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Freshfields, Cleary and Salans head up $1.6bn Russian energy deal
By Legal Week | September 29, 2009
A trio of international law firms have won roles on a $1.6bn (£1.0bn) Russian energy deal as Gazprom moves to grow its share of the market. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has advised Gazprom on the deal, which closed last week (23 September) and saw the Russian energy giant buy a 51% stake in SeverEnergia from Italian utility companies Enel and Eni.
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Freshfields and Bakers advise long-term clients on $7.1bn pharma buyout
By Legal Week | September 29, 2009
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Baker & McKenzie have taken lead roles on Abbott Laboratories' $7.1bn (£4.5bn) acquisition of pharma company Solvay's drug unit, reports The Am Law Daily. Solvay turned to a team from Freshfields led by corporate partners Geert Verhoeven in Brussels and Timothy Wilkins in New York.
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Simpson Thacher and Cravath head up $6.4bn Xerox acquisition
By Legal Week | September 28, 2009
A trio of US law firms have won roles on Xerox's $6.4bn (£4bn) purchase of business process outsourcing company Affiliated Computer Services (ACS). The deal, announced today (28 September), will see the US photocopier giant purchase ACS, handing roles to Cravath Swaine & Moore, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Ropes & Gray.
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Slaughters and Freshfields lead on Unilever's €1.3bn Sara Lee bid
By Legal Week | September 25, 2009
Slaughter and May and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have won key roles on Unilever's €1.275bn (£1.17bn) bid for the personal care division of Sara Lee. The deal, expected to close next year, will see Unilever aqcuire well-known brands such as Radox and Brylcreem
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Linklaters leads for Rio Tinto on asset disposal deal double
By Legal Week | September 25, 2009
Linklaters has taken the lead role for regular client Rio Tinto on the latest of a string of asset disposals aimed at cutting the mining company's debt burden. Rio has sold Alcan Composites, part of Alcan's Engineered Products group, to Swiss company Schweiter Technologies for $349m (£218m). In a separate deal, Rio has sold a 56% stake in its Alcan Cable business to Platinum Equity for an undisclosed sum, putting the company on track to meet its stated target of paying off $15bn (£9.3bn) of debt in two years.
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EDF concludes legal restructuring after British Energy buyout
By Legal Week | September 23, 2009
EDF Energy has finalised the restructuring of its UK legal function in the wake of last year's £12.5bn takeover of British Energy. General counsel and company secretary Jean MacDonald has overseen the overhaul, which has seen the combined legal teams split across five different functions: corporate; energy sourcing and customer supply; networks; governance and secretariat; and nuclear.
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Freshfields eclipses rivals in German M&A rankings
By Legal Week | September 23, 2009
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has dominated the German M&A market over the past three years, according to data from Mergermarket. Figures show the magic circle firm advised on nearly 40% more German M&A deals over the past three years than its nearest rival, with roles on 278 deals since 14 September 2006. This compares with second-placed Clifford Chance (CC) on 199 deals and third-placed CMS on 178 transactions.
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CC and Weil Gotshal land roles on $2.6bn Orangina Schweppes bid
By Legal Week | September 23, 2009
Clifford Chance (CC) and Weil Gotshal & Manges have taken lead roles on Japanese drinks company Suntory's offer to buy Orangina Schweppes Group from two high-profile private equity funds, Lion Capital Holdings and the Blackstone Group. Weil Gotshal is advising Blackstone and Lion Capital, which purchased Orangina from Cadbury in 2006 for $2.1bn (£1.3bn). London office managing partner Mike Francies is leading the firm's team on the deal.
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High-profile A&O M&A partner to join Linklaters spin-off Openhoff
By Legal Week | September 21, 2009
Allen & Overy (A&O) is set to lose one of its most high-profile German partners. Duesseldorf M&A partner Hans-Rolf Koerfer, who joined A&O in January last year from US firm Shearman & Sterling, is set to join Linklaters spin-off Oppenhoff & Partner in Cologne.
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Nabarro and Lovells head up Land Securities' £210m Bullring stake sale
By Legal Week | September 21, 2009
Nabarro and Lovells have taken lead roles on Land Securities' £210m sell-off of its stake in the Birmingham Bullring to an Australian Government investment fund. The purchase means that The Future Fund - an independently managed sovereign wealth fund - now holds a third of the Bullring alongside Henderson Global Investors and Hammerson.
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