Deals & Transactions

Milbank bags E1.45bn Veolia deal

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | May 9, 2007

New York duo Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy and White & Case have bagged roles on French water giant Veolia Environnement's A1.45bn (£987m) acquisition of Sulo Group from Apax and Blackstone.

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Jones Day's City arm ties up Dana pensions restructuring

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | May 9, 2007

Jones Day's London office has completed a controversial restructuring of car part manufacturer Dana's UK pension liabilities.

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CC leads on £600m Chelsea Barracks sale

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | May 9, 2007

Clifford Chance (CC) has taken the lead role on the sale of one of London's most prestigious property development sites to a state-owned Qatar company.

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Dealmaker: Danny Hall

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | May 9, 2007

Eversheds' most retiring corporate partner Danny Hall has led on some of the biggest M&A deals ever run outside the Square Mile

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NY giants line up for News Corp's Dow Jones bid

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | May 9, 2007

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom is among a raft of New York firms to have bagged roles on News Corporation's $5bn (£2.5bn) unsolicited bid for Dow Jones. Skadden is representing News Corporation, fielding a team out of its Manhattan base headed by M&A partners Lou Kling and Howard Ellin.

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Skadden, Stikeman set for $33bn mining mega-deal

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | May 8, 2007

New York deal-machine Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Canadian leader Stikeman Elliott have bagged plum roles advising mining giant Alcoa on its $33bn (£16.5bn) hostile bid for rival Alcan. New York corporate partners David Fox, Margaret Wolff and Neil Stronski are spearheading the Skadden team acting for Alcoa, while Stikeman chairman Pierre Raymond is leading for the Canadian outfit alongside Montreal corporate partners Marc Barbeau and Erik Richer La Fleche.

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Slaughters hits headlines with media merger

By Charlotte Edmond | May 8, 2007

Slaughter and May is leading a raft of international firms advising Reuters Group on its merger talks with Canadian financial data company Thomson, valued at $17.6bn (£8.8bn). Rainmaker Nigel Boardman is leading the team advising Reuters, which this morning (8 May) confirmed it had received a takeover bid from Thomson. If successful, the deal would create the world's biggest news and financial data company.

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International Edition

Slaughters hits headlines with media merger

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | May 8, 2007

Slaughter and May is leading a raft of international firms advising Reuters Group on its merger talks with Canadian financial data company Thomson, valued at $17.6bn (£8.8bn). Rainmaker Nigel Boardman is leading the team advising Reuters, which this morning (8 May) confirmed it had received a takeover bid from Thomson. If successful, the deal would create the world's biggest news and financial data company.

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City giants land HSBC's record £1bn HQ sale

By Georgina Stanley | May 4, 2007

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Clifford Chance (CC) have taken the lead roles on the UK's biggest-ever single-site property deal - the £1.09bn sale and leaseback of HSBC's Canary Wharf headquarters. CC acted for the acquirer, Spanish property group Metrovacesa, led by global real estate head Cliff McAuley and real estate partner Mike Edwards in the City, alongside Madrid-based real estate partner Alfonso Benavides.

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International Edition

City giants land HSBC's record £1bn HQ sale

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | May 4, 2007

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Clifford Chance (CC) have taken the lead roles on the UK's biggest-ever single-site property deal - the £1.09bn sale and leaseback of HSBC's Canary Wharf headquarters. CC acted for the acquirer, Spanish property group Metrovacesa, led by global real estate head Cliff McAuley and real estate partner Mike Edwards in the City, alongside Madrid-based real estate partner Alfonso Benavides.

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