Siddesh Mayenkar

Dec 2, 2024 | ionanalytics.com | Siddesh Mayenkar |Carlos Martinez |Benajmin Glick

News (Intelligence) With idiosyncratic risks out of the way, private equity players and infrastructure funds, saddled with record dry powder, and strategics with deep pockets are coming back to the market for waste and environmental services, dealmakers said at a conference. Business activity is expected to revive with the new Trump administration, leading to more waste generation.

Nov 19, 2024 | ionanalytics.com | Siddesh Mayenkar |Mark Andress |Serafina Smith |Izaz Ansari

Data Insight Amid a rebound in M&A activity targeting oil and gas pipeline and storage operators, cash-rich corporates are expected to continue filling in the void left by private equity firms, according to market participants. Over the last five years, strategics have been playing an increasingly dominant role in North American midstream M&A, while financial-sponsor participation has declined.

Apr 15, 2024 | ionanalytics.com | Siddesh Mayenkar |Carlos Martinez

Conversica, a San Mateo, California-based artificial intelligence software firm, is evaluating the possibility of an IPO at the end of 2025, as it continues to consider opportunistic acquisitions, CEO Jim Kaskade told Mergermarket. The company was planning to do an IPO in 2024 but that plan was delayed as slower economic growth prompted its clients to lower their budgets and reduce headcount, he added. “2025 would be a bull market and that is expected to continue until 2030.

Mar 27, 2024 | ionanalytics.com | Siddesh Mayenkar |Andrew Vitelli

Baker McKenzie Partner José Antonio Morán joins Crossroads: The Infrastructure Podcast this week to discuss the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), ESG issues, and tax equity transactions, among other things. Ahead of the US presidential elections in 2024, Morán speaks about whether there is any chance that the IRA could be repealed and about how the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is providing oversight on M&A deals in the power and renewables sectors.

Feb 29, 2024 | ionanalytics.com | Siddesh Mayenkar |Hana Askren |Izaz Ansari |Carlos Martinez

Necessity is the mother of invention, as ancient Greek philosopher Plato famously said. That is true of private equity firms active in the oil and gas space. Faced with soaring interest rates, uncertainty in the secondary loan market, banks cutting their hydrocarbon lending, and large buyout shops such as Blackstone retreating from fossil-fuel investments, many have had to resort to innovative and alternative ways of financing transactions.