Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and White & Case have won places advising on Alfa Financial Software’s planned float on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), which is expected to value the company at more than £800m. Continue reading “Freshfields and White & Case line up on Alfa’s £800m IPO in biggest UK tech listing in two years”
Linklaters, Bakers and Mills & Reeve all get a taste on $1.76bn Weetabix deal
St Louis-based consumer goods group Post Holdings is set to take on UK brand Weetabix Food Company for $1.76bn after five years of Chinese ownership, with Baker McKenzie, Linklaters and Mills & Reeve all winning mandates on the deal. Continue reading “Linklaters, Bakers and Mills & Reeve all get a taste on $1.76bn Weetabix deal”
‘Important growth markets’: Dentons leads on Liberty Global’s $760m acquisition of Polish cable operator
Dentons has advised opposite new Warsaw firm Radzikowski, Szubielska & Partners on Liberty Global’s purchase of Poland’s number three cable operator, Multimedia Polska for $760m. Radzikowski was formed earlier this year after Chadbourne & Parke’s Warsaw office slpit from the US firm in May.
Macfarlanes gets the gig as firms line up on Verizon’s $2.4bn purchase of Fleetmatics
Just days after the headline grabbing acquisition of Yahoo!, Goodwin Procter, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, A&L Goodbody and Macfarlanes are among those who have landed roles advising on Verizon’s purchase of Fleetmatics Group.
Cravath and Skadden check-in as Starwood derails Marriott merger to seal Chinese hotel takeover
Cravath, Swaine & Moore, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher are advising as Westin owner Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide has called off its $12.2bn buyout agreement with Marriott in favour of a $13.2bn offer from a group of investors led by China’s Anbang Insurance Group.
Magic Circle trio land roles as London City Airport sold to Canadian consortium in £2bn deal
Three Magic Circle firms won positions to advise on the sale of London City Airport to a Canadian-led consortium of investors in a deal worth £2bn.
Merger take-three: Freshfields and Linklaters advise as LSE and Deutsche Börse re-visit talks
Nearly 16 years since talks first began, the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and German rival Deutsche Börse are engaged in merger discussions again, and Magic Circle duo Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters have won roles advising on the potential combination.
Baker & McKenzie acts for Bain and Brakes Group again as food distributor sells to US firm in $3.1bn deal
Baker & McKenzie and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have picked up roles as US company Sysco Corp moves to buy London food distributor Brakes Group from Bain Capital.
Linklaters and HSF land roles as Aussie pension fund ups stake in £5bn King’s Cross redevelopment
As pension, sovereign and private equity funds rush to invest in prime London real estate, Linklaters has picked up a major client as Australia’s largest pension fund purchased a 42% stake in the £5bn redevelopment of King’s Cross.
Match of the Day: Jones Day, Herbert Smith and Walker Morris score roles on Crystal Palace FC investment
Teams from Jones Day, Herbert Smith Freehills and Walker Morris have won mandates as Premier League football club Crystal Palace FC restructures in an ownership deal with US billionaires Josh Harris and David Blitzer which includes an initial £50m investment.