Bear Stearns Financial Advisor Overview

Bear Stearns FAQ


Where is Bear Stearns headquartered?

Bear Stearns is headquartered in New York, New York.

When was Bear Stearns founded?

Bear Stearns was founded in 1923.

What sevices does Bear Stearns offer?

Bear Stearns offers Capital Raising, Fairness Opinions, Financial Restructuring and M&A Advisory.

Bear Stearns

Bear Stearns & Co. Inc.

383 Madison Avenue,
New York, New York 10179
United States
(212) 272-2000
www.bear.com
infocenter@bear.com

Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. was a New York-based global investment bank, securities trading and brokerage firm focused on serving corporations, institutions, governments, and individuals. The Firm's investment banking services included corporate finance, M&A, capital raising, financial restructuring, and fairness opinion. Sector expertise included apparel/textiles, communications, consumer products/services, distribution, electronics, financial services, IT, leisure, life science, media, plastics, retail, test/measurement equipment, and transportation. It was absorbed by J.P. Morgan on October 1, 2008. The Firm was originally formed in 1923 and was based in New York City.


M&A Advisory Summary

Buyside vs Sellside

Year '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 T
Buyside (1.0/yr) 1 1 - 1 2 1 6
Sellside (1.6/yr) - 1 3 2 2 - 8
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Most Recent

Target Company Date Value Type
Sign-up to View 2008-06-06 567M USD Consumer Services
Sign-up to View 2007-11-14 - Plastics
Sign-up to View 2007-09-12 1.8B USD Information Technology
Sign-up to View 2007-09-11 199M USD Retail
Sign-up to View 2007-07-30 2.7B USD Communications
Sign-up to View 2006-07-31 17.6B USD Communications
Sign-up to View 2006-04-03 856M USD Consumer Services
Sign-up to View 2006-02-16 480M EUR Life Science
Sign-up to View 2005-11-16 4.9B USD Financial Services
Sign-up to View 2005-07-13 230M USD Software
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Sector Experience

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Geo Experience

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Transaction Type Experience

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Top M&A Clients

PE Firms (1) Deals
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Corporate (13) Deals
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Deal Values

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Largest Adelphia Communications Corp.
$17.6B (2006-07-31)