as an adviser on mergers and acquisitions. Wasserstein Perella advised Axa Financial in the $11.5 billion sale of Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette to Credit Suisse First Boston in 2000, Philip Morris in its $14.9 billion acquisition of Nabisco Holdings Corp. and Time Warner in its $128 billion merger with America Online. Other deals include the $25 billion merger of Swiss Bank Corp and UBS and the $10 billion merger of Morgan Stanley & Co. and Dean Witter Discover & Co. References External links Bruce Wasserstein, Chairman and CEO of Wasserstein Perella Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC. Defunct financial services companies of the United States Financial services companies established in 1988 Banks established in 1988 Financial services companies disestablished in 2000 Banks disestablished in 2000 2000 mergers and acquisitions Former investment banks of the United States