Deals & Transactions

International Edition

Herbert Smith conflict gifts Macfarlanes £8bn mandate

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | May 17, 2007

A Herbert Smith conflict has handed Macfarlanes the lead role opposite Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer on the £8bn takeover of UK construction group Hanson by Germany's HeidelbergCement. Macfarlanes corporate finance partner Tim Lewis and corporate partner Graham Gibb are advising Heidelberg on its £7.85bn offer for Hanson, in the biggest-ever takeover in the building materials industry.

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Commentary: BLP growth track keeps the wheels firmly on the rails

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | May 16, 2007

Star property recruit leaves BLP feathers unruffled - but can the firm keep on recruitment push?

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Hogan bags $4.8bn mandate as aggressive bid tactics rule

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | May 16, 2007

Norilsk Nickel calls in Hogan in competitive bid as aggressive acquirers power M&A market

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SJ Berwin checks in top deal with Vector as £2.64bn float goes live

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | May 16, 2007

SJ Berwin has landed its largest-ever mandate in the thriving hotel and leisure sector, with the City firm advising Vector Hospitality on its £2.64bn float on the London Stock Exchange.

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Addleshaws and DLA check in for Yorkshire airport sale

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | May 16, 2007

Bridgepoint hands airport role to Addleshaws while Linklaters City HQ takes first mandate

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Latham, CC and Camerons take lead roles on $565m Candover buy-out

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | May 16, 2007

Latham & Watkins, Clifford Chance (CC) and CMS Cameron McKenna have advised on the $565m (£283m) management buy-out of Capital Safety Group from Electra Private Equity.

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Wachtell, Cleary bag $4.5bn optician buy-out

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | May 16, 2007

Elite Manhattan firms Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton have bagged the lead roles on Warburg Pincus' $4.5bn (£2.3bn) acquisition of opticians Bausch & Lomb. Cleary advised the buyer, with M&A partners Robert Davis and David Leinwand spearheading the New York-based team alongside finance partner Meme Stowers.

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CC and LeBoeuf lead Telefonica's Endemol sale

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | May 15, 2007

Clifford Chance (CC) has bagged a lead role on the €2.62bn (£1.78bn) acquisition of a 75% stake in Dutch television company Endemol from Spanish telecoms group Telefonica. The deal, which closed yesterday (14 May), sees a consortium comprising Italian media company Mediaset and Spanish subsidiary Gestevision Telecinco, Endemol founder John De Mol and a Goldman Sachs fund acquire Endemol Investment Holding, which owns a 75% stake in Endemol.

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CC New York lands $5bn Terra Firma deal

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | May 15, 2007

Clifford Chance's (CC's) New York office has bagged a plum role advising Terra Firma on its acquisition of Pegasus Aviation Finance for $5.2bn (£2.6bn) from a partnership of investment funds. CC is fielding team out of its New York and London bases, with US co-chair of M&A Brian Hoffmann leading the team in Manhattan and London-based corporate finance partner David Pearson and finance partner Geoffrey White playing key roles in the City.

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Schulte Roth joins NY giants on Chrysler sale

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | May 14, 2007

New York outfit Schulte Roth & Zabel has bagged a lead role alongside Milbank Tweed Hadley McCloy, Shearman & Sterling and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom on Cerberus' acquisition of DaimlerChrysler's Chrysler division in a €5.5bn (£3.8bn) deal. Schulte Roth and Milbank are representing the US buy-out house on M&A and financing of the bid respectively, while Shearman and Skadden are representing DaimlerChrysler on the sale.

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