Deal watch: Corporate activity in March 2017
SLAUGHTERS TAKES LEAD ON PHARMA MEGA DEAL Slaughter and May has acted opposite Cravath, Swaine & Moore as Johnson &…
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Paul Weiss, Linklaters and Freshfields alumni lock horns as Kraft Heinz drops $143bn deal for Unilever
In what would have been the second largest M&A deal in history, Unilever has rejected a $143bn takeover approach from…
Linklaters leads for Reckitt Benckiser on $17.9bn acquisition of Mead Johnson
Linklaters, Davis Polk & Wardwell and Kirkland & Ellis have all won roles advising on Reckitt Benckiser’s (RB’s) $17.9bn acquisition…
Magic Circle duo to take home £102m in fees from mega stock exchange merger
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters are expected to take home £102m in fees as they advise on the London Stock…
Supermarket sweep: Freshfields and Clifford Chance line up on Tesco takeover of Booker
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Clifford Chance are advising on Tesco’s £3.7bn merger with Booker Group, the UK’s biggest food wholesaler.
Slaughters and Cravath pick up roles on $30bn Johnson & Johnson bid for Actelion
A string of firms including Slaughter and May and Cravath, Swaine & Moore are acting on Johnson & Johnson’s $30bn…
Linklaters joins SullCrom and Cravath on $65bn Linde and Praxair megadeal
Sullivan & Cromwell, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Linklaters and Hengeler Mueller have won roles on another potential mega merger, between…
White & Case advises as Canadian firm buys UK’s five pound note maker
White & Case and Addleshaw Goddard have picked up lead roles as Canadian firm CCL Industries said it would buy…
CC and Latham take lead roles as Electra sells Parkdean Resorts
Clifford Chance (CC) and Latham & Watkins are among a raft of firms which advised on the £1.35bn acquisition by…
A&O and HSF take lead roles as 21st Century Fox tunes in on anticipated Sky takeover
Allen & Overy (A&O) and Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) are lead advisers in 21st Century Fox’s takeover bid for Sky,…
Linklaters, Cleary and White & Case advise as Glencore and Qatar take stake in Rosneft
Linklaters, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and White & Case are advising as Glencore and the Qatari Investment Authority (QIA)…
Morgan Lewis and A&L Goodbody act as Fyffes ripe for Japanese takeover
Advisory roles in Sumitomo Corporation’s €751m takeover of Irish banana firm Fyffes have been split between a raft of US…
‘A competitive auction’: Clifford Chance and CMS advise as consortium buys majority of National Grid
Clifford Chance, CMS Cameron McKenna, Linklaters and Eversheds have advised as National Grid has agreed the sale of its gas…
Deal watch: Corporate activity in December 2016
TRAVERS AND W&C LEAD ON LATEST BRIDGEPOINT DEAL Travers Smith advised long-time client Bridgepoint as it sold off Oasis Dental…
Pinsents lands Scotland’s corporate deal of the year in £1.4bn Skyscanner sale
In Scotland’s biggest corporate deal this year, Pinsent Masons, Travers Smith and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom all won…
Latham acts on long-time client Siemens $4.5bn software buy
Latham & Watkins and O’Melveny & Myers have won roles on German engineering group Siemens’ $4.5bn acquisition of US based…
Deal watch: Corporate activity in November 2016
PE DOUBLE FOR CC Clifford Chance (CC) completed two major private equity deals in a month, advising as Cinven, Permira…
Allen & Overy and DLA Piper chip in as US elite act on $47bn Qualcomm deal
Allen & Overy (A&O) and DLA Piper have won roles among US heavyweights as Qualcomm acquires Dutch firm NXP Semiconductors…
Herbert Smith Freehills and Cravath act as BAT lights up $47bn Reynolds takeover
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) and Cravath, Swaine & Moore are advising British American Tobacco (BAT) on its offer to acquire…
‘Challenging and complex’: Clifford Chance continues solid PE run with Allegro club deal
Clifford Chance (CC) and Allen & Overy have taken lead advisory roles on the $3.3bn acquisition of Allegro Group, Poland’s…