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Dealmaker: Tamara Box
BLP banking firebrand Tamara Box on admirable qualities like business vision and fashion sense...
06 Oct 2009 | 07:18
Olswang, Taylor Wessing take top roles on Minerva debt refinancing
Taylor Wessing's finance team has advised opposite Olswang on property developer Minerva's restructuring of a large chunk of its £1bn debt pile. The UK law firm fielded two teams to advise lending banks Deutsche Postbank, HSH Nordbank, Nationwide ...
01 Oct 2009 | 15:43
Eversheds wins role on €1bn Kosovo motorways project
Eversheds has won a E1bn (£912m) infrastructure mandate in Kosovo as the country moves to improve transport connections with its neighbouring nations. The 120km Morine to Merdare motorway project marks the largest investment by the Kosovo Governme...
30 Sep 2009 | 11:41
Commentary: Trophy deals help real estate lawyers dream of better days
If there's one practice in desperate need of a boost, it's real estate. With the sector the first to feel the pain of the credit crunch, deals have been painfully thin on the ground for two years now. And news last month that Eversheds was to make mor...
30 Sep 2009 | 11:38
Quartet of firms lead on second-largest IPO of the year so far
Four international firms have landed roles on Metallurgical Corporation of China's (MCC's) initial public offering (IPO) - the second-largest listing of the year so far. The $5.2bn (£3.2bn) raised from the sale of shares on the Shanghai and Hong K...
30 Sep 2009 | 11:30
Freshfields, Cleary and Salans head up $1.6bn Russian energy deal
A trio of international law firms have won roles on a $1.6bn (£1.0bn) Russian energy deal as Gazprom moves to grow its share of the market. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has advised Gazprom on the deal, which closed last week (23 September) and...
29 Sep 2009 | 14:42
Freshfields and Bakers advise long-term clients on $7.1bn pharma buyout
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Baker & McKenzie have taken lead roles on Abbott Laboratories' $7.1bn (£4.5bn) acquisition of pharma company Solvay's drug unit, reports The Am Law Daily. Solvay turned to a team from Freshfields led by corporate...
29 Sep 2009 | 09:19
Simpson Thacher and Cravath head up $6.4bn Xerox acquisition
A trio of US law firms have won roles on Xerox's $6.4bn (£4bn) purchase of business process outsourcing company Affiliated Computer Services (ACS). The deal, announced today (28 September), will see the US photocopier giant purchase ACS, handing r...
28 Sep 2009 | 17:28
Slaughters and Freshfields lead on Unilever's €1.3bn Sara Lee bid
Slaughter and May and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have won key roles on Unilever's €1.275bn (£1.17bn) bid for the personal care division of Sara Lee. The deal, expected to close next year, will see Unilever aqcuire well-known brands such as R...
25 Sep 2009 | 15:57
Linklaters leads for Rio Tinto on asset disposal deal double
Linklaters has taken the lead role for regular client Rio Tinto on the latest of a string of asset disposals aimed at cutting the mining company's debt burden. Rio has sold Alcan Composites, part of Alcan's Engineered Products group, to Swiss compa...
25 Sep 2009 | 13:01
DLA and Harbottle score lead roles on £80m Liverpool FC shirt sponsorship deal
DLA Piper and Harbottle & Lewis have landed lead roles advising on a new £80m sponsorship agreement between Standard Chartered Bank and Liverpool Football Club. The new deal will see Standard Chartered become Liverpool’s official sponsor for fou...
24 Sep 2009 | 11:28
Herbert Smith advises Yell on £500m fundraising
Herbert Smith has landed a role advising longstanding client Yell Group as it prepares to raise £500m from shareholders. London corporate partner Ben Ward is advising the company, which announced today (23 September) that it hopes to sell new shar...
23 Sep 2009 | 14:53
LG leads on High & Mighty administration
LG has taken a lead role on the administration of specialist retail chain High & Mighty. The company went into administration earlier this month (10 September), with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) appointed as administrator. Fourteen of the company's...
23 Sep 2009 | 11:48
CC and Weil Gotshal land roles on $2.6bn Orangina Schweppes bid
Clifford Chance (CC) and Weil Gotshal & Manges have taken lead roles on Japanese drinks company Suntory's offer to buy Orangina Schweppes Group from two high-profile private equity funds, Lion Capital Holdings and the Blackstone Group. Weil Gotshal...
23 Sep 2009 | 11:40
Nabarro and Lovells head up Land Securities' £210m Bullring stake sale
Nabarro and Lovells have taken lead roles on Land Securities’ £210m sell-off of its stake in the Birmingham Bullring to an Australian Government investment fund. The purchase means that The Future Fund - an independently managed sovereign wealth...
21 Sep 2009 | 12:53
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