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Dentons and Herbert Smith lead on rescue of inflight technology firm
Denton Wilde Sapte and Herbert Smith have advised on the rescue of inflight mobile technology company AeroMobile after five weeks in administration. AeroMobile went into administration at the end of December, with Dentons instructed in the lead rol...
10 Feb 2010 | 11:30
Hammonds wins lead role on £280m private equity buyout
Hammonds took a leading role advising on the sale of survival equipment maker Survitec Group to US private equity firm Warburg Pincus for nearly £280m. The national firm advised longstanding private equity client Montagu on its £274m disposal of ...
10 Feb 2010 | 11:30
Slaughters and CC in on New Look IPO
Slaughter and May and Clifford Chance have bagged leading roles on New Look's £650m Initial Public Offering (IPO), announced yesterday (2 February). Slaughter and May corporate partners Martin Hattrell and Simon Nicholls are leading a team advising t...
03 Feb 2010 | 15:32
Protracted Shadbolt talks end in a tidy acquisition for Clydes
It took some time to get there, and it didn't pan out as initially expected, but the conclusion to the merger talks between Clyde & Co and Shadbolt appears to be a good result for the London-based insurance firm. Talks between the two started over ...
03 Feb 2010 | 08:28 | 
Placing of new Tullow Oil shares hands roles to Ashurst and Dickson Minto
Ashurst and Dickson Minto have advised on the share placing by FTSE 100 oil company Tullow Oil, which is expected to raise around £1bn. The company will issue 80.4 million new shares, representing roughly 10% of the group's existing shares.
03 Feb 2010 | 08:28
CC and Davis Polk lead $12bn Brazilian ethanol JV
Clifford Chance (CC) and Davis Polk & Wardwell have secured lead roles on Royal Dutch Shell's entry into Brazil's sugar-based ethanol market in a $12bn (£7.5bn) joint venture with the Brazilian biofuel giant Cosan, writes The AmLaw Daily.CC partner A...
02 Feb 2010 | 11:19
DLA, CC and Travers win roles on £440m outsourcing company buyout
A raft of firms have landed roles on the £440m buyout of legal process outsourcing company CPA Global by private equity investor Intermediate Capital Group (ICG). DLA Piper advised CPA on the deal with a team led by UK corporate chief David Raff, ...
29 Jan 2010 | 17:51
Simpson Thacher wins lead role on KKR's £955m Pets at Home purchase
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Travers Smith and DLA Piper have lined up on the sale of Pets at Home for almost £1bn, in the latest deal signalling a resurgence in the private equity sector. Simpson Thacher took the lead role for Kohlberg Kravis Robe...
27 Jan 2010 | 12:22
A&O in front seat on Dutch car maker's $400m deal to save Saab
Allen & Overy (A&O) has taken a lead role as General Motors (GM) and Spyker reached an agreement for the purchase of Saab Automobile yesterday (26 January) after months of discussions. The magic circle firm advised Spyker on the deal, which has bee...
27 Jan 2010 | 11:46
Linklaters and White & Case lead on $3bn Qatar merger
Linklaters and White & Case have won lead roles on a $3bn (£2bn) merger that has created the ninth-largest company listed in Qatar. The deal sees Barwa Real Estate Company take over Qatar Real Estate Investment Company (Alaqaria). The merger, whic...
27 Jan 2010 | 10:39
A&O secures pole position in 2009 projects rankings but debt shortage hits deal activity
Allen & Overy (A&O) has topped the global project finance league tables for 2009 by value and volume according to new research that shows last year's leader, Clifford Chance (CC), falling into fifth place. Infrastructure Journal's (IJ) 2009 global ...
27 Jan 2010 | 10:39
Deal lawyers set to AIM slightly less low in 2010
Ask a corporate partner specialising in work on London's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) to describe 2009 and "horrendous" and "not a good year" are some of the milder descriptions you're likely to hear. Looking at the statistics it is easy to see...
27 Jan 2010 | 10:37 |
Pinsents to advise utility company on King's Cross redevelopment contract
Pinsent Masons has landed a role advising on an infrastructure contract for the redevelopment of King's Cross. The national firm is advising utility infrastructure group Inexus Group and subsidiary Metropolitan Infrastructure (MI) on a deal that ha...
27 Jan 2010 | 10:37
Kirkland advises Japan Airlines on bankruptcy proceedings
Kirkland & Ellis has landed a global mandate advising Japan Airlines (JAL) on its bankruptcy proceedings. The firm is fielding a team from Chicago, London and Hong Kong to advise the airline on one of the country's largest corporate failures.
27 Jan 2010 | 10:37
Dealmaker: Chris Bown
Freshfields' private equity veteran displays a touch of literary class (and aces the McBeal question)...
27 Jan 2010 | 10:36 |
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