这家服务于科技行业的精品投资银行Qatalyst Partners，在偏离其常规的卖方业务重心后，刚刚拿下了其有史以来最大的一笔交易。
Partners, the boutique investment bank serving the tech industry, has just landed its biggest-ever deal after diverting from its normal focus on selling companies.
总部位于旧金山的Qatalyst担任芯片巨头Marvell Technology Inc.的首席财务顾问，协助其完成周一宣布的以1026亿美元收购激光供应商Lumentum Holdings Inc.的交易。它领导了一个为Marvell提供服务的顾问团队，该团队还包括JPMorgan Chase & Co.和Goldman Sachs Group Inc.，而Citigroup Inc.和Evercore Inc.则为Lumentum提供建议。
San Francisco-based Qatalyst was the lead financial adviser to chip giant Marvell Technology Inc. on its $102.6 billion takeover of laser supplier Lumentum Holdings Inc. announced Monday. It led a group of advisers to Marvell that also included JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc., while Citigroup Inc. and Evercore Inc. advised Lumentum.
根据彭博编译的数据，这笔交易的规模大约是Qatalyst此前最大交易的三倍，也是其最大买方角色交易规模的七倍多。数据显示，在本周之前，Qatalyst最大的授权任务是建议软件开发商Ansys Inc.以340亿美元出售给芯片设计商Synopsys Inc.，该交易于2024年达成。
The transaction is roughly triple the size of Qatalyst’s previous largest deal, and more than seven times the size of its largest buyside role, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Before this week, Qatalyst’s biggest mandate was advising software developer Ansys Inc. on its $34 billion sale to chip designer Synopsys Inc. agreed to in 2024, the data show.
自2008年由包括竞争意识极强的Frank Quattrone在内的顶级雨人创立以来，Qatalyst因这类卖方角色而闻名，偶尔会使用强硬手段制造最大的竞争张力，帮助客户在出售公司时获得最高价格。
Since Qatalyst was started in 2008 by rainmakers including the ultra-competitive Frank Quattrone, it’s become famous for that type of sellside role, occasionally using hardball tactics to generate maximum competitive tension and help its clients get top dollar when selling their companies.
买方工作在Qatalyst非常罕见，该公司目前由前瑞信银行家George Boutros领导。根据彭博编译的数据，在Marvell交易之前，Qatalyst历史上最大的买方顾问角色是协助Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.完成2024年价值140亿美元收购Juniper Networks Inc.的交易。Qatalyst还曾协助Skyworks Solutions Inc.完成去年宣布的以100亿美元收购芯片供应商Qorvo Inc.的交易。
Buyside work is much rarer at Qatalyst, which is now led former Credit Suisse banker George Boutros. Its biggest-ever role advising an acquirer before the Marvell deal was helping Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. on its $14 billion takeover deal in 2024 for Juniper Networks Inc., the Bloomberg-compiled data show. Qatalyst also worked with Skyworks Solutions Inc. on its $10 billion acquisition of chip supplier Qorvo Inc. announced last year.
Marvell这笔交易是在Qatalyst今年从Wells Fargo & Co.挖角投资银行家Preeti Raghupathi、专注于半导体交易之后达成的。Qatalyst的代表未立即回应置评请求。
The Marvell deal follows Qatalyst’s hiring this year of investment banker Preeti Raghupathi from Wells Fargo & Co. to focus on semiconductor deals. A representative for Qatalyst didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.