Linklaters and White & Case selected for Nestle European M&A mandate
Linklaters and White & Case have been appointed to advise Nestle on M&A matters across Europe and Asia following a three-month tender process. The firms secured the appointments after a tender process led from the company's headquarters in Vevey in Switzerland, seeing off competition from around six firms thought to include Allen & Overy.
December 13, 2011 at 08:18 AM
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Linklaters and White & Case have been appointed to advise Nestle on M&A matters across Europe and Asia following a three-month tender process.
The firms secured the appointments after a tender process led from the company's headquarters in Vevey in Switzerland, seeing off competition from around six firms thought to include Allen & Overy.
The mandate marks a first time instruction for Linklaters from Nestle, while White & Case has advised the food giant on a number of big-ticket M&A matters in Asia, including its $1.7bn (£1.09bn) acquisition of a controlling stake in Hsu Fu Chi International, one of China's largest confectioners.
Linklaters' and White & Case's mandate will operate in addition to Nestle's existing UK legal panel, which was last reviewed in 2009 and is due to run until 2012. The panel includes firms such as Norton Rose, Eversheds, CMS Cameron McKenna and City property boutique Maples Teesdale.
Norton Rose was appointed as Nestle's primary corporate finance adviser in Europe in 2003 in addition to its role on the UK panel. The firm declined to comment on the latest appointments and it is unclear whether it pitched for the role.
Nestle does not operate a global legal panel, however in the US the firm has used Cravath Swaine & Moore on major M&A transactions. In 2008, the Wall Street firm advised Nestle on the sale of eye-care company Alcon to Swiss pharmaceuticals company Novartis in a deal worth $39bn (£20bn). Allen & Overy advised Novartis on the deal.
Nestle is also understood to have reviewed its antitrust advisers across Europe and Asia.
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