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Gibson Dunn takes first UK work for Vivendi alongside CC on See Tickets buyout
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and Clifford Chance (CC) have taken lead roles on French media conglomerate Vivendi’s £83m acquisition of See Tickets, Britain’s second-largest ticketing agency. Gibson Dunn acted for the acquirers on the deal, which com...
22 Sep 2011 | 00:00 | 
Weil Gotshal invited to tender for RBS panel after first-ever mandate
Weil Gotshal & Manges is set to be invited to tender for the Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS’) legal panel next year after completing its first-ever mandate for the bank. The US law firm’s London office advised the bank on the $300m (£191m) sa...
22 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
Freshfields and Dickson Minto take roles on attempted pub group takeover
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Dickson Minto have won roles on the near-£1bn takeover attempt of pub and restaurant group Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) by billionaire Joe Lewis’ Piedmont investment vehicle. Freshfields is advising M&B on the bid...
22 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
Bonds and eurobonds – a resolution will be needed to restart capital markets
It isn’t often that the creation of a new financial instrument makes front-page news. But then it isn’t often – even post-banking crisis – that global markets and public finances become so strained that discussion of the euro’s break-up beco...
22 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
Beachcroft and SNR Denton lead on new Westfield lettings
Beachcroft and SNR Denton have helped fill the new Westfield Stratford City shopping mall, with the pair advising Westfield on lease agreements for 300 stores inside the centre. Beachcroft’s real estate team, led by relationship partner David Esa...
22 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
Freshfields and Mayer Brown lead ex-BP chief’s $4.2bn Turkey tie-up
Mayer Brown and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have won roles on the planned $4.2bn (£2.7bn) merger of former BP chief executive Tony Hayward’s investment vehicle Vallares with Turkish oil company Genel Energy International. Mayer Brown’s Lond...
15 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
BLP, LG and Macfarlanes head up £139m sale of Pinsents’ London base
LG and Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) are among a number of firms to have taken roles on the £139m sale of Pinsent Masons’ City headquarters. BLP advised the purchaser, German fund manager Hannover Leasing, with a team led by commercial real esta...
15 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
Latham and Shearman win roles on €600m sports agency buyout
Latham & Watkins and Shearman & Sterling have taken lead roles on Bridgepoint Capital’s €600m (£527m) acquisition of Infront Sports & Media, a Swiss agency that sells media rights for seven national football federations. Infront instructed US ...
15 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
Freshfields advises Tesco on 129-store Japanese sale
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has won a mandate to advise Tesco on the sale of its Japan business as the firm gears up to relocate its latest corporate partner to the region. The firm is advising Tesco on the sell-off of its 129 stores in Japan, a...
15 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
Magic circle quartet secure roles on €2bn Endemol debt restructuring
Four of the magic circle are among a raft of firms to have won roles on the multi billion-euro debt restructuring of Endemol, the TV production company behind shows such as Big Brother and Deal or No Deal. Endemol is owned by a consortium compri...
08 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
Freshfields and Mayer Brown head up ex-BP CEO's $4.2bn Turkey tie-up
Mayer Brown and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have won roles on the planned $4.2bn (£2.6bn) merger of former BP chief executive Tony Hayward's investment vehicle Vallares with Turkish oil company Genel Energy International. Mayer Brown's London o...
07 Sep 2011 | 14:11 |
Slaughters and A&O win roles on $2bn Cathay Pacific bond programme
Slaughter and May has advised Cathay Pacific Airways on its application for the listing of a $2bn (£1.2bn) medium-term note programme on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, reports The Asian Lawyer. According to the Hong Kong airline, the programme will...
02 Sep 2011 | 12:37 |
Freshfields and Skadden advise on $3.2bn Rosneft Arctic deal
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom have lined up to advise on a $3.2bn (£1.96bn) Arctic exploration deal between oil giants ExxonMobil and Rosneft. Freshfields advised Russian state oil company Rosneft on the deal, w...
31 Aug 2011 | 12:54 |
Magic circle duo and Gibson Dunn head up CVC's Virgin Active buyout
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Slaughter and May and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher have taken lead roles on private equity group CVC Capital Partners' acquisition of a controlling stake in Virgin Active. Freshfields advised the acquirers on the deal, whi...
23 Aug 2011 | 12:48 |
Gibson Dunn, Slaughters lead firms on HP's £7bn Autonomy takeover
Gibson Dunn and Slaughter and May have won lead roles on Hewlett-Packard’s (HP) £7.1bn takeover bid for Britain’s largest software company Autonomy, in a deal which could become the largest ever in the history of the European IT sector.
19 Aug 2011 | 10:53 |
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