Jeffrey Goldfarb

New York

Global Corporate Finance Editor at Breakingviews

Reuters Breakingviews. Long-suffering Philadelphia sports fan. M&A nerd. Old school.

Articles

HP spawn inherits pugnacious M&A gene

3 days ago | today.westlaw.com | Jonathan Guilford |Maya Nandhini |Jeffrey Goldfarb

NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Tinkering in a garage created Hewlett Packard 86 years ago, but fraught financial fiddling complicated matters. The technology pioneer's cloud networking offshoot, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, is now battling a...
Capital intensity will reprogram Big Tech values

1 week ago | today.westlaw.com | Pranav Kiran |Liam Proud |Jeffrey Goldfarb

NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Big Tech is attempting the mother of all pivots. Although startups from Twitter to Instagram are renowned for remaking their businesses on the fly, none compares to the scale of the transformations underway at...
Accounting merger helps balance private-fee books

3 weeks ago | today.westlaw.com | Maya Nandhini |Jeffrey Goldfarb

NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Buyout barons are wearing pocket protectors and green visors with their tailored suits. Baker Tilly, an accounting firm recently...
Texas market bulls run into ferocious bear case

1 month ago | breakingviews.com | Jeffrey Goldfarb

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El bufete Paul, Weiss y el arte de negociar bajo la coacción de Trump

1 month ago | cincodias.elpais.com | Stephen Gandel |Jeffrey Goldfarb

Un buen bufete de abogados sabe cómo cerrar un trato. Solo por eso, la venerable firma de asesoría jurídica corporativa Paul, Weiss se ha hecho valer ante Donald Trump. Los abogados que ceden ante un Gobierno vengativo suelen quedar mal, pero probablemente esto impresione a los clientes que temen sufrir represalias. Brad Karp, presidente de Paul, Weiss, se encontró en una posición incómoda hace una semana cuando el presidente de EE UU expresó sus quejas y castigó al bufete.
Paul Weiss rewrites art of the deal under duress

1 month ago | today.westlaw.com | Pranav Kiran |Jennifer Saba |Jeffrey Goldfarb |Stephen Gandel

NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - A good law firm knows how to close a deal. By that measure alone, the venerable corporate legal adviser Paul, Weiss has availed itself admirably in a clash with U.S. President Donald Trump. Attorneys caving into a...
Del balón prisionero al voleibol femenino: los deportes suplentes de EE UU estarán llenos de perdedores

2 months ago | cincodias.elpais.com | Jennifer Saba |Jeffrey Goldfarb

A todo el mundo le gustan los subestimados en los deportes, incluidos los inversores, al parecer. Un grupo de ellos inyectó hace poco 100 millones de dólares en una liga de voleibol femenino, ayudándola a unirse a las filas del balón prisionero, el pickleball (tipo tenis), el lacrosse y otros pasatiempos populares que los gestores de dinero quieren convertir en un gran negocio a través de las retransmisiones y las apuestas.
Lo que desvelan las aerolíneas de EE UU sobre la economía es más importante que el revuelo de las ‘big tech’

2 months ago | cincodias.elpais.com | Jeffrey Goldfarb |Gabriel Rubin

Señoras y señores, hemos iniciado nuestro descenso económico. El martes, Southwest Airlines siguió a su rival Delta al advertir de que sus resultados financieros del primer trimestre serían peores de lo previsto inicialmente. Los inversores, cada vez más nerviosos, ya han hecho caer los mercados estadounidenses al deshacerse de las acciones tecnológicas.
Airline alarms are more dire than Big Tech buzz

2 months ago | breakingviews.com | Jeffrey Goldfarb

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Decade-long tenures: how stale boardrooms undermine shareholder value and invite dissent

2 months ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Jeffrey Goldfarb

BOARDROOM KRYPTONITE US companies face increasing pressure from investors over long-serving board members. Fresh perspectives are crucial for better performance. By Jeffrey GoldfarbIt’s almost as if US companies want to attract the attention of headstrong investors. Despite years of warnings about the dangers of allowing board members to overstay their welcome, the habit persists and keeps inviting trouble. Placing a time limit on how long directors can serve would have many benefits.