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Kirkland and Freshfields take lead roles on $5bn pharma buyout
Kirkland & Ellis and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have advised on the $5bn (£3.3bn) acquisition of German drugmaker Ratiopharm by Teva Pharmaceuticals, the world's leading generic drug company, reports The Am Law Daily. Kirkland took a lead role...
19 Mar 2010 | 10:40
Hammonds and CC advise on £281m healthcare buyout by Bridgepoint
Hammonds and Clifford Chance (CC) have won leading roles on Bridgepoint Capital's £281m acquisition of social care provider Care UK. Hammonds corporate partner Trevor Ingle advised health and social care provider Care UK, a longstanding client of ...
18 Mar 2010 | 00:01
CC and Norton Rose lead on $400m refinancing of mining company
Clifford Chance (CC) and Norton Rose have advised on a $400m (£265m) refinancing for international mining company Equinox Minerals. The Toronto and Australia-listed company will use the senior and subordinated loan facility to refinance existing d...
17 Mar 2010 | 11:29
Simpson Thacher and Wachtell lead on Apax's $3bn Tommy Hilfiger sale
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz have taken lead roles on buyout house Apax Partners' sale of Tommy Hilfiger to US clothing giant Phillips-Van Heusen for $3bn (£1.9bn). The sale comes around four years after Apax purchas...
16 Mar 2010 | 10:27
OC makes French Connection with debut role on private equity sell-off
Osborne Clarke has taken a lead role advising French Connection on its sale of the Nicole Farhi fashion label to private equity house OpenGate Capital - the firm's first instruction for the clothing retailer. Osborne Clarke corporate partner and co...
15 Mar 2010 | 12:43
Linklaters takes lead role for BP on $7bn global expansion
Linklaters has taken a key role alongside five other firms on BP's $7bn (£4.6bn) acquisition of assets in Azerbaijan, Brazil, and the Gulf of Mexico from oil and gas producer Devon Energy, reports The Am Law Daily. Linklaters M&A partner Joshua Be...
12 Mar 2010 | 10:37
Dealmaker: Steven Fox
Ashurst corporate partner Steven Fox takes wise counsel from The Hungry Caterpillar...
11 Mar 2010 | 00:01 | 
UK trio win roles as Premier Foods appoints debut panel
Slaughter and May, Eversheds and Wragge & Co have been appointed to Premier Foods' first formal roster of external legal advisers. The trio are the only firms to have been appointed to the panel, with the news likely to be seen as a blow to longsta...
11 Mar 2010 | 00:01
Eversheds and CC lead on £250m UK retail property joint venture
Eversheds and Clifford Chance (CC) have won leading roles advising on a £250m joint venture between property investment company NewRiver and Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing (MSREI) to invest in UK retail property. The Guernsey-registered join...
10 Mar 2010 | 12:02
Sullivan and Weil lead on $15.5bn AIG sell-off
Sullivan & Cromwell and Weil Gotshal & Manges have taken key roles on AIG's $15.5bn (£10.4bn) sale of its life insurance unit to rival company MetLife, reports The Am Law Daily. Sullivan advised AIG on the sale of the American Life Insurance Compa...
09 Mar 2010 | 14:14
SJ Berwin and Macfarlanes advise on £200m technology fund
SJ Berwin and Macfarlanes have advised on the creation of a £200m investment fund aimed at boosting the innovation technology sector in the UK. The creation of the Future Technologies Fund saw the Government and the European Investment Fund each put ...
05 Mar 2010 | 14:13
Ashurst leads on insurer's planned £450m IPO amid turbulent market
Ashurst has advised product insurer CPP Group on its proposed £450m initial public offering (IPO). CPP, which runs insurance schemes for mobile phones and credit cards, has announced that it is planning to float on London's main market next month.
03 Mar 2010 | 11:48
Magic circle trio take roles on Babcock's £1.1bn VT Group bid
A trio of magic circle law firms have won advisory roles relating to Babcock International's £1.1bn unsolicited bid for government support services company VT Group. Clifford Chance (CC), Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have all pick...
03 Mar 2010 | 11:48
A&O and Weil Gotshal bag roles on $615m crisps buyout
Allen & Overy (A&O) and Weil Gotshal & Manges have taken lead roles on the $615m (£412m) sale of Kettle Foods. US snacks group Diamond Foods is set to buy the crisp manufacturer from current owner Lion Capital in a cash deal, which was definitivel...
02 Mar 2010 | 11:26
Skadden heads up trio of firms on $7.2bn Merck acquisition
A trio of firms have advised on a $7.2bn (£4.8bn) deal that will see German pharma giant Merck acquire lab filter and purifier manufacturer Millipore, reports The Am Law Daily. Skadden took the lead role for Merck, fielding a team including M&A pa...
02 Mar 2010 | 11:06
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