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Dealmaker: Tamara Box

BLP banking firebrand Tamara Box on admirable qualities like business vision and fashion sense...
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Olswang, Taylor Wessing take top roles on Minerva debt refinancing

Taylor Wessing's finance team has advised opposite Olswang on property developer Minerva's restructuring of a large chunk of its £1bn debt pile. The UK law firm fielded two teams to advise lending banks Deutsche Postbank, HSH Nordbank, Nationwide and Landesbank Berlin in relation to the restructuring of £570m of the developer's debt.
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Eversheds wins role on €1bn Kosovo motorways project

Eversheds has won a E1bn (£912m) infrastructure mandate in Kosovo as the country moves to improve transport connections with its neighbouring nations. The 120km Morine to Merdare motorway project marks the largest investment by the Kosovo Government in 20 years and will connect the country with neighbouring Serbia, as well as Albania and the Adriatic coast.
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International Edition

Commentary: Trophy deals help real estate lawyers dream of better days

If there's one practice in desperate need of a boost, it's real estate. With the sector the first to feel the pain of the credit crunch, deals have been painfully thin on the ground for two years now. And news last month that Eversheds was to make more property job cuts was a reminder that many are not expecting a rapid rebound. But those real estate advisers lucky enough to still have a job may be able to start breathing a little more easily as the signs are finally pointing towards some form of recovery in the commercial property sector. In particular, Blackstone Group's joint venture with British Land in the £2.13bn Broadgate Circle estate in London was probably the most visible indication of the kind of trophy deal that has been missing but there have been some other signs.
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Legal Week

Commentary: Trophy deals help real estate lawyers dream of better days

If there's one practice in desperate need of a boost, it's real estate. With the sector the first to feel the pain of the credit crunch, deals have been painfully thin on the ground for two years now. And news last month that Eversheds was to make more property job cuts was a reminder that many are not expecting a rapid rebound. But those real estate advisers lucky enough to still have a job may be able to start breathing a little more easily as the signs are finally pointing towards some form of recovery in the commercial property sector. In particular, Blackstone Group's joint venture with British Land in the £2.13bn Broadgate Circle estate in London was probably the most visible indication of the kind of trophy deal that has been missing but there have been some other signs.
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International Edition

Quartet of firms lead on second-largest IPO of the year so far

Four international firms have landed roles on Metallurgical Corporation of China's (MCC's) initial public offering (IPO) - the second-largest listing of the year so far. The $5.2bn (£3.2bn) raised from the sale of shares on the Shanghai and Hong Kong exchanges makes MCC the second-largest IPO this year after the $7.4bn (£4.6bn) raised by China State Construction Engineering Corporation in July.
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International Edition

Freshfields, Cleary and Salans head up $1.6bn Russian energy deal

A trio of international law firms have won roles on a $1.6bn (£1.0bn) Russian energy deal as Gazprom moves to grow its share of the market. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has advised Gazprom on the deal, which closed last week (23 September) and saw the Russian energy giant buy a 51% stake in SeverEnergia from Italian utility companies Enel and Eni.
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Freshfields and Bakers advise long-term clients on $7.1bn pharma buyout

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Baker & McKenzie have taken lead roles on Abbott Laboratories' $7.1bn (£4.5bn) acquisition of pharma company Solvay's drug unit, reports The Am Law Daily. Solvay turned to a team from Freshfields led by corporate partners Geert Verhoeven in Brussels and Timothy Wilkins in New York.
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Simpson Thacher and Cravath head up $6.4bn Xerox acquisition

A trio of US law firms have won roles on Xerox's $6.4bn (£4bn) purchase of business process outsourcing company Affiliated Computer Services (ACS). The deal, announced today (28 September), will see the US photocopier giant purchase ACS, handing roles to Cravath Swaine & Moore, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Ropes & Gray.
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International Edition

Slaughters and Freshfields lead on Unilever's €1.3bn Sara Lee bid

Slaughter and May and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have won key roles on Unilever's €1.275bn (£1.17bn) bid for the personal care division of Sara Lee. The deal, expected to close next year, will see Unilever aqcuire well-known brands such as Radox and Brylcreem
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