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Camerons captures £572m Carillion-McAlpine deal

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | January 07, 2008

CMS Cameron McKenna has scored a lead advisory role opposite elite City firm Slaughter and May as construction company Carillion acquires Alfred McAlpine in a £572m deal. Camerons corporate partner Gary Green and senior partner Richard Price led the team acting for support services company Alfred McAlpine, assisted by James Parkes and Catherine Beckett.

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Travers takes first litigation funder to AIM

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | January 07, 2008

A third-party litigation fund has listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in a move set to push specialist funding into the mainstream, with City firm Travers Smith bagging the lead advisory role. Juridica Investments, which raised £78.4m from its initial public offering at the end of last year (21 December), becomes the first third-party litigation fund to list on London's junior stock exchange.

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City giants lead Emap's £1bn B2B sell-off

By Georgina Stanley | January 02, 2008

Ashurst and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are advising Guardian Media Group and private equity house Apax on their £1bn takeover of the business-to business arm of publishing giant Emap. The terms of the recommended cash offer, announced on 21 December, together with a £1bn special dividend payable to shareholders following the sale of Emap's consumer and radio divisions, effectively value the company at £2bn.

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Legal Week

City giants lead Emap's £1bn B2B sell-off

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | January 02, 2008

Ashurst and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are advising Guardian Media Group and private equity house Apax on their £1bn takeover of the business-to business arm of publishing giant Emap. The terms of the recommended cash offer, announced on 21 December, together with a £1bn special dividend payable to shareholders following the sale of Emap's consumer and radio divisions, effectively value the company at £2bn.

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CC clinches debut UK deal for buy-out giant 3i

By Charlotte Edmond | December 17, 2007

Clifford Chance (CC) has scored its first UK deal for buy-out house 3i, advising on the £228m acquisition of inspection and testing business Inspicio. Relationship partner Simon Tinkler led the team for the magic circle giant alongside corporate partner Patrick Sarch and finance partner James Butters.

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Legal Week

CC clinches debut UK deal for buy-out giant 3i

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | December 17, 2007

Clifford Chance (CC) has scored its first UK deal for buy-out house 3i, advising on the £228m acquisition of inspection and testing business Inspicio. Relationship partner Simon Tinkler led the team for the magic circle giant alongside corporate partner Patrick Sarch and finance partner James Butters.

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MoD hands Wragges £1.2bn Navy ports project

By Charlotte Edmond | December 17, 2007

Wragge & Co has scored its latest major mandate from the Ministry of Defence (MoD), a longstanding client of the Birmingham-based law firm, advising on a £1.2bn Royal Navy ports project. Wragges projects partner Michael Whitehouse is advising the MoD on a 15-year contract with Serco Denholm Marine Services to provide services to the Royal Navy's three UK ports.

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Legal Week

MoD hands Wragges £1.2bn Navy ports project

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | December 17, 2007

Wragge & Co has scored its latest major mandate from the Ministry of Defence (MoD), a longstanding client of the Birmingham-based law firm, advising on a £1.2bn Royal Navy ports project. Wragges projects partner Michael Whitehouse is advising the MoD on a 15-year contract with Serco Denholm Marine Services to provide services to the Royal Navy's three UK ports.

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Simpson, Skadden scoop $10bn Trane sale

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | December 17, 2007

Elite New York firms Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom have bagged lead roles on the $10.1bn (£5.2bn) acquisition of air conditioning company Trane by US conglomerate Ingersoll-Rand. Simpson Thacher advised Ingersoll-Rand, a long-term client of the firm, while Skadden advised the target on a deal that was announced earlier today (17 December).

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International Edition

Mergermarket ranks 2007's busiest deal lawyers

By Charlotte Edmond | December 14, 2007

Clifford Chance (CC) Duesseldorf competition partner Marc Besen and Linklaters UK private equity partner Richard Youle have been named as Europe's most active deal-doers for 2007, according to Mergermarket. Individual rankings produced for Legal Week show Besen and Youle have both advised on 15 M&A deals over the calendar year, with both acting on deals worth a combined value of slightly less than €5bn (£3.59bn).

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