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Private equity house takes majority Parabis stake in law firm LBO first
Private equity house Duke Street has acquired a majority stake in the Parabis Group, the parent company of insurance litigation law firms Plexus Law and Cogent Law. The deal, which values Parabis between £150m and £200m, is subject to approval fr...
06 Feb 2012 | 09:40 | 1 comment
Ashurst makes debut for new client opposite Linklaters on $800m TPG buyout
Linklaters and Ashurst have taken lead roles on TPG Capital's $800m (£508m) acquisition of hedge fund services company GlobeOp. Linklaters won the lead role for the buyout house, fielding a team led by corporate partner Charlie Jacobs and private ...
06 Feb 2012 | 00:00
LG secures latest hotel instruction as two prime properties sold for £192m
LG and Hogan Lovells have advised on the sale of London’s Sanderson Hotel and St Martins Lane Hotel to Middle Eastern investor Capital Hill Hotels for £192m. LG advised Capital Hill on the sale, with London corporate partner and hotel sector hea...
03 Feb 2012 | 00:00
CC, Linklaters and SNR Denton take lead roles as Petroplus files for administration
Clifford Chance (CC), Linklaters and SNR Denton have picked up lead roles after one of Europe’s largest independent refiners, Petroplus, defaulted on $1.75bn (£1.12bn) of debt and filed for insolvency last week (24 January). The Swiss company...
03 Feb 2012 | 00:00
McGrigors acts as Jimmy Choo moves headquarters to London
McGrigors has advised Jimmy Choo on its move to a new London HQ in Westminster, with the luxury footwear brand taking on 37,000 sq ft on Victoria Street. London real estate head Suzanne Gill led a seven-strong team from the firm that included const...
03 Feb 2012 | 00:00
A&O and Linklaters top slim 2011 EMEA capital markets rankings as volumes dip
Allen & Overy (A&O) and Linklaters have topped Thomson Reuters’ EMEA rankings for bank roles on debt and equity capital markets (ECM) transactions in 2011 – a year in which the volume of debt issues fell more than 7%. A&O advised managers on 47...
27 Jan 2012 | 00:00
Quartet of firms lead on proposed sale of Swedish packaging company
Allen & Overy (A&O), Clifford Chance (CC) Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Eversheds are advising on DS Smith’s proposed €1.6bn (£1.3bn) acquisition of a packaging division of Sweden’s Svenska Cellulosa (SCA). A&O City corporate partners D...
27 Jan 2012 | 00:00
Norton Rose and Maclay Murray win roles on dairy company sale
Norton Rose and Maclay Murray & Spens have taken key advisory roles on the sale of Scottish dairy company Robert Wiseman Dairies to Germany’s Muller. The deal, announced earlier this month (16 January), will see the company change hands for £279...
27 Jan 2012 | 00:00
Freshfields leads on Aon HQ relocation
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has taken a lead role for global insurance broker Aon on the relocation of its head office from Chicago to London. Financial institutions partner James Smethurst and corporate head Julian Long led the Freshfields team...
27 Jan 2012 | 00:00
Raft of firms lead on Soho House majority stake sale
Olswang, Latham & Watkins, Ashurst and Withers have all taken a role on the sale of a majority stake in private members’ club chain Soho House Group. Olswang advised Soho House owners Richard Caring and Nick Jones with a team led by City corpo...
27 Jan 2012 | 00:00
Morrison & Foerster seals Hong Kong IPO triple
Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) has signed off three multimillion-dollar listings on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in recent weeks, as Asian capital markets work continues to grow in importance for international law firms. The US law firm advised the und...
26 Jan 2012 | 00:00
Hogan Lovells, Browne Jacobson lead on PE sale of Nicole Farhi fashion brand
Hogan Lovells and Browne Jacobson have taken lead roles on private equity group Kelso Place Asset Management’s acquisition of a majority stake in fashion brand Nicole Farhi. Kelso Place has purchased the stake from OpenGate Capital, which has own...
20 Jan 2012 | 00:00
CC and Freshfields advise as 11 banks issue £2.36bn of structured debt to ports group
Clifford Chance (CC) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have taken roles on a £2.36bn issuance of new debt by Associated British Ports (ABP), the largest ports group in the UK. CC structured debt partner Steve Curtis led the firm’s team advising...
20 Jan 2012 | 00:00
Freshfields and Links lead on PFI monoline swap-out
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters have taken lead roles on the first private finance initiative (PFI) monoline insurance company replacement since the start of the global financial crisis. The deal has seen Ambac Assurance UK – the gu...
20 Jan 2012 | 00:00
Linklaters and Nabarro selected to advise on £5bn Euro power project
Linklaters and Nabarro have been appointed to advise on one of Europe’s biggest carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects - expected to attract investment of just under £5bn. The pair are advising 2Co Energy on the planned Don Valley Power Project ...
18 Jan 2012 | 08:30 | 1 comment
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