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Latham takes lead on restructuring of Tiger Tiger owner
Latham & Watkins has advised bar and club operator Novus Leisure on the financial restructuring of its business. Novus, whose brands include Tiger Tiger, has significantly reduced its debt in a debt for equity swap that has seen Barclays Ventures a...
02 Jul 2009 | 13:57
A&O advises Nationwide on Dunfermline loans portfolio
Allen & Overy (A&O) is advising longstanding client Nationwide on its bid to purchase collapsed building society Dunfermline’s portfolio of social housing loans worth £670m. The building society has been selected as the preferred bidder for the ...
02 Jul 2009 | 09:43
Skadden’s London outpost picks up call from Nokia on Nortel acquisition
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom’s London arm has advised as Nokia Siemens Networks picked up part of Nortel Network’s business for $650m (£397m). London-based restructuring co-head Lynn Hiestand took the lead on the deal, which saw Nokia Sie...
02 Jul 2009 | 09:43
Commentary: Who will worship in St Paul's new cathedral?
Where Mayer Brown was, initially at least, a union of a good-but-sleepy London firm with a good-but-sleepy US law firm with too much regard for its own status, the Florida-based Greenberg Traurig exudes entrepreneurialism and drive unencumbered by sel...
- 02 Jul 2009 | 09:41
Commentary: A&O bets on the IP market – but will it go the distance?
It’s not often you see magic circle firms turn to national players for lateral partner hires, but Allen & Overy (A&O) recently made an exception with the hire of intellectual property (IP) litigators Neville Cordell and Huw Evans from DLA Piper and ...
- 25 Jun 2009 | 09:44
Travers takes lead role on Pinewood real estate and community project
Travers Smith is advising Pinewood Studios on planning matters as it creates a working community in Buckinghamshire. The City firm has been advising Pinewood on real estate, planning, environment and real estate management issues connected with the...
- 25 Jun 2009 | 09:43
Nabarro reappointed to top spot on £2bn Essex waste PFI project
Nabarro has been reappointed by two County Councils to advise on a £2bn waste management private finance initiative (PFI) project. The firm beat rivals including Walker Morris, Trowers & Hamlins, Bevan Brittan and Mills & Reeve to win the mandate ...
- 25 Jun 2009 | 09:43
Magic circle duo lead on £41bn mega-merger
Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have won lead roles as mining giants Anglo American and Xstrata discuss a potential merger worth £41bn. Anglo-Swiss group Xstrata confirmed this week (21 June) that it had approached the board of Anglo...
- 25 Jun 2009 | 09:39
Linklaters and Freshfields lead on £41bn mining mega-merger
Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have won lead roles as mining giants Anglo American and Xstrata discuss a potential merger worth £41bn. Anglo-Swiss group Xstrata confirmed yesterday (21 June) that it had approached the board of Anglo...
- 22 Jun 2009 | 11:45
Sidley Austin and Taylor Wessing take pole position in F1 dispute
Sidley Austin and Taylor Wessing are among a raft of top firms in line to win advisory roles on the ongoing Formula One crisis. Eight F1 teams - the overwhelming majority of participants in the competition - are threatening to break away and set up...
- 19 Jun 2009 | 16:14
Freshfields lands Europe role on Chrysler/Fiat alliance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has won the European mandate on the high-profile strategic alliance between automotive giants Chrysler and Fiat. Freshfields has been instructed as the main European adviser to Chrysler on the deal, which was announce...
- 19 Jun 2009 | 14:21
Dentons, Fulbright and Ashurst dig deep into E647m oil and gas buyout
Denton Wilde Sapte, Fulbright & Jaworski and Ashurst have played key roles in the E647m (£556m) consortium acquisition of the oil and gas division of Oranje-Nassau Groep.
- 18 Jun 2009 | 09:40
US leaders secure roles as high yield launches return to Europe
The London offices of White & Case and Latham & Watkins have advised on two high-yield deals worth nearly £400m for European video, voice and broadband internet services provider UPC.
- 18 Jun 2009 | 09:40
Skadden takes front seat on GM's Saab sell-off
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has advised Sweden's Koenigsegg on its acquisition of General Motors' loss-making brand Saab. The deal, which was backed by Norwegian and US investors, saw Skadden field a team including City corporate finance part...
- 17 Jun 2009 | 16:36
Linklaters and A&O lead on £445m Sainsbury's capital raising
Linklaters and Allen & Overy (A&O) have landed roles on Sainsbury's £445m capital raising. The retail giant said today (17 June) that it intends to raise the money to fund its growth plans, with £255m expected to come through a placement of new s...
- 17 Jun 2009 | 13:44
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