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A&O continues reign at top of global projects rankings

Allen & Overy (A&O) continues to sit ahead of rivals in global project financing by advising on the largest number of deals for the first half of 2008, according to new figures.Infrastructure Journal (IJ) research shows the magic circle law firm advised on 36 deals worth a combined total of $30.5bn (£15.2bn).
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Top trio win roles on £1.1bn Lion Capital buy-out

Linklaters, Weil Gotshal & Manges and DLA Piper have all landed lead roles on the £1.1bn sale of Foodvest to private equity group Lion Capital. Foodvest is one of the largest frozen food manufacturers in Europe with a major presence in UK, France and Scandinavia, housing brands such as Findus, Young's and Admiral Pie.
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International Edition

Davis Polk wins lead on $43.7bn biotech takeover

Davis Polk & Wardwell has won the lead role on a $43.7bn (£21.9bn) biotech takeover bid, as Swiss healthcare group Roche offers to buy the remaining shares in US biotech company Genentech. Roche already owns 55.9% on Genentech, and the deal to purchase the remaining 44.1% would form the seventh-largest drug maker in the US, with sales of $15bn (£7.5bn) in the country, according to Roche.
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Commentary: Willkie and Dickson Minto alliance - they do protest too much

On paper, an alliance between Willkie Farr & Gallagher and Dickson Minto makes perfect sense. Talk to anyone in the market and the most common response is, "well, they had to do something", a claim that is made interchangeably for both firms.
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Legal Week

Commentary: Willkie and Dickson Minto alliance - they do protest too much

On paper, an alliance between Willkie Farr & Gallagher and Dickson Minto makes perfect sense. Talk to anyone in the market and the most common response is, "well, they had to do something", a claim that is made interchangeably for both firms.
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International Edition

City Lofts instructs Norton Rose alongside administrators E&Y

Norton Rose has landed a role advising London residential property developer City Lofts Group on its administration.
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International Edition

Cleary secures lead role on management buy-out of hedge fund pioneer IAM

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Clifford Chance (CC) have taken the lead roles on the management buyout of one of the oldest fund-of-hedge-funds managers.
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International Edition

Addleshaws secures major deal role on £186m buyout of Nord Anglia Education

National heavyweight Addleshaw Goddard has secured a role advising Nord Anglia Education on its £186m acquisition by Barings Private Equity Asia Group.
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International Edition

Slaughters, A&O take top roles on £1.25bn A&L bid

Slaughter and May and Allen & Overy (A&O) have bagged top roles on the £1.25bn bid for Alliance & Leicester by Banco Santander. The Spanish banking giant announced today that it has put in an offer for British bank Alliance & Leicester, which was formerly a building society.Slaughter and May fielded a team from its London office advising Banco Santander on corporate, competition and regulatory components to the transaction.Corporate chief Frances Murphy, along with corporate partners Roland Turnill and Andrew Jolly, led a large team from the firm, with tax partner Steve Edge, financial regulatory partner Jan Putnis, competition partner Bertrand Louveaux, and pensions and employment partner Roland Doughty assisting.
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Shearman, Wachtell lead on $19bn chemicals sale

Shearman & Sterling has taken the lead role alongside Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz on a chemical company acquisition worth approximately $18.8bn (£9.5bn). US chemical giant Dow Chemical Company agreed to buy Rohm and Haas in the deal, which closed on 10 July. Leading the Wachtell team advising Rohm and Haas is corporate partner and co-chairman of the executive committee Daniel Neff and corporate partner Stephanie Seligman in New York. The Shearman team, advising Dow, is being led by New York-based M&A partners John Marzulli Jr and Scott Petepiece.
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