dealmakers
Those brokering agreements
Dealmakers are people who negotiate and close agreements, especially in business, politics, or diplomacy.
The term suggests skill at bringing parties together and finding terms everyone will accept.
A dealmaker may broker mergers, treaties, or contracts: The mayor fancied himself a dealmaker who could get unions and management to the table.
The word often carries connotations of pragmatism over principle.
Corporate consolidations
- acquisitionsThings newly gained
- buyoutsPurchases of entire companies
- takeoversGaining control of companies
- venturesRisky new enterprises
capitalists · investors · corporations · equity · stakeholders · holdings · consortiums · shares
Relationships between things
- contactsPeople you know professionally
- schmoozingCasual strategic socializing
- minglingCasual social interaction
- rapportHarmonious mutual connection
introductions · referrals · rolodex · circles · mixers · conferences · partnerships · collaborations
Enforceable written agreements
- termsConditions of an agreement
- clausesGrammatical or legal units
- stipulationsSpecified requirements or conditions
- covenantsBinding formal agreements
settlements · accords · pacts · treaties · protocols · ratification · amendments · guarantees
Borrowed capital for amplified returns
- positioningArranging in specific locations
- bargainingNegotiating mutually acceptable terms
- maneuveringSkillful directional control
- bluffingDeceiving about one's position
counteroffers · power-plays · anchoring · concessions · trade-offs · deadlines · walk-aways · sweeteners
Transaction intermediaries
- intermediariesAgents linking separate parties
- mediatorsConflict resolution facilitators
- arbitratorsNeutral third-party deciders
- facilitatorsThose who aid progress
go-betweens · liaisons · envoys · diplomats · ambassadors · representatives · emissaries · advocates
mergers
Corporate consolidations
- acquisitionsThings newly gained
- buyoutsPurchases of entire companies
- takeoversGaining control of companies
ventures · capitalists · investors · corporations · equity · stakeholders · holdings · consortiums · shares · startups
connections
Relationships between things
- contactsPeople you know professionally
- schmoozingCasual strategic socializing
- minglingCasual social interaction
rapport · introductions · referrals · rolodex · circles · mixers · conferences · partnerships · collaborations · follow-ups
contracts
Enforceable written agreements
- termsConditions of an agreement
- clausesGrammatical or legal units
- stipulationsSpecified requirements or conditions
covenants · settlements · accords · pacts · treaties · protocols · ratification · amendments · guarantees · handshakes
leverage
Borrowed capital for amplified returns
- positioningArranging in specific locations
- bargainingNegotiating mutually acceptable terms
- maneuveringSkillful directional control
bluffing · counteroffers · power-plays · anchoring · concessions · trade-offs · deadlines · walk-aways · sweeteners · contingencies
brokers
Transaction intermediaries
- intermediariesAgents linking separate parties
- mediatorsConflict resolution facilitators
- arbitratorsNeutral third-party deciders
facilitators · go-betweens · liaisons · envoys · diplomats · ambassadors · representatives · emissaries · advocates · consultants
- power playerspower brokers, insiders, influencers, kingmakers, influence
- moderatesmoderates, centrists, independents, middle-of-the-road, compromisers
- mediatorsmediator, mediators, arbitrator, arbitrators, negotiator
- politicianspoliticians, Joe Biden, congressman, Nancy Pelosi, senator
- tycoonsoil tycoon, tycoons, railroad tycoon, John Rockefeller, magnates
dealmakersdealbreakers
Unacceptable conditions ending agreements
obstructionists · blockers · saboteurs · spoilers · bystanders
dealmakersfence-sitters
People refusing to choose
ditherers · procrastinators · equivocators · wafflers · hesitators