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Taylor Wessing coup with £1.5bn cement deal
By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | August 10, 2007
Taylor Wessing has landed a plum role advising new client Saint Gobain on its €2.125bn (£1.439bn) acquisition of mortar producer Maxit - handing the Anglo-German law firm one of its largest corporate instructions to date. Taylor Wessing advised French building materials giant Saint Gobain fielding a German-based team including corporate partners Peter Hellich, Ernst-Albrecht von Beauvais and Dirk Lorenz.
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Taylor Wessing coup with £1.5bn cement deal
By Charlotte Edmond | August 10, 2007
Taylor Wessing has landed a plum role advising new client Saint Gobain on its €2.125bn (£1.439bn) acquisition of mortar producer Maxit - handing the Anglo-German law firm one of its largest corporate instructions to date. Taylor Wessing advised French building materials giant Saint Gobain fielding a German-based team including corporate partners Peter Hellich, Ernst-Albrecht von Beauvais and Dirk Lorenz.
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Simmons and LeBoeuf cook up $700m oil deal
By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | August 9, 2007
Simmons & Simmons and LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae have taken the lead advisory roles on Shell's sale of an oil refinery in the south of France for $700m (£345m). Simmons took the lead for Shell under corporate partner Paul Exley as the fuels giant moves to sell its Berre l'Etang refinery to petrochemical group Basell. LeBoeuf advised Basell, led by Paris corporate partner Stephen Walters alongside London competition partner Peter Crowther and environmental partners Paul Watchman and Nicholas Rock.
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Simmons and LeBoeuf cook up $700m oil deal
By Charlotte Edmond | August 9, 2007
Simmons & Simmons and LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae have taken the lead advisory roles on Shell's sale of an oil refinery in the south of France for $700m (£345m). Simmons took the lead for Shell under corporate partner Paul Exley as the fuels giant moves to sell its Berre l'Etang refinery to petrochemical group Basell. LeBoeuf advised Basell, led by Paris corporate partner Stephen Walters alongside London competition partner Peter Crowther and environmental partners Paul Watchman and Nicholas Rock.
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Freshfields, Hengeler bag €11bn Siemens auto sale
By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | July 31, 2007
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Hengeler Mueller have taken the lead roles on the €11.4bn (£7.7bn) sale of Siemens VDO Automotive in the latest major deal for the German industrial conglomerate. Freshfields is advising car parts supplier Continental on what represents its largest-ever acquisition, fielding a team under Hamburg corporate partners Christoph Seibt and Marius Berenbrok.
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Freshfields, Hengeler bag €11bn Siemens auto sale
By Charlotte Edmond | July 31, 2007
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Hengeler Mueller have taken the lead roles on the €11.4bn (£7.7bn) sale of Siemens VDO Automotive in the latest major deal for the German industrial conglomerate. Freshfields is advising car parts supplier Continental on what represents its largest-ever acquisition, fielding a team under Hamburg corporate partners Christoph Seibt and Marius Berenbrok.
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Shearman faces Freshfields on record Irish bid
By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | July 24, 2007
Shearman & Sterling has taken a role opposite Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as Hypo Real Estate scoops up Depfa Bank for €5.7bn (£3.86bn) in the largest-ever corporate acquisition in Ireland. Shearman is advising Depfa on the recommended bid through London corporate partner Peter King and a German team including high-profile German managing partner Georg Thoma and corporate partner Birgit Reese. Dublin firm McCann FitzGerald has also bagged a role, advising the Irish bank on local law.
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Shearman faces Freshfields on record Irish bid
By Charlotte Edmond | July 24, 2007
Shearman & Sterling has taken a role opposite Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as Hypo Real Estate scoops up Depfa Bank for €5.7bn (£3.86bn) in the largest-ever corporate acquisition in Ireland. Shearman is advising Depfa on the recommended bid through London corporate partner Peter King and a German team including high-profile German managing partner Georg Thoma and corporate partner Birgit Reese. Dublin firm McCann FitzGerald has also bagged a role, advising the Irish bank on local law.
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Herbies Paris firms up HSBC ties with €200m deal
By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | July 23, 2007
Herbert Smith has acted on its first major deal for HSBC since being appointed to its French panel earlier this year, advising the banking giant on the financing of the €218m (£146m) takeover of financial information company Fininfo by Financiere Jeulin. Paris-based corporate partner Frederic Grillier led the Herbert Smith team alongside local head of finance and HSBC relationship partner Georges Dirani.
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Herbies Paris firms up HSBC ties with €200m deal
By Charlotte Edmond | July 23, 2007
Herbert Smith has acted on its first major deal for HSBC since being appointed to its French panel earlier this year, advising the banking giant on the financing of the €218m (£146m) takeover of financial information company Fininfo by Financiere Jeulin. Paris-based corporate partner Frederic Grillier led the Herbert Smith team alongside local head of finance and HSBC relationship partner Georges Dirani.
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