Allen & Overy has bagged a lead advisory role opposite Cravath Swaine & Moore on the sale of eye-care company Alcon to Swiss pharmaceuticals company Novartis - a deal that could be worth as much as $39bn (£20bn). Cravath represented food giant Nestle on the sale of subsidiary Alcon, while A&O advised Novartis in a coup for the magic circle firm's US arm. New York senior partner and US law co-head Dan Cunningham led the team for A&O, along with New York public M&A chief Eric Shube.
April 07, 2008 at 12:14 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
Allen & Overy (A&O) has bagged a lead advisory role opposite Cravath Swaine & Moore on the sale of eye-care company Alcon to Swiss pharmaceuticals company Novartis – a deal that could be worth as much as $39bn (£20bn).
Cravath represented food giant Nestle on the sale of subsidiary Alcon, while A&O advised Novartis in a coup for the magic circle firm’s US arm.
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