Allen & Overy (A&O) is advising British Sky Broadcasting Group on its £211m bid for the entire share capital of pan-European broadband network company Easynet Group. Corporate partners Gary McLean and Richard Hough are leading the A&O team while Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom partners Bruce Buck and John Adebiyi are acting for Easynet.
Berwin Leighton Paisner corporate partner John Bennett and commercial partner Richard Shaw are advising Indian conglomerate Apeejay Surrendra Group on its £80m acquisition of Typhoo and associated brands from Premier Foods. Weil Gotshal & Manges corporate partners Ian Hamilton and Andrew McLean are advising Premier Foods.
