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Financial Bill produces more heat on banks but not much light
For all the practical good it will do, it seems that the greatest significance of the new Financial Services Bill is in illustrating the current state of the increasingly ill-tempered policy debate over how to reform and monitor banks. Since the summe...
26 Nov 2009 | 11:54
Dechert leads on $190m rights sale of experimental pain drug
Dechert's London office has won a role advising new client PanGenetics on its $190m (£114m) sale of global rights for an experimental drug to US pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories. The US firm has been drafted in to advise antibody enginee...
26 Nov 2009 | 11:39
Leading firms act on largest UK pre-pack deal for Wind Hellas
A raft of UK and US firms, including White & Case, Bingham McCutchen, Allen & Overy (A&O) and Slaughter and May, are advising on the UK's largest ever pre-pack administration. Wind Hellas, one of Greece's largest mobile phone operators, filed for a...
26 Nov 2009 | 11:36
Cleary and Sullivan lead on Gucci owner's €1bn French listing
Cleary Gottlieb & Steen Hamilton and Sullivan & Cromwell have taken lead roles on the €1bn (£900m) French initial public offering (IPO) of a subsidiary of luxury goods company PPR. PPR, the holding company of brands such as Gucci and Puma, is se...
25 Nov 2009 | 15:23
Freshfields and Linklaters lead on £1bn Gartmore listing
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters have taken lead roles on British fund manager Gartmore's £1bn initial public offering (IPO). The float, which will cover 30%-50% of the company, is intended to cut net debt from £400m to £100m.
24 Nov 2009 | 15:50
UK trio lead on multimillion-pound publishing takeover bid
A trio of City firms have landed roles as publishing giant Informa prepares to launch a multimillion-pound takeover of Germany-based publishing rival Springer Science and Business Media. Regular adviser CMS Cameron McKenna has taken the lead role f...
24 Nov 2009 | 15:32
DLA Piper wins Kraft appointment after competitive tender
DLA Piper has been appointed as preferred adviser to Kraft Foods after a competitive tender process. The non-exclusive appointment, effective from 1 January 2010, will see the national firm advise Kraft on day-to-day matters including advertising, ...
23 Nov 2009 | 10:39
Freshfields, CC take headline roles on €945m Independent restructuring
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Clifford Chance and Bingham McCutchen have advised on the on the €945m (£837m) debt restructuring of Independent News & Media (INM). The struggling Irish publisher of The Independent and The Independent on Sunday ...
17 Nov 2009 | 12:49
Eversheds takes relationship with Tyco to the next level
Are Tyco and Eversheds about to move their much-debated partnership deal into something profitable and beneficial for both parties? As the pair overhaul terms for the third year of their agreement, ushering in a simplified and seemingly more practical...
17 Nov 2009 | 07:58
Nabarro and Ashurst take lead roles on property firm's £191m rights issue
Nabarro and Ashurst have won roles on Quintain Estates and Development's £191m rights issue as the company pushes forward with two London regeneration schemes. The developer turned to longstanding adviser Nabarro on the fundraising, which will be ...
17 Nov 2009 | 07:58
A&O acts alongside US duo on $275m gaming company sale
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Allen & Overy (A&O) and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati have taken lead roles on the $275m (£164m) sale of gaming company Playfish to Electronic Arts Nederland (EA). Playfish instructed Gibson Dunn, with the deal marking t...
17 Nov 2009 | 07:58
Deliver us from navel-gazing – some interesting deals at last
In what will hopefully prove a sign of slightly less deal-phobic times, the emergence of a couple of interesting corporate bids has given me something to write about other than The Future Of Law (all well and good, but you can have too much of a good ...
13 Nov 2009 | 17:26
Ropes & Gray gains early Euro boost with role on €3.5bn Liberty takeover
Ropes & Gray's newly-launched City practice has secured a trophy mandate after being instructed to advise cable group Liberty Global on deal finance for its €3.5bn (£3.1bn) takeover of Germany's Unitymedia. The US law firm was instructed two wee...
13 Nov 2009 | 11:59
Norton Rose checks in for Iberia role on British Airways merger deal
Norton Rose has secured a high-profile mandate advising Spanish airline Iberia on its planned merger with British Airways. The top 10 City firm has been brought in alongside Spanish firm Garrigues to advise on all UK aspects of the proposed union, ...
13 Nov 2009 | 10:20
Ashurst and Freshfields lead on £360m National Express rights issue
Ashurst is advising longstanding client National Express as it pushes ahead with plans for a £360m rights issue. London corporate partner Steven Fox is leading the firm's team assisted by senior associate Tom Mercer and US corporate partner Daniel...
11 Nov 2009 | 15:14
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