SLAUGHTERS TAKES LEAD ON PHARMA MEGA DEAL
Slaughter and May has acted opposite Cravath, Swaine & Moore as Johnson & Johnson made a $30bn offer to buy Swiss-based biopharma company Actelion Pharmaceuticals earlier this year. Slaughters advised along with Zürich-based Niederer Kraft & Frey and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz for the takeover target, as Cravath advised Johnson.
Continue reading “Deal watch: Corporate activity in March 2017”
In what would have been the second largest M&A deal in history, Unilever has rejected a $143bn takeover approach from Kraft Heinz as Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and Linklaters take opposite sides. Continue reading “Paul Weiss, Linklaters and Freshfields alumni lock horns as Kraft Heinz drops $143bn deal for Unilever”
Linklaters, Davis Polk & Wardwell and Kirkland & Ellis have all won roles advising on Reckitt Benckiser’s (RB’s) $17.9bn acquisition of Mead Johnson. Continue reading “Linklaters leads for Reckitt Benckiser on $17.9bn acquisition of Mead Johnson”
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters are expected to take home £102m in fees as they advise on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and Deutsche Börse’s attempted tie-up. Continue reading “Magic Circle duo to take home £102m in fees from mega stock exchange merger”
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Clifford Chance are advising on Tesco’s £3.7bn merger with Booker Group, the UK’s biggest food wholesaler. Continue reading “Supermarket sweep: Freshfields and Clifford Chance line up on Tesco takeover of Booker”
A string of firms including Slaughter and May and Cravath, Swaine & Moore are acting on Johnson & Johnson’s $30bn offer to buy Swiss biotech company Actelion. Continue reading “Slaughters and Cravath pick up roles on $30bn Johnson & Johnson bid for Actelion”
Sullivan & Cromwell, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Linklaters and Hengeler Mueller have won roles on another potential mega merger, between US and German oil and gas giants Praxair and Linde.
Continue reading “Linklaters joins SullCrom and Cravath on $65bn Linde and Praxair megadeal”
White & Case and Addleshaw Goddard have picked up lead roles as Canadian firm CCL Industries said it would buy Innovia Group for $842m from The Smithfield Group. Continue reading “White & Case advises as Canadian firm buys UK’s five pound note maker”
Clifford Chance (CC) and Latham & Watkins are among a raft of firms which advised on the £1.35bn acquisition by Onex of Parkdean Resorts from Electra Partners.
Continue reading “CC and Latham take lead roles as Electra sells Parkdean Resorts”
Allen & Overy (A&O) and Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) are lead advisers in 21st Century Fox’s takeover bid for Sky, as a ‘possible offer’ valuing the company at £18.5bn was agreed ‘in principle’ on Friday (9 December). Continue reading “A&O and HSF take lead roles as 21st Century Fox tunes in on anticipated Sky takeover”
