a regular on the biggest deals.
The most recent large assignment is a sell-side role on the Dec. 14 announced sale of 21st Century Fox Inc. to Walt Disney Co., a deal with a transaction value of about $77 billion. Centerview is also advising CVS Health Corp.'s board on a roughly $69 billion deal for Aetna Inc., and advising Qualcomm Inc., which received an unsolicited takeover bid that totaled about $130 billion...