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James Fontanella-Khan

US corporate finance and deals editor

James Fontanella-Khan is US corporate finance and deals editor at the Financial Times covering deals across America. Previously he worked on Lex and as a correspondent in Brussels, New Delhi and Mumbai. He started his career at the FT in London on the news desk in 2005. He graduated at Science Po, Paris.

Along with Arash Massoudi, he is the co-creator of the FT’s premium corporate finance briefing called Due Diligence. To receive the newsletter in your inbox Tuesday to Friday at 5am UK time, sign-up here.

Email James Fontanella-Khan @JFK_America  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    News in-depthPfizer Inc
    Starboard plotted a campaign against Pfizer’s chief. Then a blank email dropped in his inbox

    A seemingly misfired message has embroiled Albert Bourla and his company in a high-stakes activist battle

    A montage of Ian Read and Albert Bourla with the logo of Pfizer in the background
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    Pfizer Inc
    Pfizer chief Albert Bourla to meet activist investor Starboard Value

    Fund run by Jeff Smith builds $1bn stake in vaccine maker and pitches shake-up plan

    Pfizer chief executive Albert Bourla speaks at an event
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    UK tax
    General Atlantic chief says higher UK taxes will not harm investing

    Bill Ford says his approach would not change if carried interest loophole is closed

    Bill Ford speaking at the FT’s Due Diligence conference
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Chevron in talks to sell Texas gas assets to Tokyo Gas for up to $1bn

    Deal would bolster Japanese group’s drive to secure supplies for home country, which relies on fossil fuel imports for energy

    Tokyo Gas logo
  • Sunday, 6 October, 2024
    Daily Telegraph
    New York Sun owner Efune closes in on £550mn deal for UK’s Telegraph

    Offer could end 16-month battle to control the conservative British national newspaper

    A logo of The Daily Telegraph newspaper on a newsstand in London,
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    News in-depthUS presidential election 2024
    Harris’s Wall Street charm offensive begins to pay off

    Vice-president builds ties with finance bosses in attempt to quell support for Trump

    A montage of Kamala Harris with the New York Stock Exchange building in the background
  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    WuXi Biologics
    China’s WuXi explores sale of pharma units as US restrictions loom

    Drugmakers have been targeted on national security grounds and could lose customers if Congress passes Biosecure Act

    Rows of blister packs containing pink Paxlovid tablets on a packaging line in a facility in Ascoli, Italy
  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    Daily Telegraph
    New York Sun’s Efune is leading bidder for Telegraph

    Bill Ackman sounded out but decided not to participate in auction for British broadsheet

    A man reads a copy of the Daily Telegraph
  • Wednesday, 25 September, 2024
    Media
    Bari Weiss’s media start-up valued at $100mn in funding round

    Hedge fund billionaire Paul Marshall among those backing venture from former New York Times journalist

    Bari Weiss
  • Saturday, 21 September, 2024
    Qualcomm Inc
    Qualcomm has approached Intel about takeover bid

    No formal offer made but deal could become biggest tech acquisition in history

    A man uses his mobile phone near a Qualcomm stall at a trade fair in Beijing. The stall features a large, illuminated Qualcomm sign above, and the venue is filled with industrial lighting and structural elements.
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    PJT Partners, Inc.
    PJT Partners expands with deal for Dubai-based boutique

    Paul Taubman advisory firm to buy former Morgan Stanley banker May Nasrallah’s deNovo Partners

    Dubai skyline
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    Bausch Health Companies
    Private equity suitors line up for Bausch + Lomb eyecare auction

    Sale process comes after tensions between investors and creditors over plan to split from Bausch Health

    Boxes of Ocuvite lined up on a shelf, featuring a depiction of an eye on the front
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    Artificial intelligence
    BlackRock and Microsoft plan $30bn fund to invest in AI infrastructure

    Nvidia and Abu Dhabi-backed MGX will join effort as energy-intensive tech strains power and data grids

    The rooftop of a data centre in Johannesburg, showing multiple large cooling units with fan covers and extensive piping infrastructure
  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2024
    Daily Telegraph
    US publisher joins pursuit of UK’s Telegraph newspaper

    Owner of right-leaning New York Sun has emerged as part of one of three groups bidding for London title

    The Daily Telegraph newspaper logo on a blue background at a newsstand in London with newspapers stacked in front.
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd
    US regulator signals doubts about proposed Circle K and 7-Eleven deal

    Merger of convenience store and petrol station chains would create one of the largest retail groups in America

    Circle K petrol station in Toronto
  • Friday, 23 August, 2024
    Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd
    Private equity firms see opportunity in Canadian bid for 7-Eleven owner

    Groups look for ways to take part in deal for Japanese convenience store company

    A woman walks past a large Seven & i Holdings sign outside a 7-Eleven convenience store along a street in central Tokyo. The scene features a blurred motion of the woman, suggesting she is in a hurry, with bicycles and buildings in the background.
  • Thursday, 22 August, 2024
    Legal services
    US law firms offer staff $50,000 for referrals as talent wars rage

    Uptick in dealmaking triggers renewed competition for junior talent

    Aerial view of the City of London skyline, featuring prominent buildings such as the Walkie Talkie, the Gherkin, and other skyscrapers. The cloudy sky forms the backdrop, highlighting the dense concentration of financial and commercial buildings.
  • Tuesday, 20 August, 2024
    Paramount Global
    Edgar Bronfman Jr raises $5.5bn to sweeten last-minute Paramount bid

    Billionaire investor secures funding to improve $4.3bn offer to media scion Shari Redstone

    Marlon Brando in ‘The Godfather’
  • Tuesday, 20 August, 2024
    Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd
    Canadian bid for 7-Eleven owner likely to face US antitrust scrutiny

    Tie-up between Couche-Tard and Japan’s Seven & i would create one of America’s largest retail chains

    A Circle K store
  • Monday, 19 August, 2024
    Carl Icahn
    Carl Icahn hit by SEC disclosure charges after short seller attack

    Activist and his company will pay $2mn to resolve probe launched after Hindenburg Research report

    Carl Icahn
  • Friday, 16 August, 2024
    News in-depthStarbucks Corp
    How Starbucks toppled its top barista

    Months of secret talks between directors and investors preceded Laxman Narasimhan’s abrupt exit

    Montage of Laxman Narasimhan, Brian Niccol and Mellody Hobson and some starbucks drinks
  • Wednesday, 14 August, 2024
    Food & Beverage
    Mars strikes $36bn deal to buy Pringles maker Kellanova

    US confectionery giant to pay $83.50 a share for snack rival

    A picture of a Pringles can with chips around it
  • Tuesday, 13 August, 2024
    Starbucks Corp
    Starbucks ousts chief and appoints Chipotle boss after activist pressure

    Shares in coffee chain jump after Laxman Narasimhan is replaced by Brian Niccol

    Montage of Brian Niccol and Laxman Narasimhan with a starbucks coffee cup
  • Friday, 9 August, 2024
    Media
    RedBird IMI whittles down shortlist for Telegraph sale

    European media group Mediahuis and Lord Maurice Saatchi set to fall out of auction

    Copies of The Daily Telegraph are displayed on a rack in a supermarket in London
  • Thursday, 8 August, 2024
    Transcript
    Transcript: What’s up with Bill Ackman?

    Robert Armstrong talks to James Fontanella-Khan

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