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Brunswick Group represents Canadian National Railway, which today offered $30B to acquire Kansas City Southern, in an effort to thwart a $25B takeover deal engineered by Canadian Pacific Railway last month.
Montreal-based CN calls its offer “far superior” than KCS’s existing agreement with CP because it offers better financial value, a more complementary strategic fit, greater choice and efficiencies for customers and enhanced benefits for employees and local communities.
CP promoted its deal as being “transformative for North America,” by creating the first US, Mexico and Canada railroad.
A CN tie-up with KCS also would create a three-country railroad system.
Brunswick has Jonathan Doorley and Rebecca Kral working on the CN railroad in the US, while Longview Communications & PA’s Martin Cej handles Canadian press.
Prosek Partners handles New York’s Tilray Brands, craft beer & cannabis operation, as it acquires BrewDog, a leading British independent beer producer in the UK, for $45M.
Brunswick Group handles Zurich Insurance as it agrees to buy UK-based Beazley specialty insurer in a deal valued at $11B.
FGS Global represents Brink’s as it agrees to acquire NCR Atleos, which relies on Collected Strategies, in a $6.6B cash & stock deal to create a leading fintech infrastructure company. (Updated)
A January article in O’Dwyer’s proposes that in 2026, the strongest financial brands will not simply tell compelling stories—they will “signal readiness.”
C Street Advisory Group is working the Chapter 11 filing of Axip Energy Services as it unloads its nearly all of its assets to deal with a heavy debt load.
