Top Goldman Sachs M&A Banker Michael Carr Retiring From Firm (2)

Top Goldman Sachs Group Inc. dealmaker Michael Carr is retiring from the firm, according to an internal memo.

Carr, 64, co-headed Goldman Sachs’ dominant mergers and acquisitions advisory group through the biggest takeover boom ever, as the firm helped put together jumbo deals including CVS Health Corp.’s $70 billion purchase of health insurer Aetna Inc. and Abbvie Inc.’s $63 billion pact for Allergan Plc.

Michael Carr

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A partner before Goldman Sachs went public, Carr is known as an old-school, generalist rainmaker, advising on everything from aerospace and defense deals to consumer products and natural-resources transactions.

“Over the course of his ...