Qatalyst Partners

Qatalyst Partners
Private
Industry Banking
Founded 2008
Founder Frank Quattrone
Headquarters San Francisco
Area served
 United States
Key people
 Frank Quattrone
(Founder, CEO)
Products Boutique investment bank
Number of employees
 47

Qatalyst Partners is a technology-focused boutique investment bank that specialises in mergers and acquisitions and is based in San Francisco with an additional office in London.[1]

History

Founded in March 2008 by Frank Quattrone, Adrian Dollard, and Jonathan Tracy, the company's advisory and acquisition deals have included eBay, LifeSize, Google, GoDaddy.com, Taleo, Motorola, and others.[2] Qatalyst has acted as lead adviser on over $70 billion in transactions and has advised on some of the highest-profile assignments in the technology industry. Some of the firm's recent notable deals have included Yahoo's $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr, VMWare's $1.3 billion acquisition of Nicira, Texas Instruments' $6.5 billion acquisition of National Semiconductor, and Google's $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola. Since its foundation, Qatalyst has been lead sell-side adviser on over $50 billion of deals involving public technology companies with price tags of $1 billion or more, a record unmatched by any other firm for the same period.[3]

Qatalyst has also been recognized for garnering above-average premiums for its sell-side clients. "The typical tech firm sells for 37 percent more than where its shares were trading four weeks before the deal announcement, according to Thomson Reuters data; [Qatalyst’s] clients garnered premiums of about 70 percent."[4] Due to Qatalyst's rapid success, the firm is widely considered one of the "elite boutique" investment banks.[5] In 2012, CEO Frank Quattrone was named the "Financial Dealmaker of the Year" by the San Francisco Business Journal for his work with the firm.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Companies Qatalyst Partners". LinkedIn. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "Qatalyst Partners LP". Bloomberg. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "Financial Dealmaker of the Year: Frank Quattrone". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Frank Quattrone's Golden Touch at Qatalyst". New York Times. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "Guide to Investment Banking". ibanking Insider. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "Financial Dealmaker of the Year: Frank Quattrone". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved 14 March 2013.

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