The largest recent transactions, all worth at least $1 billion, involving targets or acquirors from jurisdictions across Europe. All deals were announced between October 1, 2014 and April 1, 2015. Deals that were pending at press time are starred(*). Research by Mergermarket and Rebecca Geiger.

Target: Allergan Inc (U.S.)
Counsel: Latham & Watkins; Matheson; Richards Layton & Finger; Stikeman Elliott; Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Counsel for financial adviser Bank of America Merrill Lynch: Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
Counsel for financial adviser Goldman, Sachs & Co.: Ropes & Gray
Bidder: Actavis plc (Ireland)
Counsel: Arthur Cox; Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Conyers Dill & Pearman; Covington & Burling; Loyens & Loeff; Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Counsel for joint book runners JPMorgan Chase & Co., Mizuho Securities Co. Ltd. and Wells Fargo Securities: Cravath, Swaine & Moore
Value: $66 billion

Target: EE Limited* (U.K.)
Seller: Orange S.A. and Deutsche Telekom AG (Germany)
Counsel: Clifford Chance; Norton Rose Fulbright
Counsel for financial advisers Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays Bank PLC and others: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Bidder: BT Group plc (U.K.)
Counsel: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Value: $19 billion