Angus Grierson, the managing director of the advisory firm LGB Corporate Finance, said the lightning speed the deal was done – it was brokered in five weeks – reflected the urgency with which Coca-Cola wanted to reduce its reliance on sugary drinks.
The Bucks weren't going to match a Bulls offer sheet, and the deal — brokered with Parker's agent Mark Bartelstein — allowed a good-faith gesture for Parker to sign a shorter deal with the Bulls.
China's richest man Wang Jianlin has lost up to 200 million yuan from a deal brokered in Spain three years ago because of a shift in exchange rates.
Both of these crises require international action of the kind best brokered by the European Commission or the UN.
