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CC leads for RBS on $7.3bn sale of aircraft leasing business
Clifford Chance (CC) has clinched the key adviser role on the Royal Bank of Scotland's $7.3bn (£4.7bn) sale of its aircraft leasing business to Japanese banking giant Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation The deal, which has kept a large CC team bus...
17 Jan 2012 | 11:05
Travers Smith secures pension work mandate for Vodafone
Travers Smith has won Vodafone as a first-time client, with the City firm securing a mandate to carry out pensions work for the telecoms giant. The firm was appointed in December last year, despite missing out on a spot on Vodafone’s new UK panel...
13 Jan 2012 | 00:00 | 
Hogan and Freshfields act on Barclays sale of infra portfolio
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Hogan Lovells have taken lead roles on the £143m sale of 26 private finance initiative (PFI) and public private partnership (PPP) projects by two infrastructure funds managed by Barclays. Freshfields advised Barc...
13 Jan 2012 | 00:00 |
CC advises as key buyout client creates $7.5bn global credit management firm
Clifford Chance (CC) has advised CVC Capital Partners on a joint venture with Resource America that creates a global credit management business with more than $7.5bn (£4.9bn) in assets under management across 21 vehicles in the US and Europe. CC a...
13 Jan 2012 | 00:00 |
UK law firm quartet line up on Blacks and La Senza administrations
Addleshaw Goddard, Travers Smith, Linklaters and SJ Berwin have all taken roles on the pre-pack administrations of Blacks Leisure and lingerie chain La Senza, in the latest retail collapses to hit the high street. Travers took the lead role for Bla...
10 Jan 2012 | 13:35 |
Cleary, Simpson Thacher field City teams on $2.1bn France Telecom sale
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett's London offices have taken lead roles on France Telecom's proposed $2.1bn (£1.4bn) sale of its Orange Switzerland mobile phone business to Apax Partners, reports The Am Law Daily. Lo...
10 Jan 2012 | 11:54 |
MoFo wraps up Hong Kong capital markets deal hat-trick
Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) has completed three multimillion-dollar listings on the Hong Kong stock exchange in recent weeks, as Asian capital markets continues to grow in importance for international law firms. The US firm advised the underwriters ...
10 Jan 2012 | 09:03 |
Herbert Smith and Freshfields lead on Pearson's FTSE sale
Herbert Smith and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have lined up to advise on the £450m sale of Financial Times publisher Pearson’s 50% stake in FTSE International to the London Stock Exchange (LSE). Herbert Smith is advising longstanding client Pear...
13 Dec 2011 | 11:35 |
A&O, Bingham and CC among firms on €1.3bn Quinn restructuring
Allen & Overy (A&O), Bingham McCutchen and Clifford Chance (CC) are among a raft of firms to have advised on the €1.3bn (£1.1bn) restructuring of business conglomerate Quinn group. A&O advised Quinn led by London restructuring managing partner E...
09 Dec 2011 | 11:54 |
Linklaters and A&O lead on Oman power plant debt financing
Linklaters and Allen & Overy (A&O) have advised on the $1.25bn (£795m) debt financing of Oman’s Sur Independent Power Project (Sur IPP) alongside Norton Rose. Norton Rose is advising the project’s sponsors, Phoenix Power Company – a speci...
08 Dec 2011 | 00:00 |
SJB and SNR Denton advise as Chez Gerard chain sold to Brasserie Blanc
SJ Berwin and SNR Denton have taken lead roles on Brasserie Blanc’s acquisition of the Chez Gerard restaurant chain, with the name set to disappear from London’s eatery scene. SJ Berwin advised Brasserie Blanc, the chain founded by French chef ...
08 Dec 2011 | 00:00 |
CC heads up double Turkish bond mandate worth £1bn
Clifford Chance (CC) has advised on two Turkish bond deals with a combined value of nearly £1bn. The office picked up an issuer-side mandate for TurkEximBank on the sale of $500m (£323m) of notes due in 2016. The firm fielded a London-based team ...
08 Dec 2011 | 00:00 |
Skadden and Travers lead on private equity energy purchase
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Travers Smith have taken lead roles on Doughty Hanson’s £250m acquisition of oil and gas logistics company Asco. Skadden advised the UK private equity house on the transaction, which will see the group ta...
08 Dec 2011 | 00:00 |
Freshfields and CMS lead on Heineken's £412m pub purchase
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and CMS Cameron McKenna have taken lead roles on Heineken's £412m purchase of the RBS Galaxy pub estate. Freshfields led for Heineken, fielding a team headed by London corporate partner Sundeep Kapila alongside City ...
05 Dec 2011 | 15:48 |
CC and A&O act in €3bn bond deal to bail out Irish
Clifford Chance (CC) and Allen & Overy (A&O) have taken lead roles on a €3bn (£2.6bn) bond sale by the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), the latest part of the financial assistance programme for Ireland. CC advised the euro-zone bail...
01 Dec 2011 | 00:00 |
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