NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Apr 17, 2013) - Marlin & Associates, the boutique investment banking and strategic advisory firm, today announced that five cross-border transactions on which Marlin recently advised have been named finalists for International "Deal-of-the-Year" Awards. Marlin was nominated for advising:
- Coalition Development Ltd. (London, UK) on its sale to Crisil (Mumbai, India), a subsidiary of McGraw-Hill (
NYSE :MHP ); - Ideas International (Hornsby, Australia) (
ASX :IDE ) on its sale to Gartner (NYSE :IT ); - IMS Research (Wellingborough, UK) on its sale to IHS;
- NYSE Euronext (
NYSE :NYX ) on its acquisition of a minority interest in Fixnetix (London, UK); and - Knovel Corporation on its sale to Reed Elsevier (London, UK) (
LSE :REL ).
"Our clients do not define their markets geographically and neither do we. Perhaps that is why advising on cross-border merger and acquisitions has long been one of our strengths," said Marlin & Associates Managing Partner, Ken Marlin. "We are humbled to have five deals, on which we advised, be nominated for international deal-of-the-year awards."
"Although global uncertainty continues to be a factor affecting M&A markets around the world, we are greatly encouraged by the prospects of growth forecast for cross border M&A in 2013," said Roger Aguinaldo, CEO of The M&A Advisor, which sponsors the awards. "We are honored to have the privilege to recognize and celebrate, through this annual program, the international deal makers who are leading the charge."
Marlin & Associates is one of the most active firms advising buyers and sellers of U.S. and international middle-market firms that provide technology, digital information and healthcare-related products, technology and services. The firm is headquartered in New York, NY and has additional offices in San Francisco, CA; Washington, DC; Toronto, Canada; and Hong Kong, China. Marlin has been the recipient of numerous awards, including twice being named "Middle-Market Investment Banking Firm of the Year," as well as the "Middle-Market Financing Agent of the Year -- Equity," and has been recognized for leading multiple "Deals-of-the-Year" Awards. Marlin & Associates' team of professionals has advised over 200 information-technology transactions.
About Marlin & Associates
Marlin & Associates Holding LLC is a boutique investment banking and strategic advisory firm specializing in acquisitions and divestitures of U.S. and international middle-market firms that provide technology, digital information and healthcare-related products, technology and services. The firm is headquartered in New York, NY and has additional offices in San Francisco, CA; Washington, DC; Toronto, Canada; and Hong Kong, China. Further information can be read at www.MarlinLLC.com .
Marlin & Associates Securities LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Marlin & Associates Holding LLC, is a broker-dealer registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is a FINRA/SIPC member firm ( www.finra.org ). Investment banking and/or securities are offered through Marlin & Associates Securities LLC. Marlin & Associates' professionals have advised on more than 200 successfully completed transactions.
Some recent clients that Marlin & Associates has advised include:
- Bain Capital Ventures' portfolio company ABILITY Network Inc. of Minneapolis, Minnesota, which Marlin & Associates advised on its merger with IVANS;
- SR Labs, LLC of New York, New York, which Marlin & Associates advised on its $53M capital raise from Insight Venture Partners;
- Knovel Inc. of New York, New York which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to Reed Elsevier PLC (
LSE :REL ); - XcitekSolutionsPlus, LLC (XSP) of Birmingham, Alabama, which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to SunGard Data Systems Inc.;
- DMLT LLC (dba Investment Café) of Tampa, Florida, which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to eFront, a portfolio company of Francisco Partners;
- Correlix of New York, New York and Tel Aviv, Israel, which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to TS-Associates;
- Ideas International Ltd. (
ASX :IDE ) of Hornsby, Australia, which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to Gartner (NYSE :IT ); - Coalition Development Ltd. of London, United Kingdom, which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to CRISIL, a subsidiary of McGraw-Hill (
NYSE :MHP ); - IMS Research of Wellingborough, United Kingdom, which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to IHS Inc.;
- NYSE Euronext (
NYSE :NYX ) of New York, New York, which Marlin & Associates advised on its acquisition of a strategic shareholding in Fixnetix; - Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe of New York, New York, which Marlin & Associates advised on its acquisition of a majority interest in Triple Point Technology;
- Atrium Network of London, United Kingdom, which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to TMX Group (
TSX :X ); - NYSE Euronext (
NYSE :NYX ) of New York, New York, which Marlin & Associates advised on its acquisition of Metabit (Tokyo, Japan); - Subserveo, Inc. of Vancouver, Canada, which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to DST Systems, Inc. (
NYSE :DST ); - NaviNet, Inc. of Cambridge, Massachusetts, which Marlin & Associates advised on its acquisition of Prematics;
- Qatarlyst of Doha, Qatar, which Marlin & Associates advised on its acquisition of London-based RI3K;
- SMARTS Group of Sydney, Australia, which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to NASDAQ OMX (
NASDAQ :NDAQ ); - SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) of Brussels, Belgium, which Marlin & Associates advised on its acquisition of Ambit Messaging Hub from SunGard;
- Avox of Wrexham Wales, United Kingdom, a majority-owned company of Deutsche Börse (ETR: DB1), which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC); and
- Strategic Analytics of Santa Fe, New Mexico, which Marlin & Associates advised on its sale to Verisk Analytics (
NASDAQ :VRSK ).
Contact: Krystle Bates Contact@MarlinLLC.com +1 (212) 257-6300
