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CC and Cleary lead on $500m float as Russian companies size up City market

Clifford Chance (CC) has advised on a planned $500m (£314m) float on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) by a Russian commodities company. The City law firm has advised Siberian-based Koks Group on its intended initial public offering (IPO), with price ranges announced last week (26 January).
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International Edition

Linklaters leads as E.ON closes in on $5.6bn sale of UK network

City firms including Linklaters have picked up advisory roles as E.ON prepares to sell its UK power networks. Linklaters is advising German utility company E.ON, a longstanding client of the firm, on the sale. London corporate partner Matthew Middleditch is leading a Linklaters team that also includes fellow corporate partner Roger Barron.
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International Edition

CC/AZB split: self-interest worth more than promises in India

While it is easy to be clever after the fact, a cynic might wonder if Clifford Chance (CC) should have read up on EM Forster before committing to its much-touted alliance with leading Indian firm AZB & Partners. After all, the decision to form an alliance two years ago was heavily based on commitments CC felt it had from Indian officials regarding market liberalisation. Citing the lack of said liberalisation, and an insufficient referral flow to keep the link viable in its current form, the pair last month said the 'best friends' union would be downgraded to a general referral link.
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Links and A&O top 2010 projects league as Indian deal surge drives local firms up rankings

Linklaters has topped Dealogic's 2010 global project finance rankings by value, working on 37 mandates worth an aggregated $23.1bn (£14.6bn). The score sees Linklaters head the table above India's Luthra & Luthra, which worked on 25 deals worth $22.5bn (£14.2bn), and Allen & Overy (A&O), which came third by value but topped the rankings by volume with roles on 59 global deals worth $20.1bn (£12.7bn). The leader of the 2009 rankings by value, Latham & Watkins, fell to ninth place.
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International Edition

Linklaters secures lead role for Carlyle on £450m buyout

Linklaters has secured a lead corporate role for The Carlyle Group on the buyout giant's £450m acquisition of Integrated Dental Holdings (IDH). The City law firm was instructed to advise Carlyle on the acquisition of IDH from the buyout division of Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Linklaters fielded a team under private equity head Ian Bagshaw, finance partner Brian Gray and competition specialist Nicole Kar.
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International Edition

Dealmaker: Ben Knowles

Clyde & Co's Ben Knowles on battling Goliath (more than once) and his ability to work the wrong room...
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International Edition

CC wins lead mandate on eurozone bailout

Clifford Chance (CC) and Allen & Overy (A&O) have taken lead roles on a €5bn (£4bn) debt capital markets (DCM) transaction by the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF). The bond issuance, one of the latest transactions relating to the eurozone sovereign debt crisis, aims to tap capital markets to raise funds to make loan disbursements to Ireland under its loan facility agreement with the EFSF.
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International Edition

Government legal spending - many names, same old problems

No matter what awful name the Government's centralised panel for external legal services is currently going by, complaints about it from those on the roster have for years remained awfully consistent: it's far too unwieldy and work is not handed out evenly. Even so, the latest figures make for startling reading, demonstrating that criticism levelled by panel firms is in many instances justified. In addition to highlighting the huge discrepancy between what individual firms are receiving from the panel, the data - covered in more depth on page 6 - demonstrates the extent to which large City firms have been moving into territory that would previously have been the preserve of smaller London and regional rivals.
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Legal Week

Government legal spending - many names, same old problems

No matter what awful name the Government's centralised panel for external legal services is currently going by, complaints about it from those on the roster have for years remained awfully consistent: it's far too unwieldy and work is not handed out evenly. Even so, the latest figures make for startling reading, demonstrating that criticism levelled by panel firms is in many instances justified. In addition to highlighting the huge discrepancy between what individual firms are receiving from the panel, the data - covered in more depth on page 6 - demonstrates the extent to which large City firms have been moving into territory that would previously have been the preserve of smaller London and regional rivals.
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International Edition

A&O, Dickson Minto and Ashurst lead on gambling tech company buyout

A trio of City firms have won roles advising on the £208m management buyout of gambling technology provider OpenBet backed by London private equity house Vitruvian partners. The deal saw OpenBet, which is one of the leading software providers in the e-gaming and online betting arena, sold by digital pay TV provider NDS.
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