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Deals: Corporate 08/03/2007

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | March 07, 2007

Travers Smith advised the management of STAR Capital on its £140m ($275m) acquisition of Swedish flight simulation company SAS Flight Academy and a majority…

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International Edition

White & Case bags Panama Canal development

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | March 07, 2007

US giant White & Case has bagged a lead role advising the Republic of Panama on the redevelopment of the Howard Air Force Base next to the Panama Canal.The $700m (£357m) project covers 2,750 acres of land and is expected to create around 20,000 jobs. The scheme, known as the Howard Project, will redevelop a 1.7 mile airstrip built by the US but largely abandoned since its forces left the country eight years ago.

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Shearman lands $800m Omani power deal

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | March 07, 2007

Shearman & Sterling's London arm has advised the debt -providers on an $800m (£408m) Omani power and water project. Shearman London managing partner Kenneth MacRitchie led the team advising HSBC and SMBC. The firm won the mandate through its relationship with projects sponsor, Suez Energy International.

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Legal Week

Freshfields leads $1.8bn materials joint venture

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | March 07, 2007

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has taken the lead opposite a raft of US firms to advise on the $1.8bn (£917m) joint venture between building material producers Owens Corning and Saint-Gobain.The magic circle firm advised longstanding client Saint-Gobain, which has combined its glass reinforcements business with that of Owens Corning to create OCV Reinforcements.

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International Edition

Freshfields leads $1.8bn materials joint venture

By Charlotte Edmond | March 07, 2007

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has taken the lead opposite a raft of US firms to advise on the $1.8bn (£917m) joint venture between building material producers Owens Corning and Saint-Gobain.The magic circle firm advised longstanding client Saint-Gobain, which has combined its glass reinforcements business with that of Owens Corning to create OCV Reinforcements.

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International Edition

Dealmaker: David Zeffman

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | March 07, 2007

An Olswang partner and horse racing nut, David Zeffman is also one of Europe's top media lawyers

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International Edition

Ashurst joins Slaughters on £1bn Countrywide sale

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | March 06, 2007

Ashurst has bagged a major role opposite Slaughter and May acting for longstanding client Countrywide on the £1bn takeover approach from US private equity group Apollo Management. Ashurst is advising Countrywide - the UK's largest estate agent - on a bid that values the group at 590p per share.

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Legal Week

Slaughters bags £2bn Olympic Village development role

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | March 05, 2007

Slaughter and May has bagged a plum role advising on the £2bn development of the 2012 Olympic Village. Slaughters' corporate real estate group is acting for new client Lend Lease on the high-profile project, advising on the development, real estate and financing aspects of the Olympic development In its first instruction for the client, the magic circle firm is fielding a team headed by corporate partner James Featherby, real estate partner Dermot Rice and project finance partner Steven Edwards.

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International Edition

Slaughters bags £2bn Olympic Village development role

By Charlotte Edmond | March 05, 2007

Slaughter and May has bagged a plum role advising on the £2bn development of the 2012 Olympic Village. Slaughters' corporate real estate group is acting for new client Lend Lease on the high-profile project, advising on the development, real estate and financing aspects of the Olympic development In its first instruction for the client, the magic circle firm is fielding a team headed by corporate partner James Featherby, real estate partner Dermot Rice and project finance partner Steven Edwards.

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International Edition

Blackstone backs Ashurst on £1bn Tussauds deal

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | March 05, 2007

Ashurst has bagged a lead role advising on the £1bn acquisition of the Tussauds Group by private equity giant Blackstone. The City giant is advising Blackstone and its leisure parks business, Merlin Entertainments, on its £1.03bn purchase of the Tussauds Group from Dubai International Capital (DIC) Corporate partner Charlie Geffen is leading the Ashurst team, alongside associates Mark Sperotto, Gavin Gordon and David Arnold.

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