Anousha Sakoui is a Reporter & Staff Writer at the Los Angeles Times. She specializes in corporate finance, banking, and aerospace, covering a range of topics including startups, investment strategies, and space travel. Anousha is a former M&A editor for Reuters in EMEA and has been featured in numerous outlets such as Yahoo News, The Japan Times, and Bloomberg.
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Anousha’s coverage strongly tracks major dealmaking, valuation shifts, and corporate restructuring, so she is likely to respond best to pitches that add fresh, transaction-specific insight or reveal what a move means for markets and deal flow. Timely angles tied to pending deals, IPO prep, stake sales, or large cross-border transactions should be especially relevant.
Her reporting also suggests she values clear, data-backed takes on how financing, ownership changes, and strategic overhauls affect listed and private companies. Sources with direct visibility into a transaction, or analysts who can quantify implications, will likely fit her style well.
Given her focus on the United Kingdom, pitches should keep the UK angle front and center.
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By: Mateusz Rabiega, Leo Marchandon, Milla Nissi-Prussak, Anousha Sakoui
April 8 (Reuters) – Market analysts are split over whether Universal Music Group’s top stakeholders will support billionaire Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square proposed $64 billion takeover of the music label.
By: Charlie Conchie, Andres Gonzalez, Anousha Sakoui, Susan Fenton
The value of deals announced globally in the second week of March fell to around $39 billion as the U.S. and Israel’s strikes on Iran roiled markets.
By: Anousha Sakoui, Alexander Smith
LONDON, April 21 (Reuters) – The owners of British pharmacy chain Boots are working with consultants on a possible strategy overhaul in preparation for a potential London stock market listing which could come as soon as 2027, people familiar with the plans said.
By: Anousha Sakoui, Barbara Lewis
LONDON, April 21 (Reuters) – Commodities data and analytics firm Kpler has launched a sale process for a large minority stake that could value the company at nearly $5 billion, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
By Anousha Sakoui LONDON, June 18 (Reuters) - Citi has hired William Mansfield as Head of M&A for the UK, Europe, Middle East, and
Private equity fund EQT is acquiring Berlin-based space company Exolaunch, which helps satellite companies launch into orbit by partnering with rocket operators such as Elon Musk's SpaceX.
By: Anousha Sakoui, Samuel Indyk
By Anousha Sakoui and Samuel Indyk By Anousha Sakoui and Samuel Indyk
A surge in $10-billion-plus “mega deals” drove global M&A to record levels in the first half of 2026, LSEG data shows, as some companies took
Global M&A reached a record $2.8 trillion in the first half of 2026 as mega-deals, AI investment and easier regulation fueled acquisitions.
By Paul Sandle, Iain Withers and Anousha Sakoui LONDON, July 9 (Reuters) - ITV's long-awaited deal to sell its broadcasting business to
