Morgan Stanley Lands WhatsApp Deal With Grimes to Cap Busy Week

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Facebook Inc.’s $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp Inc. caps a roller coaster seven days for Morgan Stanley.

Sole adviser to the deal for WhatsApp, Morgan Stanley has been on three of the four biggest transactions of a busy, albeit young, M&A year. Yet it also missed out on the sale of a long-time client.