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Taylor Wessing ties up £100m Islamic property refinancing for Lloyds TSB

Taylor Wessing has advised Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets on a £100m Islamic finance deal which saw a refinancing by Park Lane Properties, the purchaser of Grosvenor House Apartments.
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Slaughters lands double Grosvenor deal

Slaughter and May has advised property developers Grosvenor on two transactions in the space of a week. Slaughters real estate partner Dermot Rice took the lead advising Grosvenor on an agreement with John Lewis to become the main department store in a 1.6 million sq ft project in Preston.
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Deals: M&A 15/02/2007

Kirkland & Ellis has bagged a lead role advising Bain Capital on its $3.5bn (£1.7bn) acquisition of African retailer Edgars Consolidated Stores - the largest leveraged buy-out on the African continent to date. Kirkland acted for regular client Bain, fielding a City-based team including corporate partners James Learner and Christopher Field, finance partners Stephen Gillespie and Neel Sachdev and tax partner Ian Taplin. Edgars was advised by Johannesburg firm Webber Wentzel Bowens. Legalweek.com (9 February)
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International Edition

Deals: AIM 15/02/2007

Herbert Smith corporate partner Scott Cochrane has advised fund manager Polar Capital Holdings on its £120m admission to the Alternative Investment Market (AIM). Addleshaw Goddard advised the nomad and broker, Bridgewell.
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International Edition

Deals: Property 15/02/2007

SJ Berwin has advised British Land on the sale of three Homebase stores to St James' Place for £44.6m. Real estate partner Lewis Myers led for SJ Berwin. DLA Piper real estate partner Catherine Usher advised St James' Place.
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International Edition

Deals: Finance 15/02/2007

Berwin Leighton Paisner real estate finance partner Mark Waghorn has advised Bank of Ireland on a £250m acquisition and construction financing package for Comer Homes. The package consists of a £125m acquisition facility and a £125m development facility for three residential developments. Jonathan S Rose Solicitors acted for Comer Homes on the property and finance aspects of the transaction. Dundas & Wilson acted for Comer Homes on construction issues. Carey Olsen advised Bank of Ireland and the lenders on Guernsey law, while Ogier advised Comer Homes on local law.
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International Edition

Wragges nets lead role on Leicester City takeover

Wragge & Co has advised longstanding client Leicester City FC on the sale of a majority stake in the football club to former Portsmouth FC chairman Milan Mandaric for around £9m. A Wragges team led by corporate partner Andrew Smith advised the Championship club on the sale, which saw Mandaric's US-based company UK Football Investments acquire around 75% of the Midlands outfit.
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International Edition

CC, Links lead on record Dubai debt programme

Clifford Chance and Linklaters have advised on a $5bn (£2.55bn) debt issuance programme in Dubai - the largest such programme in the Middle East and the first to be listed exclusively on the Dubai International Financial Exchange (DIFX). CC advised Dubai Holding Commercial Operations Group on the establishment of the $5bn programme, fielding a team led by Dubai capital markets partner Debashis Dey.
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Legal Week

City giants lead on Vodafone's £6bn Indian mobile deal

Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have taken the lead roles in Vodafone's $11.1bn (£5.7bn) acquisition of a controlling stake in Indian mobile network Hutchison Essar. Linklaters advised longstanding client Vodafone, with corporate partners Iain Fenn and Clodagh Hayes leading a deal team that worked closely with Vodafone in-house counsel Helen Lamprell.
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International Edition

City giants lead on Vodafone's £6bn Indian mobile deal

Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have taken the lead roles in Vodafone's $11.1bn (£5.7bn) acquisition of a controlling stake in Indian mobile network Hutchison Essar. Linklaters advised longstanding client Vodafone, with corporate partners Iain Fenn and Clodagh Hayes leading a deal team that worked closely with Vodafone in-house counsel Helen Lamprell.
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