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Nabarro and Ashurst take lead roles on property firm's £191m rights issue

Nabarro and Ashurst have won roles on Quintain Estates and Development's £191m rights issue as the company pushes forward with two London regeneration schemes. The developer turned to longstanding adviser Nabarro on the fundraising, which will be used for regeneration schemes in Greenwich and Wembley as well as to expand the company's fund management business.
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A&O acts alongside US duo on $275m gaming company sale

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Allen & Overy (A&O) and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati have taken lead roles on the $275m (£164m) sale of gaming company Playfish to Electronic Arts Nederland (EA). Playfish instructed Gibson Dunn, with the deal marking the second transaction the US firm has carried out for the company's founders.
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Ropes & Gray gains early Euro boost with role on €3.5bn Liberty takeover

Ropes & Gray's newly-launched City practice has secured a trophy mandate after being instructed to advise cable group Liberty Global on deal finance for its €3.5bn (£3.1bn) takeover of Germany's Unitymedia. The US law firm was instructed two weeks ago to handle the high yield debt backing the acquisition, one of the largest media deals since the credit crunch crippled the leveraged finance market in 2007.
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A&O and Wachtell take lead roles on $1.8bn General Electric sell-off

Allen & Overy (A&O) has taken a lead role on the $1.8bn (£1.1bn) sale of General Electric's fire alarm and security unit to US conglomerate United Technologies, reports The Am Law Daily. Corporate partner Eric Shube led the magic circle firm's team on the deal, alongside employee benefits partner Henry Morgenbesser, regulatory partner Ken Rivlin and intellectual property partner Colleen Keck.
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Norton Rose checks in for Iberia role on British Airways merger deal

Norton Rose has secured a high-profile mandate advising Spanish airline Iberia on its planned merger with British Airways. The top 10 City firm has been brought in alongside Spanish firm Garrigues to advise on all UK aspects of the proposed union, with London corporate partner Nick Adams at the helm.
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Deliver us from navel-gazing – some interesting deals at last

In what will hopefully prove a sign of slightly less deal-phobic times, the emergence of a couple of interesting corporate bids has given me something to write about other than The Future Of Law (all well and good, but you can have too much of a good thing). The deals in question are Liberty Global's €3.5bn (£3.1bn) takeover of German cable group Unitymedia and the merger agreement between British Airways (BA) and Spanish flag carrier Iberia.
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Ashurst and Freshfields lead on £360m National Express rights issue

Ashurst is advising longstanding client National Express as it pushes ahead with plans for a £360m rights issue. London corporate partner Steven Fox is leading the firm's team assisted by senior associate Tom Mercer and US corporate partner Daniel Bushner.
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Eversheds advises housing association on $200m private placement in the US

Eversheds has advised on a landmark investment that has seen UK housing association Places for People Homes raise $200m (£122m) through a private placement in the US. Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) provided US advice to the housing association alongside Eversheds, with the deal also handing roles to Wragge & Co and Denton Wilde Sapte.
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A&O, Arthur Cox and Mason Hayes act on sale of £1.2bn stake in Dragon Oil

Allen & Overy (A&O) has taken a lead role for Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) on its £1.2bn acquisition of the outstanding 48.5% stake in Dragon Oil. The magic circle law firm was instructed by the UAE company on its purchase of Dragon's remaining shares. ENOC already owned the other 51.5% of London and Ireland-listed Dragon.
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Trio of firms win roles on £90m takeover of Live Nation venues

Travers Smith, Denton Wilde Sapte and Hammonds have won lead roles on Exponent Private Equity's financing of the Ambassador Theatre Group's (ATG's) £90m takeover of Live Nation's 16 UK theatres. Travers advised longstanding client Exponent on the deal, which will create the largest theatre group in the UK and adds high-profile West End venues such as the Lyceum and Apollo Victoria to ATG's portfolio of theatres.
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