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Dealmaker: Mario Jacovides

Allen & Overy's global head of structured and asset finance on koi carp and novelty Christmas toys...
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Spanish firms lead on €7.5bn Portuguese telecoms sale

A trio of Spanish firms have taken roles on one of the largest ever corporate deals in Portugal - Telefonica's e7.5bn (£6.3bn) buyout of Portugal Telecom's (PT's) 50% stake in Brazilian mobile operator Vivo. Cuatrecasas Goncalves Pereira advised Telefonica on the Portuguese side, while Uria Menendez advised Telefonica on Spanish law and Garrigues acted for PT.
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Sullivan and Macfarlanes lead on $1.3bn insurance takeover bid

Sullivan & Cromwell and Macfarlanes have scored lead roles on US private equity group Apollo's $1.3bn (£835m) offer for Brit Insurance. Sullivan is advising Apollo on the bid with a team led by corporate partners Tim Emmerson, Ben Parry and Nikolaos Andronikos, alongside finance partner Neal McKnight and European counsel Rajan Subberwal.
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Travers and Taylor Wessing advise on $475m broadband company buyout

Travers Smith and Taylor Wessing have won roles on the $475m (£308m) acquisition of US broadband manufacturing company 2Wire by Yorkshire-based set-top box maker Pace. Travers head of corporate finance Spencer Summerfield advised longstanding client Pace on the purchase, which was announced last week (26 July) and will now see Pace look to raise debt from banks, with the deal set to close by the end of the year.
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Some reasons to be cheerful (about the deal market)

For a market in a deal slump there seem to be a lot of deals happening at the moment. Recent weeks have sizeable bids for companies as varied as International Power, Ontex, Chloride, SSL and the UK assets of EDF, not to mention the merger between PartyGaming and bwin Interactive Entertainment last week. For seasoned deal professionals the question must be whether the cycle is finally beginning to turn after a two-year slump. Well, in a light-hearted summer mood, we've decided in this column to hunt out what reasons there are to be cheerful. While not hugely bountiful, the good news is that there are more of them than the current tales of woe would have you believe.
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Addleshaws at the controls for £850m Flybe aircraft purchase

Addleshaw Goddard has taken a lead role advising low-cost airline Flybe on its $1.3bn (£850m) order for 35 planes from aircraft manufacturer Embraer. The national law firm advised Flybe with a team based in its London office led by aviation head Rory McCarthy, assisted by finance associate Rebecca Garner. Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer was advised by US law firm Katten Muchin Rosenman, which fielded a team led by Washington-based corporate partner Timothy Lynes.
2 minute read

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CC and A&O head up Thai company's €680m buyout of John West owner

Clifford Chance (CC), Allen & Overy (A&O) and Latham & Watkins have advised on the €680m (£566m) acquisition of John West parent company MWBrands by Thai Union Frozen Products (TUF). CC acted for TUF with a team led by corporate partner Kathy Honeywood alongside finance partner Jim MacHale and antitrust partner Greg Olsen.
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Ashurst and CC advise on landmark £1.3bn hospital PPP

A trio of firms have lined up on the world's largest public-private partnership (PPP) hospital in a SEK14.5bn (£1.3bn) deal. The project, Sweden's first health and medical care PPP, involved the development and construction of Stockholm's new university hospital, Nya Karolinska Solna.
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Latham, Skadden and Hogan Lovells advise on $3.5bn Qatar development finance deal

Latham & Watkins, Skadden Arps Meagher & Flom and Hogan Lovells have taken roles relating to Qatari Diar Finance's $3.5bn (£2.2bn) bond offering, as part of Qatar's plan to target international finance to fund domestic development. Latham represented Qatari Diar Finance, a subsidiary of Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company, the emirate's sovereign wealth fund. The team was led by finance partner Bill Voge alongside Doha-based corporate counsel Craig Stoehr.
2 minute read

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UK trio strike lucky with roles on €2bn online gaming merger

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Clifford Chance (CC) and Bird & Bird are advising on the €2bn (£1.7bn) merger of two major online gambling sites which is set to create the world's largest listed online gaming business. Freshfields is advising PartyGaming on its tie-up with bwin Interactive Entertainment, fielding a team led by Chris Mort, the head of the firm's leisure sector group, alongside dispute resolution partner Geoff Nicholas, employment partners Simon Evans and Kathleen Healy and tax partner Michael Sedlaczek.
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