Lazard’s Tim Donahue on Keeping Capital Flowing: Bloomberg Deals

Hi, it’s Gillian Tan in New York, speaking with the head of Lazard’s nine month-old capital solutions unit. Also today, International Paper bags DS Smith and more IPOs line up from America to Asia.

Today’s top stories

• International Paper agrees to buy DS Smith for $7.2 billion.

• Microsoft-backed Rubrik seeks up to $713 million in IPO.

• Buyout interest in Samsonite wanes on valuation gap.

• Microsoft invests $1.5 billion in UAE’s G42 in pivot from China.

• Blackstone revives potential sale of Motel 6 brand owner.

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Last July, Lazard launched a new team to advise corporate clients, alternative asset managers and PE-owned businesses ...