legalweek
Allen & Overy (A&O), Clifford Chance (CC) Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Eversheds are advising on DS Smith’s proposed €1.6bn (£1.3bn) acquisition of a packaging division of Sweden’s Svenska Cellulosa (SCA).
A&O City corporate partners Don McGown and Richard Browne are leading the firm’s team advising UK packaging company [...]
Quartet of firms lead on proposed sale of Swedish packaging company
Hogan Lovells, Browne Jacobson lead on PE sale of Nicole Farhi fashion brand
legalweek
Hogan Lovells and Browne Jacobson have taken lead roles on private equity group Kelso Place Asset Management’s acquisition of a majority stake in fashion brand Nicole Farhi.
Kelso Place has purchased the stake from OpenGate Capital, which has owned the fashion label for less than two years, after [...]
Herbert Smith and Freshfields lead on Pearson’s FTSE sale
legalweek
Herbert Smith and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have lined up to advise on the £450m sale of Financial Times publisher Pearson’s 50% stake in FTSE International to the London Stock Exchange (LSE). Herbert Smith is advising longstanding client Pearson on the sale, which gives the LSE full ownership [...]
SJ Berwin and CC lead as Universal secures £1.2bn purchase of EMI
legalweek
SJ Berwin and Clifford Chance (CC) have taken lead roles for Universal Music as it announced today (11 November) that it will take over beleaguered rival EMI’s music recording unit for £1.2bn.
The label has been under Citigroup’s ownership since February this year when it took it over [...]
Slaughters, Cleary lead on Sony’s £920m purchase of Ericsson JV stake
legalweek
Slaughter and May and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton have taken lead roles on Sony’s £920m acquisition of Ericsson’s stake in mobile phone joint venture Sony Ericsson.
The deal, which has seen Sony buy Ericsson’s entire 50% stake in the joint venture, will allow the Japanese company to [...]
Latham and SJ Berwin lead four-firm line-up on French private equity deal
legalweek
Latham & Watkins, SJ Berwin, Ashurst and Kirkland & Ellis have picked up roles on Bain Capital’s €640m (£557m) disposal of the microconnections unit of French electrical goods manufacturer FCI to private equity fund manager Astorg Partners. The deal saw Latham advising Bain on French law and [...]
Latham and Linklaters take lead roles on first French ‘dim sum’ bond
legalweek
Linklaters and Latham & Watkins have advised on the first renminbi-denominated bond by a French company, reports The Asian Lawyer.
L’Air Liquide, a French producer of industrial and medical gases, has guaranteed the issue of two tranches of bonds, worth $400m (£256m), by its subsidiary, Air Liquide Finance. [...]
Slaughters to lead top-level review of English rugby’s governing body
legalweek
Slaughter and May has been instructed by the Rugby Football Union (RFU) to undertake a review of its corporate governance amid intense media scrutiny of the top levels of English rugby’s governing body.
The review, which will be led by Slaughters corporate partner Nigel Boardman, will aim to [...]
Addleshaws and Linklaters lead on Mexican gas terminal JV
legalweek
Addleshaw Goddard and Linklaters have picked up lead roles on the financing of a liquefied natural gas terminal acquisition in Mexico.
The deal saw a joint venture (JV) between Spanish gas storage company Enagas and tank storage company Royal Vopak acquire the Altamira LNG terminal in Mexico for [...]
Stephenson Harwood signs up Ashurst partner to lead new London practice
legalweek
Stephenson Harwood is set to launch a dedicated employee benefits and incentives practice in London with the hire of Ashurst partner Barbara Allen.
Allen, whose start date has not yet been agreed, will join as head of the team and will be the sole partner dedicated to the [...]