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Freshfields lands Europe role on Chrysler/Fiat alliance

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has won the European mandate on the high-profile strategic alliance between automotive giants Chrysler and Fiat. Freshfields has been instructed as the main European adviser to Chrysler on the deal, which was announced last week (10 June) and saw the Italian car maker take a 20% stake in the new Chrysler entity, which is emerging from its bankruptcy proceedings.
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Dentons, Fulbright and Ashurst dig deep into E647m oil and gas buyout

Denton Wilde Sapte, Fulbright & Jaworski and Ashurst have played key roles in the E647m (£556m) consortium acquisition of the oil and gas division of Oranje-Nassau Groep.
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US leaders secure roles as high yield launches return to Europe

The London offices of White & Case and Latham & Watkins have advised on two high-yield deals worth nearly £400m for European video, voice and broadband internet services provider UPC.
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Skadden takes front seat on GM's Saab sell-off

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has advised Sweden's Koenigsegg on its acquisition of General Motors' loss-making brand Saab. The deal, which was backed by Norwegian and US investors, saw Skadden field a team including City corporate finance partner Pranav Trivedi.
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Linklaters and A&O lead on £445m Sainsbury's capital raising

Linklaters and Allen & Overy (A&O) have landed roles on Sainsbury's £445m capital raising. The retail giant said today (17 June) that it intends to raise the money to fund its growth plans, with £255m expected to come through a placement of new shares and £190m though a convertible bond offering.
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Weil Gotshal bills $54m as GM work pays out to the tune of $80m

General Motors has paid out more than $80m (£49m) over the past six months to the three firms advising on the troubled automaker's Chapter 11 case, reports the Am Law Daily. Weil Gotshal & Manges, Jenner & Block and Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn have all filed their applications for employment as counsel to GM. As lead bankruptcy counsel, Weil Gotshal has the lion's share of the billings at more than $54m (£33m) - roughly equivalent to the $55m that Weil billed Lehman Brothers between September 2008 and January 2009.
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International Edition

CC, Sullivan and Skadden lead on $13.5bn Barclays sell-off

A trio of transatlantic firms have landed plum roles on the $13.5bn (£8.2bn) sale of Barclays' global investment arm to US money manager BlackRock. Blackrock is purchasing Barclays Global Investors - which includes asset management business iShares - for $6.6bn (£4bn) in cash and the remainder in stock.
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International Edition

Eversheds secures Tyco-style mandate from Smiths Group

Eversheds has been appointed as the preferred legal adviser for technology company Smiths Group in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The law firm will provide commercial, litigation, employment, real estate and company secretarial advice across the region, with London-based head of international litigation and dispute management John Heaps acting as the relationship partner to Smiths. Eversheds will use its global account management system - first developed for its relationship with Tyco - with the London Stock Exchange-listed Smiths.
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International Edition

Hammonds wraps up advice on $485m Chesapeake sale and restructure deal

Hammonds has secured a lead role on the $485m (£304m) cross-border restructuring and sale of packaging supplier Chesapeake.
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Dealmaker: David Ereira

Linklaters finance veteran David Ereira on making partner three times and backing a cinematic stinker
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