Cary Kochman
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Cary Kochman (born April 1965) is an executive with UBS AG. He is also a distinguished alumn of the University of Illinois at Chicago. Cary Kochman is a member of the UBS Americas Investment Banking Executive Committee and serves as Co-Head and Managing Director of Americas Mergers & Acquisitions. He also serves as the Co-Head of the Investment Banking Department's Chicago office and Midwest region. Kochman is an execution and relationship M&A banker with focus on various industries.
Prior to joining the UBS team in 2004, Cary Kochman served as Head of the U.S. M&A Department for Credit Suisse. He worked at Credit Suisse (and The First Boston Corporation as it was previously known) for 14 years. Kochman graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago with a B.S. in Accounting and continued his education at the University of Chicago earning both J.D. and M.B.A. degrees.
Kochman specializes in divestitures, mergers, acquisitions, and corporate takeovers, and is considered a cross-border M&A expert. Cary Kochman serves as a speaker and panelist globally and speaks at Northwestern University's MergerWeek. Kochman is a member of the Illinois Bar. Kochman is active in the city's leading civic organizations including the Executive's Club of Chicago, The Economic Club of Chicago, The Commercial Club of Chicago and acting as a Trustee of the Shedd Aquarium.
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Bloomberg article: Stock Is New Cash for Takeovers as Zappos, Marvel Use ‘Option’ In stock transactions, “selling shareholders get an option on an economic recovery,” said Cary Kochman, UBS AG’s Chicago- based co-head of Americas mergers and acquisitions. “It provides buyers with insurance against another downturn.”
New York Times Article - Stock Is the New Cash in Recent Acquisitions In stock transactions, “selling shareholders get an option on an economic recovery,” Cary Kochman, UBS’s Chicago-based co-head of Americas mergers and acquisitions told Bloomberg News. “It provides buyers with insurance against another downturn.”
The Deal News Weekly "Cary Kochman, head of Americas M&A at UBS, attributes the rise to the lumpiness of a few larger deals, including Roche Holding AG's $43.7 billion bid for Genentech Inc. and Dow Chemical Co.'s $18.8 billion offer for Rohm and Haas Co."
Speaker at the Wisconsin School of Business Director's Summit - Topic: THE BOARD’S ROLE IN M&A
Wall Street Journal: "Right now you see a lot of institutions in survival mode. We've moved from the luxury of consolidation to the necessity of consolidation," says Cary Kochman, co-head of U.S. M&A for UBS AG.
NYU Stern Agenda Speaker - "We're at a trough and we're likely to build slowly out of it," said Cary Kochman, co-head of Americas M&A at UBS . "It took 7 years to build back from the last cycle downturn. The cycle times from trough to peak are not short," said Cary Kochman.
Speaker at the 2009 Cambridge Symposium - Topic: THE FUTURE OF BRIC INVESTING - How has BRIC investing changed? Are corporations refocusing on growth? What happens next to the BRICs?
Kellogg School of Management - Article: MergerTalk: Cash is King; Does That Pop 'Buyout Bubble' talk? "Cary Kochman, the Chicago-based co-head of U.S. M&A at UBS AG, says he's skeptical of cash-versus-stock generalizations. "These things are highly time specific, fact specific and culture specific," he says."
CFO Magazine - Article: Buying American "We see a pickup in interest from global companies wanting to assess their strategy in the U.S.," says Cary Kochman, co-head of M&A for the Americas at UBS, who expects increased activity into next year.
Reuters India - Article: Weak Market Pushes Deal-Failures to Record "Completion-risk is on everyone's mind. We are, on a historical perspective, amid the lowest level of deal completion," said Cary Kochman, Co-Head of M&A for the Americas at UBS. "2008 was marked by high-profile broken deals and an intense level of litigation."
Sharewatch article 11/12/2008: "Completion-risk is on everyone's mind. We are, on a historical perspective, amid the lowest level of deal completion. 2008 was marked by high-profile broken deals and an intense level of litigation," said Cary Kochman, Co-Head of M&A for the Americas at UBS.
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-2004–present: Who's Who in the Chicago Business Community
-2001: Chicago Business 40 under 40
