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Dentons takes lead on Nasdaq OMX platform

Denton Wilde Sapte is advising new client Nasdaq OMX Group on its plans to launch a pan-European trading platform for the most actively traded stocks. Dentons has advised OMX before, but this is its first deal for Nasdaq OMX, with the firm appointed to advise on the securities platform after February's merger of the exchanges. The firm has also previously worked with Nasdaq but not on a project of this significance. The firm's financial markets and regulation head, Robert Finney, is leading the Dentons team on the project, assisted by fellow financial markets partner Rosali Pretorius, technology, media and telecoms partner Dan Burge and corporate partner Martin Kitchen.
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Dealmaker: Jamie Logie

Project finance specialist Jamie Logie was the first UK lawyer to join bona fide Wall St legend Sullivan & Cromwell
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NY trio lead $7bn Washington Mutual fundraising

A trio of leading New York firms have gained advisory roles on a $7bn (£3.51bn) capital-raising for US lender Washington Mutual. The bank announced yesterday (8 April) that it has secured additional capital totaling $7bn through the sale of equity securities to investors including buy-out house TPG Capital.
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A&O NY lands $39bn trophy Novartis-Alcon mandate

Allen & Overy has bagged a lead advisory role opposite Cravath Swaine & Moore on the sale of eye-care company Alcon to Swiss pharmaceuticals company Novartis - a deal that could be worth as much as $39bn (£20bn). Cravath represented food giant Nestle on the sale of subsidiary Alcon, while A&O advised Novartis in a coup for the magic circle firm's US arm. New York senior partner and US law co-head Dan Cunningham led the team for A&O, along with New York public M&A chief Eric Shube.
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Macs toasts Pernod's €5bn Swedish vodka deal

Macfarlanes has bagged a starring role alongside Debevoise & Plimpton and a raft of international firms on Pernod Ricard's €5.6bn (£4.4bn) acquisition of Swedish vodka maker Vin & Spirit. Macfarlanes corporate partner Tim Lewis took the lead for Pernod in the UK on the long-running deal, which sees Pernod buying the owner of the Absolut vodka brand from the Kingdom of Sweden.
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Legal Week

Macs toasts Pernod's €5bn Swedish vodka deal

Macfarlanes has bagged a starring role alongside Debevoise & Plimpton and a raft of international firms on Pernod Ricard's €5.6bn (£4.4bn) acquisition of Swedish vodka maker Vin & Spirit. Macfarlanes corporate partner Tim Lewis took the lead for Pernod in the UK on the long-running deal, which sees Pernod buying the owner of the Absolut vodka brand from the Kingdom of Sweden.
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US duo lead on Grid's $3bn power station sale

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Mayer Brown have landed top roles on the $2.9bn (£1.5bn) sale of Ravenswood power station in New York by National Grid. Skadden advised National Grid, fielding a team led by New York corporate partner Sheldon Adler and including Washington M&A partner Pankaj Sinha and New York banking partner Julia Czarniak.
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Lovells jumps 38 places to storm M&A top three

Lovells jumped 38 places to storm into the top three firms by value for UK M&A deals in the first quarter. Mergermarket rankings for Q1 M&A in the UK show the firm advised on 14 deals over the period worth a total of E148.7bn (£116.9bn), taking it from 41st place at the end of 2007 to third by value and from 20th place to seventh by volume.
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Linklaters storms to top of Euro M&A tables with big-ticket Q1 performance

Linklaters has climbed to the top of the rankings for European M&A ahead of City rivals Clifford Chance (CC) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer after winning roles on five of the 15 largest deals of last quarter. The magic circle firm has secured the top place for European M&A by both value and volume in Mergermarket's Q1 2008 rankings, advising on 40 deals worth E172.8bn (£136.4bn).
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Dealmaker: Camille Abousleiman

Middle Eastern pioneer, extreme sports fanatic and pretty decent securities lawyer, Camille Abousleiman currently practises at the London arm of Dewey & LeBoeuf
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