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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
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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 [...]
Cleary, Simpson Thacher field City teams on $2.1bn France Telecom sale
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett’s London offices have taken lead roles on France Telecom’s proposed $2.1bn (£1.4bn) sale of its Orange Switzerland mobile phone business to Apax Partners, reports The Am Law Daily.
London-based Cleary international capital markets partner Pierre-Marie Boury is leading [...]
Herbert Smith and Freshfields lead on Pearson’s FTSE sale
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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 [...]
Linklaters and Maitland advise on $5bn De Beers stake sale
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Linklaters and legal and wealth services firm Maitland have taken lead roles on a $5.1bn (£3.2bn) deal that will see the Oppenheimer family sell its stake in diamond company De Beers. The deal, announced last week (4 November), will see London-based Anglo American buy the Oppenheimer family’s [...]
Linklaters takes top role for Lloyds on £1.5bn retail branch sale
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Linklaters has won a role advising Lloyds Banking Group on the sale of 632 of its UK branches. The bank has been given until the end of 2013 to sell the branches by the European competition authorities and put the branches to auction earlier this year. [...]
Bakers instructed by Australian coal miner for potential $5bn sale
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Baker & McKenzie has been handed a lead role on the potential multibillion-dollar sale of Australian coal mine operator New Hope, reports The Am Law Daily.
New Hope announced last week that it would consider takeover offers and has hired Bakers to advise it on the bidding and [...]
College of Law launches strategic review and eyes potential sale
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The College of Law has launched a strategic review which could ultimately lead to the sale of one of the UK’s top law schools.
The College, which was incorporated as a charity by Royal Charter in 1975 and is overseen by a board of governors, is in the [...]
Norton Rose and DLA act on G&J Greenall gin sale
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Norton Rose, DLA Piper and Reed Smith have taken lead roles on the recent acquisition of G&J Greenall, the UK’s oldest distiller and bottler of gin and vodka from hotels business De Vere Group. Norton Rose advised a private investor group on the acquisition of the business, [...]
Olswang and Taylor Wessing act on £160m sale of St Katharine’s Docks
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Olswang and Taylor Wessing have lined up to advise on the £160m sale of St Katharine’s Docks in central London to Max Property Group and a South African family trust.Olswang advised real estate fund manager F&C REIT on its sale of St Katharine’s Estate, which extends over [...]