Boutique Banks Will Score as Sky Saga Nears Its End

As the contentious $39 billion takeover saga for Sky Plc draws to a close, boutique banks appear poised to reap some of the richest rewards. PJT Partners Inc., Robey Warshaw LLP, Evercore Inc. and Centerview Partners are the small advisory shops that worked on the battle between Comcast Corp. and Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. for control of Sky. The protracted takeover effort -- kicked off in December 2016 when Fox offered to acquire the share of the British broadcaster that it didn’t already own -- neared culmination this weekend with Comcast outbidding Fox in a rare one-day auction.