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Linklaters and Maitland advise on $5bn De Beers stake sale
Linklaters and legal and wealth services firm Maitland have taken lead roles on a $5.1bn (£3.2bn) deal that will see the Oppenheimer family sell its stake in diamond company De Beers. The deal, announced last week (4 November), will see London-based ...
10 Nov 2011 | 15:51 | 
Slaughters and Macfarlanes take lead roles on cut-price sale of Comet
Slaughter and May and Macfarlanes have lined up to advise on the sale of struggling UK electrical retailer Comet Group to private equity house OpCapita for just £2. Slaughters is advising Comet parent company Kesa Electricals on the sale of Comet’s...
10 Nov 2011 | 12:37 |
Norton Rose and Baker Botts act on $1.3bn Russian energy finance deal
Norton Rose and Baker Botts have taken lead roles on a major finance transaction which has seen Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK) secure a five-year loan facility worth $1.3bn (£813m). Baker Botts’ London office acted for SUEK, Russia’s larg...
10 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
A&O, Ashurst, Herbert Smith join Virgin Money's £747m acquisition of Northern Rock
Allen & Overy (A&O), Herbert Smith and Ashurst have taken roles on Virgin Money’s £1bn bid for Northern Rock, the retail bank that was nationalised in 2008 after becoming one of the most high-profile UK casualties of the financial crisis. Virgin...
10 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
Travers and Milbank lead on purchase of stake in Indian F1 team
Travers Smith and Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy have taken lead positions on Sahara Group’s $100m (£62.5m) acquisition of a 42.5% stake in the Force India Formula 1 team, the first Indian team to enter the FIA Formula 1 World Championship. Trave...
10 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
A&O, Ashurst and Herbert Smith join Virgin's $1bn Northern Rock bid
Allen & Overy (A&O), Herbert Smith and Ashurst have taken roles on Virgin Money's £1bn bid for Northern Rock, the retail bank that was nationalised in 2008 after becoming one of the most high-profile UK casualties of the financial crisis. Virgin M...
04 Nov 2011 | 11:31 |
Norton Rose and Gide among line-up on France Telecom's purchase of Congo China Telecom
Gide Loyrette Nouel and Norton Rose are among a raft of law firms to have picked up roles on France Telecom-Orange’s acquisition of Congo China Telecom (CCT). The deal saw France Telecom acquire Chinese telecoms equipment manufacturer ZTE Corpora...
03 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
CC and Bakers advice on financing for flagship $10.8bn Saudi project
Clifford Chance (CC) and Baker & McKenzie have advised on the second phase of financing for a $10.8bn (£6.8bn) aluminium development in Saudi Arabia. CC advised a consortium led by 15 banks, including the Arab National Bank and The Saudi Investmen...
03 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
Linklaters and Latham lead on Russian acquisition by Unilever
Linklaters and Latham & Watkins have taken lead roles on Unilever’s €390m (£343m) acquisition of an 82% stake in Russian beauty company Concern Kalina. Linklaters took the lead for Unilever with a team led by Moscow managing partner John Goodw...
03 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
Trowers and CMS lead on London real estate acquisition by Bahraini company
Trowers & Hamlins and CMS Cameron McKenna have picked up lead roles on the £121m acquisition of the North Wharf Gardens development site near London’s Paddington. Bahraini development company Meritas is acquiring the 710,000 sq ft site – the f...
03 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
Nabarro wins multiple roles for betting company Sportingbet
Nabarro has taken a hat-trick of corporate roles for Sportingbet, including advising on the company’s high-profile takeover approach from betting rival Ladbrokes. Corporate partner Graham Stedman advised the online betting company – a longstand...
27 Oct 2011 | 00:00 |
Jones Day and Cleary advise on $1bn pharma notes offering
Jones Day and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton have won lead roles on a $1bn (£626m) US notes offering by pharmaceuticals giant Sanofi. Jones Day advised Sanofi with a team headed by Paris capital markets partner Linda Hesse. Meanwhile, Cleary ...
27 Oct 2011 | 00:00 |
Addleshaws and Slaughters advise on creation of property advisory giant
Addleshaw Goddard and Slaughter and May have advised on the merger of Dutch consulting and management services company Arcadis with UK property management company EC Harris. The deal creates one of the largest property advisory and project services...
27 Oct 2011 | 00:00 |
SJB and Ashurst among firms to win roles as Bain sells electrics arm to PE fund
Latham & Watkins, SJ Berwin, Ashurst and Kirkland & Ellis have picked up roles on Bain Capital’s €640m (£557m) disposal of the microconnections unit of French electrical goods manufacturer FCI to private equity fund manager Astorg Partners. ...
27 Oct 2011 | 00:00 |
Latham and SJ Berwin lead four-firm line-up on French private equity deal
Latham & Watkins, SJ Berwin, Ashurst and Kirkland & Ellis have picked up roles on Bain Capital’s €640m (£557m) disposal of the microconnections unit of French electrical goods manufacturer FCI to private equity fund manager Astorg Partners. The d...
21 Oct 2011 | 14:33 |
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