Dealwatch: Linklaters, Davis Polk, and De Brauw act on Vision Express owner’s €1bn IPO Legal Business27 January 2015Corporate and M&ADeal watch US heavyweight Davis Polk & Wardwell, Dutch firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek and Magic Circle firm Linklaters have all scored roles advising on the €1bn Dutch IPO of Grand Vision, the world’s biggest opticians and owner of Vision Express.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this categoryLinks, Skadden and A&O scoop roles on $9.2bn ice cream deal as Magnum splits from UnileverThirty firms win roles in revamped £820m government legal panel – with three new appointments‘There’s definitely competition around rates’ – Clifford Chance and Linklaters match Cravath bonuses for US associatesTaylor Wessing UK in transatlantic merger talks with Winston & StrawnMeal Deal Maker: LB lunches with top City partners – Ropes & Gray’s Libby ToddGoodwin boosts City private equity with Paul Hastings trioDealwatch: Global 100 advisers take centre stage on BlackRock-GIP $12.5bn mega dealDealwatch: Telegraph auction off as Barclay brothers pay off Lloyds debt with loanDeal Watch: activity powers on as Latham and A&O lead on $19bn energy joint venture