Transactions

Selected transactions negotiated by C&E

Below we list selected transactions and licensing deals negotiated by the firm. Our work spans both publishing licensing agreements (a.k.a. publishing services agreements) as well as mergers and acquisitions. We deals we have negotiated collectively represent over a billion dollars in revenues to our clients.

American Ceramic Society

Competitive RFP process resulting in publishing agreement for Journal of the American Ceramic Society and the ACerS portfolio

Cognitive Science Society

Publishing agreement renewal for Cognitive Science and Topics in Cognitive Science

International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

Publishing services agreement renewal for Journal of Traumatic Stress

The Physiological Society

Competitive RFP resulting in publishing agreement for The Journal of Physiology and Experimental Physiology

Peace Research Institute Oslo

Competitive RFP process resulting in publishing agreement for 2 flagship journals: Journal of Peace Research and Security Dialogue

American Society for Bone and Mineral Research

Competitive RFP process resulting in publishing agreement for JBMR & JBMR Plus

Society for the History of Technology

Competitive RFP process resulting in publishing agreement for Technology and Culture

Society for Vascular Surgery

Publishing agreement for 4-journal JVS portfolio

American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Competitive RFP process resulting in move from self-publishing to a publishing agreement for ASPET journal portfolio

Brookings Institution

Co-publishing agreement between Brookings Institution and Rowman & Littlefield (now part of Bloomsbury)

American Association of Thoracic Surgeons

Competitive RFP process resulting in publishing agreement for JTCVS portfolio

GeoScienceWorld

Acquisition by GSW of Lithosphere from Geological Society of America

American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Publishing agreement for AAOS journal and books program

CFA Institute

Competitive RFP process resulting in move from self-publishing to publishing agreement for Financial Analysts journal

Modern Language Association

C&E advised MLA in brokering an exclusive licensing deal for the MLA Bibliography

Mathematical Association of America

Competitive RFP process resulting in publishing agreement for MAA journals, with subsequent renewal negotiation support

Wilson Center

Negotiated two publishing services agreements related to Wilson Center books

Mathematical Association of America

C&E advised MAA on the divestiture of the MAA Press books program which was acquired by the American Mathematical Association