Sard Verbinnen & Co is handling media for Aetna's $37B deal announced today to acquire Humana of Louisville.
The transaction forges the second largest managed care company in the US and the top handler of patients in the Medicare Advantage program.
The combined company chalks up $115B in annual revenues, of which 56 percent flows from government-sponsored programs.
Shareholders of the Hartford insurer will control 74 percent of the fortified company.
Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini has pledged a commitment to Louisville, where Humana was founded about 50 years, pledging to base the Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE businesses in the Kentucky city.
SVB's Meghan Gavigan and Patrick Scanlan work the media for the merger, while Aetna's Tom Cowhey deals with the investment community.
Humana relies on Joele Frank's Barrett Golden, Michael Freitag and Joe Snodgrass for media support.
Teneo is handling the initial public offering of CVC Capital Partners, one of Europe’s largest private equity firms with nearly $200B in assets under management.
Brunswick Group represents Endeavor Group Holdings as it agrees to go private via its acquisition by Silver Lake technology investment firm, which is handled by Edelman Smithfield.
Tod Donhauser, a nine-year veteran of Edelman, has joined H/Advisors Abernathy as managing director and head of its San Francisco office.
Intelligent Group Ltd, a Hong Kong-based financial PR firm, has priced its initial public offering of 1.9M shares at $4, which is the low end of the $4 to $5 range.
Kekst CNC represents Grant Thornton as it sells a majority stake in its US arm to New Mountain Capital, which relies on Goldin Solutions, in what is billed as the largest PE investment in the accounting and advisory sector.
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