Rival ABN bid hands trophy roles to host of top firms
A raft of European firms have secured new roles on the £40bn bidding war for Dutch bank ABN Amro.
April 18, 2007 at 10:17 PM
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A raft of European firms have secured new roles on the £40bn bidding war for Dutch bank ABN Amro.
Linklaters, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Slaughter and May and Willkie Farr & Gallagher are acting for a consortium that has approached ABN regarding a formal offer.
The consortium comprises Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Spain's Banco Santander and Belgium's Fortis Bank.
Linklaters is thought to be fielding a team for the bank and the consortium that includes Dutch corporate partner Peter Goes. The firm's main RBS relationship partner is restructuring head Robert Elliott, while corporate partners Matthew Middleditch and Anne Drummond also handle work for the client.
Dutch independent De Brauw is co-lead adviser to the consortium alongside Linklaters and is acting for Fortis and Santander with corporate chief Lodewijk Hijmans van den Bergh leading for Santander and corporate partner Kees Peijster advising Fortis.
Meanwhile, a Slaughters team including corporate partner Roland Turnill is advising Santander on English law. Willkie Farr is also advising Fortis, fielding a team including London managing partner Gregory Astrachan.
NautaDutilh is leading for ABN, alongside Allen & Overy, with Stibbe advising the bank's supervisory board and Davis Polk & Wardwell advising the bank on US law.
Interest in ABN was sparked after Barclays announced it was in exclusive £80bn merger talks with Barclays last month.
One partner at a firm involved in the deal commented: "This is a great deal for the independent law firms."
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