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Davis Polk and Cleary lead on $2.2bn buyout of Danish healthcare company

Davis Polk & Wardwell and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton’s City arms have taken lead roles on Agilent’s $2.2bn (£1.4bn) acquisition of Danish cancer diagnostics company Dako from private equity house EQT Partners.

25 May 2012 | 00:00

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inner image A&O and Cleary lead on €838m Dexia deal

Allen & Overy (A&O) is advising Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) on a €838m (£692m) deal to buy the remaining 50% stake in its City-based investment management joint venture RBC Dexia Investor Services. The deal, which will see RBC take full ownership...

11 Apr 2012 | 13:29 | secure

inner image Cleary and Hengeler take lead on €500m Adidas bond issue

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Germany’s Hengeler Mueller have landed roles on a €500m (£416m) convertible bond sale by sportswear giant Adidas. Banking partner Torsten Busch headed up the Hengeler team advising Adidas, supported by corp...

23 Mar 2012 | 00:00 | secure

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Skadden, Cleary, Simpson and Davis Polk see revenues rise in 2011

A quartet of elite New York law firms saw revenues grow last year, as details of the 2011 financial performance of America's top firms continue to emerge, reports The Am Law Daily. The biggest of the four, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, saw rev...

12 Mar 2012 | 00:00 | secure | 1 comment

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Slaughters leads alongside US duo on $12.5bn Google/Motorola deal

Slaughter and May has advised alongside Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz as Google’s $12.5bn (£7.9bn) acquisition of Motorola Mobility yesterday (13 February) gained competition clearance in the US and Europe. Slaug...

14 Feb 2012 | 13:21 | secure

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Cleary and Paul Hastings lead the way for US firms to launch in South Korea

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Paul Hastings look set to be among the first law firms to launch in South Korea, with both firms confirming plans to open in Asia’s fourth-largest economy. The news comes after a free trade agreement (FTA) bet...

01 Dec 2011 | 00:00 | secure

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Cleary plans Korea office launch for early 2012

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is set to open an office in the South Korean capital, Seoul, in the first half of 2012, writes The Asian Lawyer. The announcement potentially puts the New York firm among the first wave of foreign firms to enter the co...

28 Nov 2011 | 09:58 | secure

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US firms win spots as Hewlett Packard draws up global panel

Hewlett Packard (HP) has put together a new global legal panel, with US law firms featuring heavily among those selected to advise the company over the next three years. Baker & McKenzie, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and...

17 Nov 2011 | 00:00 | secure

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SJB, CC and others act as music company EMI split in two and sold

SJ Berwin and Clifford Chance (CC) are among a host of firms to win roles as beleaguered music company EMI is split into two, with Universal Music set to take over the recording unit for £1.2bn and a Sony-led consortium bidding $2.2bn (£1.4bn) for t...

17 Nov 2011 | 00:00 | secure

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Shoosmiths tops diversity rankings as Black Solicitors Network reveals league table

Shoosmiths has been named as the UK's most diverse law firm according to this year's Black Solicitors Network (BSN) Diversity League Table. The ranking combines law firm demographics across four different strands of diversity - disability, ethnicit...

15 Nov 2011 | 11:09 | secure

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Cleary makes up London lawyer to partnership in seven-strong round

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has announced its annual partner promotions, with one new partner made up in London out of a global total of seven. The seven new partners are spread across six of the firm's offices, with two made up in New York, a...

31 Oct 2011 | 17:26 | secure

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Slaughters and Cleary act on Sony's £920m purchase of Ericsson JV stake

Slaughter and May and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton have taken lead roles on Sony's £920m acquisition of Ericsson's stake in mobile phone joint venture Sony Ericsson. The deal, which has seen Sony buy Ericsson's entire 50% stake in the joint ve...

28 Oct 2011 | 11:22 | secure

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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 | secure

Cleary recruits former Competition Commission chairman for City base

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has strengthened its London competition team with the hire of Peter Freeman QC, the former chairman of the Competition Commission. Freeman's arrival, which is scheduled for next month (1 November), will take the num...

18 Oct 2011 | 11:19 | secure

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Cleary and Linklaters among firms on multibillion-euro Belgian bank bailout

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Stibbe, Linklaters, Clifford Chance (CC) and Belgian firm Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck & Kirkpatrick are among a raft of firms to have picked up roles on the state rescue of Dexia bank in Belgium. Cleary is advisi...

10 Oct 2011 | 16:11 | secure

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