Law News

Add news

Search results for tag "Deal"

• Clifford Chance and DLA Piper lead $11.9bn sale of baby food business to Nestle

  Apr 26 2012 Clifford Chance and DLA Piper have taken leading roles on Pfizer's $11.9 billion cash sale of its baby food business to Nestle. Nestle is advised by US law firm... more

• Australian law firm Slater & Gordon buys British firm Russell Jones & Walker

  Jan 31 2012 Australian law firm Slater & Gordon has concluded a deal for the takeover of British firm Russell Jones & Walker for $80 million. The deal, which is still subject to... more

• Davis Polk and Dewey take leading roles on $5.7 bn hostile takeover bid

  Jan 28 2012 Davis Polk & Wardwell and Dewey & Boeuf 40] have taken lead roles in the leadup to a $5.7 hostile takeover bud for San Diego–based gene-mapping equipment-maker... more

• Dacheng Law Offices switches joint law venture partners in Singapore

  Jan 28 2012 Chinese law firm Dacheng Law Offices, has ended its alliance with Singapore firm Central Chambers, and formed a new joint law venture with Wong Alliance. The new... more

• Reed Smith loses three partners in Hong Kong

  Dec 21 2011 Reed Smith has lost three partners from its Hong Kong office. The trio of partners - litigation veteran and former senior partner Chris Howse along with partners Kevin... more

• Four firms lead $3.6bn deal for sale of spectrum licenses

  Dec 05 2011 Verizon Wireless is set to purchase wireless spectrum licenses from a consortium of cable carriers known as SpectrumCo for a sum of $3.6 billion. According to Verizon,... more

• GC at Boeing leads $18bn deal with Emirates Airlines

  Nov 16 2011 The General Counsel at Boeing, J. Michael Luttig, is leading an in-house team that will guide the largest sale of aircraft in the company’s 95 year history. The deal... more

• Trilegal leads $432m acquisition of Indian paper manufacturer

  Oct 29 2011 Indian law firm Trilegal has taken a lead role on the acquisition of a majority stake in Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills by U.S. paper giant International Paper.... more

• Three firms advise on Sinopec's $2.1b resources co acquisition

  Oct 11 2011 Three firms have advised on the $2.1 billion acquisition of Canadian oil and gas exploration company Daylight Energy by the China National Petroleum and Chemical... more

• Wachtell, Jones Day lead on $18.4bn sale of Goodrich to United Technologies

  Sep 23 2011 United Technologies Corporation is set to purchase $18.4 billion for aircraft equipment maker Goodrich Corporation. The deal will see United Technologies aquire the... more

• 3 Australian firms lead $1.6bn mining deal

  Aug 10 2011 Three Australian law firms are leading the joint $1.6 billion offer by Rio TInto and Mitsubishi for 13.8 per cent of the shares in mining company Coal & Allied. The... more

• Clifford Chance advises industrial and trading company in UAE acquistion

  Jun 29 2011 Clifford Chance has taken a leading role on the acquisition of a 35% stake in UAE-based mobile handset retailer and distributor Axiom Limited by Qatar-based Mannai... more

• J. Sagar Associates leads US/India software deal

  Jun 20 2011 J. Sagar Associates has taken a leading role in the acquisition of software engineering form Rofous Software by leading software developer GlobalLogic. The deal sees... more

• AZB and Khaitan advise on $50m Indian agrochemical deal

  Jun 20 2011 AZB & Partners and Khaitan & Co have taken lead roles on the acquisition of 42.2 per cent of Mumbai-based agrochemical manufacturer Sabero Organics Gujarat Limited by... more

• Barlow Lyde & Gilbert under pressure

  Jun 07 2011 More reports have emerged to shed light on the merger negotiations between Barlow Lyde & Gilbert and insurance rival Clyde & Co. TheLawyer.com has reported an... more

• Luthra advises on ICICI Venture investment in food franchise in India

  May 31 2011 The private equity arm of ICICI Bank - ICICI Venture - has acquired a minority stake in RJ Corp's Devyani International, which runs KFC, Pizza Hut and Costa Coffee... more

• Trilegal and FML advise on $2bn wind energy deal

  May 27 2011 Power producer Caparo Energy (India) Ltd (CEIL) has placed a $2 billion (Rs. 9,000 crore) order with Gamesa Wind Turbines, the Indian subsidiary of global... more

• PSA and Squire Sanders advise on Alten acquisition of Calsoft Lab

  May 27 2011 Groupe Alten, a European leader in technology, consulting and engineering recently acquired the US and Indian assets of Calsoft Labs, a wholly-owned subsidiary of... more

• Trilegal and Vaish advise on Sequoia Capital and IDG's investment in Sourcebits

  May 21 2011 Private equity firms Sequoia Capital and IDG Ventures India have invested $5 million each in Sourcebits, a Bangalore-based third-party developer of mobile... more

• AZB and Amarchand act on $150 million (Rs.670 crore) power investmenr

  May 17 2011 Private equity Warburg Pincus has invested around $150 million (Rs.670 crore) in Diligent Power Private Limited (DPPL) to enable the Dainik Bhaskar group’s power... more

• Khaitan, AZB and Morrison on Krosaki’s acquisition of 51 percent shares in Tata Refractories

  May 17 2011 Tata Steel has sold its 51 per cent stake in group company Tata Refractories to Nippon Steel's associate Krosaki Harima Corporation (KHC) for Rs. 576.3 crore ($ 128... more

• AZB advises on Rs. 141 crore ($30 million) tech deal

  May 17 2011 Tata Technologies, an engineering solutions and IT product developer, has raised about Rs. 141 crore ($30 million) by selling 13.04 per cent equity stake to Mizuho... more

• Five firms advise on Microsoft's $8.5b acquisition of Skype

  May 12 2011 Microsoft Corp. has agreed to acquire the popular Internet telephone service Skype SA for $8.5 billion in the biggest deal in the software maker’s 36-year history.... more

• Blake Dawson, ELP and Allens lead Rs. 9000 crore port deal

  May 06 2011 Adani Group-owned Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone (MPSEZ) has announced the acquisition of Abbot Point Port in Australia. The all-cash deal is valued at A$1.8... more

• Clifford Chance leads $1.5b Indian energy deal

  Apr 25 2011 Clifford Chance has taken a leading role on Vedanta Resources’ $1.5 billion stock purchase of Cairn Energy’s India business. Under the deal, Vedanta will buy a 10.4... more

• Akin Gump and Vinson lead $1.55 billion Texas shale sale

  Mar 24 2011 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and Vinson & Elkins have taken leading roles on the deal for the $1.55 billion sale of shale assets by Andarko Petroleum to a subsidiary... more

• Four firms lead e3.2 billion auto acquisition by Daimler and Rolls Royce

  Mar 23 2011 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Hengeler Mueller, Latham & Watkins and Sullivan & Cromwell have taken leading roles a e3.2 billion joint takeover offer of engine-maker... more

• Simpson Thacher and Latham on AOL $315m acquisition of Huffington Post

  Feb 11 2011 The US internet company, AOL Inc. has bought Huffington Post for $315 million (Rs. 1,480 crore). Simpson Thacher and Bartlet advised long standing client AOL Inc.... more

• AZB, JSA and Clifford Chance advise Bayer on Indian JV with Cadila Healthcare

  Feb 11 2011 Cadila Healthcare Limited (a part of the Zydus group) has entered into an equal joint venture with Bayer HealthCare (a unit of Bayer AG) to form Bayer Zydus Pharma... more

• Cleary, Armstrong Teasdale and Bryan Cave lead US$877m cash and stock deal

  Feb 09 2011 Kindred Healthcare Inc is set to purchase RehabCare Group, Inc. in an $877 million cash and stock deal that will create the country's largest rehabilitation services... more

• Hemant Sahai Associates and AZB advise micro-pension deal

  Feb 07 2011 Michael & Susan Dell Foundation have invested in the micro pension sector through Invest India Micro Pension Services Private Limited (IIMPS). Hemant Sahai... more

• Khaitan and Amarchand advise on Eton Park’s investment

  Feb 07 2011 Eton Park Capital Management LLP, a hedge fund based in the US has invested $125 million (Rs. 560 crore) for 10 percent equity stake in JSW Infrastructure Limited, for... more

• Stikeman, Faegre and Osler lead $1.85b Canadian Target deal

  Jan 18 2011 Target Corporation has made its first move to expand outside the US with a $1.85 billion deal to buy leases on up to 220 stores in Canada. Stikeman Elliott... more

• Australian firm Slater & Gordon acquires personal injury law firm

  Jan 18 2011 Australian firm Slater & Gordon has completed its $35 million acquisition of personal injuries litigant firm Keddies Lawyers. Slater & Gordon managing director... more

• Allen & Overy and Linklaters lead sale of part of RBS's project finance portfolio

  Jan 13 2011 Allen & Overy and Linklaters have taken leading roles on the sale of a part of RBS’s £3bn project finance portfolio to Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. A&O advised... more

• Khaitan advises CEAT in $12m acquisition of global brand rights

  Jan 07 2011 CEAT Limited has acquired the trademark “CEAT” globally, from Italian based Pirelli Tyres for €9 million ($12 million i.e. Rs. 54 crore). Khaitan & Co advised CEAT... more

• NDR and IndusLaw advise on Strides acquisition of 70% stake in Inbiopro

  Jan 07 2011 Strides Arcolab has acquired a 70 percent controlling stake in Inbiopro Solutions based in Bangalore (a biotechnology firm) in an investment of Rs. 65 crore ($14.1... more

• Corrs Chambers Westgarth leads Aussie energy refinancing deal

  Dec 24 2010 Woodside Petroleum Limited turned to Corrs Chambers Westgarth to advise on the refinancing of a US$1.1 billion syndicated loan facility – a deal that involved 34... more

• Four firms guide $3bn three-way Indo-UK coal deal

  Dec 16 2010 Hadiputrano, Hadinoto & Partners, Soemadipradja & Taher, Holman Fenwick Willan and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have taken leading roles on a three-way merger to... more

• JSA and Patrik Hemberg advise Volvo's full acquisition of Volvo Buses India

  Dec 09 2010 Volvo Bus Corporation Sweden has acquired 30 per cent stake of Jaico Automobile Engineering Company Private Limited in Volvo Buses India Private Limited (the joint... more

• Amarchand leads deal JSW Energy’s Canadian acquisition of CIC Energy for $414m

  Dec 02 2010 JSW Energy Limited has acquired CIC Energy Corporation for $414 million (Rs. 1,886 crore). JSW Energy has signed a binding agreement to acquire 100 percent shares of... more

• Vinson & Elkins leads $1.01bn deal between Energy XXI and EXXonMobil

  Nov 24 2010 Energy XXI Ltd. has finalised a deal to buy oil and natural gas properties in the Gulf of Mexico from ExxonMobil for $1.01 billion. When the transaction is complete at... more

• Eversheds advises The Beatles in sale of catalogue to Apple

  Nov 23 2010 The AM Law has reported of the Beatles selling its entire music collection to Apple Inc. This sellout will enable Apple to sell the Beatles legendary collection on the... more

• Australian firm Allens Arthur Robinson leads $932m steel deal

  Nov 16 2010 Australian law firm Allens Arthur Robinson has taken the lead role on a US$932 million acquisition for steel giant OneSteel. Under the terms of the deal, OneSteel is... more

• Phoenix, Tatva, Proskauer and Travers Smith advise in Gategroup’s acquisition of 74 percent of Skygourmet Catering for $92 million

  Nov 12 2010 India Hospitality Corporation (IHC) has sold 74 percent of its interest in airline catering company Skygourmet Catering (Sky) to Gategroup. The deal valued at $92... more

• Amarchand and AZB advise FedEx to acquire AFL India to boost delivery networks

  Nov 11 2010 Federal Express International Corporation (FedEx) has bought over AFL Private Limited (AFL) and its affiliate Unifreight India Private Limited, to boost up their... more

• AZB and FoxMandal advise Sequoia Capital to invest $15 million in biopharmaceutical company Celon

  Nov 02 2010 Sequoia has invested Rs. 70 crore ($15 million) in a Hyderabad based biopharmaceutical company Celon Laboratories Limited (Celon). Sequoia thus acquires 33 percent of... more

• Clayton Utz, Freehills and Allen & Gledhill on proposed merger of Australian and Singapore Exchanges

  Oct 28 2010 The proposed merger between the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) and the Singapore Exchange (SGX) has attracted much interest from the legal and financial community.... more

• Eight firms lead $1.4bn Dutch PE deal

  Oct 27 2010 Eight law firms have taken roles advising on a $1.4 billion deal for the acquisition of Dutch insurance company Brit Insurance Holdings by private equity giants... more

• Three firms assist in negotiations for potential $3bn CommScope deal

  Oct 26 2010 Telecommunications equipment maker CommScope is negotiating with The Carlyle Group regarding a potential transaction that would result in CommScope becoming a private... more

• Cadwalader and Covington lead $3.6bn UK pharma deal

  Oct 13 2010 Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft and Covington & Burling have taken lead roles on a $3.6 billion cash deal for the acquisition of King Pharmaceuticals by the world’s... more

• Akin Gump and Cleary Gottlieb lead $21.5 billion telecom merger

  Oct 07 2010 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton have taken lead roles on a merger between Amsterdam-based VimpelCom with Weather investments.... more

• Four firms lead on Unilever's US$3.7bn acquisition

  Sep 28 2010 Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Slaughter and May, Sidley Austin and Latham & Watkins have taken lead roles on the $3.7 billion all-cash acquisition of leading US hair... more

• Freshfields and A&O lead £1bn Betfair IPO

  Sep 22 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Allen & Overy have taken lead roles on the £1 billion initial public offering of online gambling company Betfair. Betfair is... more

• Citibank sells student loan business

  Sep 20 2010 Citibank has entered into an agreement for the sale of The Student Loan Corporation to Discover Financial Services. Under the deal, Discover will become the owner of... more

• Cleary advises Brazilian oil and gas giant on $75b share sale

  Sep 07 2010 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is advising Brazilian oil and gas giant Petrobras on a massive $75 billion share sale, which will finance the development of offshore... more

• US firms Lathrop & Gage and Kamlet Reichert conclude merger deal

  Sep 06 2010 Kansas firm Lathrop & Gage and Denver firm Kamlet Reichert have agreed to merge under the Lathrop name. The merged firm will have a headcount of close to 300 lawyers.... more

• Allens leads A$3.4 billion Canadian deal

  Aug 31 2010 Allens Arthur Robinson has taken a leading role in the proposed A$3.4 billion deal for the acquisition of Intoll Group by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.... more

• Healthcare boom: Goodwin Procter, Lexygen, AZB and Luthra on TA Associates 163 crore investment in Dr Lal PathLabs

  Aug 27 2010 TA Associates has announced its investment in Dr Lal PathLabs through a press release published on its website. more

• Wongpartnership and Freehills advise on $1.54bn takeover

  Aug 26 2010 Singapore firm WongPartnership and Australian firm Freehills have advised on the first major private equity deal in Australia since 2007: a US$1.54 billion takeover... more

• Shearman, JSA and Wadia Ghandy advise Xander and NVP to invest 400 crore in Sadbhav Infrastructure

  Aug 26 2010 Global private equity (PE) firms Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) and Xander Group are together acquiring a minority stake in Sadbhav Infrastructure Project Limited,a... more

• Anti-Virus deals in India and US: Sequoia acquires stake in Quick Heal; Intel buys McAfee

  Aug 26 2010 Private equity major, Sequoia Capital (Sequoia) has acquired a 10 percent stake in Pune based Quick Heal Technologies Private Limited (Quick Heal). Quick Heal is a... more

• Norton Rose on $80m distributer aquisition in Oz

  Aug 25 2010 Norton Rose has taken a leading role in a deal that looks set to be one of the largest Australian distributor acquisitions of the year. The firm is advising software... more

• Latham & Watkins and AZB lead $9.6bn Indian energy deal

  Aug 19 2010 Latham & Watkins is advising the London-based mining giant Vedanta Resources on its $9.6 billion acquisition of a controlling stake in the Indian oil and gas unit of... more

• Cleary, Jones Day and Stikeman Elliott land roles in BHP Billiton deal

  Aug 18 2010 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Jones Day and Stikeman Elliott have taken leading roles in BHP Billiton's $38.6 billion unsolicited offer for Canada's Potash Corp.... more

• Linklaters and Clifford Chance lead huge energy deal

  Aug 13 2010 Linklaters and Clifford Chance have taken leading roles in the deal for the acquisition of a 70 per cent stake in British company International Power PLC by... more

• Linklaters, Slaughter and May lead $2.6 bn bank branch sell off

  Aug 05 2010 Linklaters and Slaughter and May have taken leading roles on the deal $2.6 billion acquisition of 318 branches of the Royal Bank of Scotland by Spanish bank Banco... more

• Yulchon leads $1.27 billion petrochemical deal

  Jul 28 2010 Korean law firm Yulchon has taken a leading role in the US$1.27 billion acquisition of a 72 per cent stake in Kuala Lumpur based Titan Chemicals Corp by Seoul-based... more

• CMS Cameron McKenna and Sullivan & Cromwell lead $7 billion BP sell off

  Jul 23 2010 CMS Cameron McKenna and Sullivan & Cromwell have scored leading roles in BP's $7 billion asset sale to Houston-based Apache. The sale of oil and gas assets in Canada,... more

• Vinson & Elkins advise Concho Resources in $1.66 billion energy deal

  Jul 22 2010 Vinson & Elkins has taken a lead role in the $1.66 billion cash and securities deal for the acquisition of Marbob Energy by oil and gas company Concho Resources.... more

• Winston & Strawn and Skadden lead deal for sale of Motorola's wireless business

  Jul 20 2010 Winston & Strawn and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom have taken the leading roles on the sale of Motorola's wireless equipment business to Nokia Siemens Networks.... more

• Sullivan & Cromwell and Latham & Watkins lead one of the year's largest leveraged buyouts

  Jul 16 2010 Sullivan & Cromwell and Latham & Watkins had taken leading roles in the $3.8 billion cash purchase of vitamin manufacturer NBTY by private equity firm The Carlyle... more

• Orrick and Greenberg lead deal for sale of US loans

  Jul 15 2010 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and Greenberg Traurig have taken lead roles in the government's creation and partial sale of a $2 billion package of real estate loans... more

• Davis Polk & Wardwell and Dorsey & Whitney lead $1.25 bn electronics deal

  Jul 14 2010 Davis, Polk & Wardwell and Dorsey & Whitney have taken leading roles in the $1.25 billion cash purchase of ADC Telecommunications Inc by hardware manufacturer Tyco... more

• Amarchand and AZB on Actis and Khazanah’s $180 million investment in IDFC

  Jul 14 2010 Malaysian Sovereign wealth fund Khazanah along with Actis have invested Rs. 840 crore ($ 180 million) in IDFC. AZB & Partners advised Khazanah group with Partner... more

• Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Latham Watkins lead $3.1bn PE deal

  Jul 13 2010 Simpson, Thacher & Barlett and Latham & Watkins have taken lead roles in a deal for the sale of the healthcare business Multiplan Inc. The business will sold by one... more

• Amarchand and Desai & Diwanji on Warburg’s healthcare investment in Metropolis

  Jul 08 2010 US based private equity (PE) firm, Warburg Pincus (Warburg) is to invest in Mumbai based Metropolis Healthcare Limited (Metropolis). India's largest diagnostic... more

• Link Legal assists GMR-Malaysia Airports in winning airport expansion project in Maldive

  Jul 01 2010 The GMR-Malaysia Airports together have won the contract for construction and expansion of the Malé International Airport (MIA) in the Maldives. GMR will also be... more

• AZB & Amarchand help Sumitomo Mitsui buy 1366 crore stake in Kotak

  Jul 01 2010 Kotak Mahindra Bank (Kotak) has announced that it has agreed to sell a 4.5 percent stake to Japanese banking giant Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC). more

• Kirlkland and Brown Winick lead $1 billion chemicals deal

  Jun 29 2010 Two firms have been picked to lead the $1 billion acquisition of privately-held herbicide supplier Albaugh Inc by Tel Aviv-based Makhteshim Agan Industries, the... more

• Freshfields and Arnold & Porter advise on $3.8 billion chemicals deal

  Jun 24 2010 The world's largest chemical company – the Germany company BASF – has agreed to acquire Cognis Holding GmbH, a German producer of food and cosmetics ingredients, in a... more

• Sullivan & Cromwell and Weil Gotshal lead $1.36 bn cable deal

  Jun 15 2010 Sullivan & Cromwell and Weil, Gotshal & Manges have scored leading roles on the $1.36 billion acquisition of cable services provider Bresnan Communications by... more

• Allen & Overy lead $1.3 billion software deal

  Jun 11 2010 Allen & Overy has taken a lead role on a $1.3bn (£900m) deal for the sale of Misys’ 55% stake in US healthcare software company Allscripts to rival provider Eclipsys.... more

• Freshfields and Ashurst lead £864m power deal

  Jun 09 2010 ABB’s £864 million bid for the power company Chloride Group will be guided by two firms – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Ashurst. The Freshfields team is... more

• Khaitan, Trilegal drive Mahindra-Reva deal

  May 27 2010 Mahindra brought a 55.2 percent stake in Reva which cost them Rs. 45 crore. Khaitan's Ravi Kulkarni, Nikhilesh Panchal and Joy Jacob advised Mahindra while Trilegal's... more

• Sullivan & Cromwell and Chadbourne & Parke lead $1.3 energy deal

  May 26 2010 Sullivan & Cromwell and Chadbourne & Parke have scored leading roles on the $1.3 billion acquisition by UIL Holdings Corporation of three natural gas utilities in New... more

• Garrigues Leads €4.2bn Spanish bank merger

  May 24 2010 Garrigues has taken the lead role on the €4.2bn merger of three Spanish savings banks. Caixa Catalunya, Caixa Tarragona and Caixa Manresa will merge to trade under the... more

• Cleary and Davis lead $1.28 billion software deal

  May 20 2010 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Davis Polk & Wardwell have taken lead roles on software maker Symantec’s $1.28 billion cash acquisition of VeriSign’s internet... more

• $4 billion pharma deal steers clear of hostility.

  May 18 2010 The merger of Japanese drugmaker Astellas Pharma Inc and OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc steered away from hostile takeover and has been concluded as a consensual acquisition.... more

• Largest Outsourcing deal: CMS Cameron Mckenna signs a £585 Million Deal – No ‘legal outsourcing’ yet

  May 17 2010 CMS Cameron McKenna LLP (CMS), the leading European provider of legal and tax services has signed a 10-year agreement with Integreon, a leading legal and financial... more

• Jones Day and Shearman & Sterling lead $5.8 billion software merger

  May 14 2010 Jones Day and Shearman & Sterling have landed leading roles on the $5.8 acquisition of American database software maker Sybase by German software giant SAP. Jones... more

• Three firms score leading roles in $3.4 billion PE deal

  May 06 2010 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett have taken lead roles in the $3.4 billion acquisition of Massachusetts-based... more

• Simpsons and Sullivans lead on $6.7 all-cash energy deal

  Apr 29 2010 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Sullivan & Cromwell have taken lead roles on a $6.7 all-cash deal for power company PPL’s acquisition of E.ON US’s power and natural gas... more

• Debevoise, Jones Day, and Cleary lead $1.2 bn car rental merger

  Apr 27 2010 Hertz Global Holdings has announced the imminent acquisition of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group in a major strategic merger in the US car-rental industry. The $1.2... more

• Four firms guide biggest telecom deal in two years

  Apr 22 2010 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, and Jones Walker have taken key roles on the $10.6 billion... more

• Freshfiields and Herbert Smith lead £1.59bn Deutsche Bahn - Arriva deal

  Apr 22 2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Herbert Smith have scored key roles advising on the £1.59bn acquisition by Deutsche Bahn of European public transport services... more

• Milbank and Vedder Price lead $1.99 billion aviation deal

  Apr 16 2010 Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and Vedder Price have landed lead roles on a $1.99 billion aviation deal between American International Group's aircraft leasing unit... more

• Skadden and Sadis guide $4.2 billion hedge fund sale

  Apr 14 2010 Citigroup has announced the sale of its hedge fund unit, including its funds of funds business, to alternative asset manager SkyBridge Capital for $4.2 billion.... more

• Allen & Overy advises French govt on €4.2bn public-private partnership

  Apr 14 2010 Allen & Overy (A&O) has been tapped to guide the French government agency Voies navigables de France on a €4.2bn deal to design, construct and maintain a 100km canal... more

• Gide Loyrette Nouell and Crawford Bailey land key roles in $2.2bn Indian govt sale

  Apr 13 2010 The Indian government’s plan to sell stakes in state-owned companies proceeds apace. The latest transaction is the US $2.2bn sale of an 8.38% equity stake in the... more