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Olswang and LG add BDO string to their bow

Olswang and LG have taken the lead on accountant BDO Stoy Hayward's acquisition of tax advisory firm Chiltern. Olswang advised regular client BDO, under corporate partner Tony Leifer, assisted by corporate associate Andrew Stott. LG was instructed by Chiltern, fielding a team under corporate partner Hugh Maule and corporate associate Stephen Richards.
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Legal Week

Olswang and LG add BDO string to their bow

Olswang and LG have taken the lead on accountant BDO Stoy Hayward's acquisition of tax advisory firm Chiltern. Olswang advised regular client BDO, under corporate partner Tony Leifer, assisted by corporate associate Andrew Stott. LG was instructed by Chiltern, fielding a team under corporate partner Hugh Maule and corporate associate Stephen Richards.
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Legal Week

Trophy deal for Kirkpatrick as E430m Amcor buy-out closes

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis' London office has completed one of its biggest-ever deals - advising on a A430m (£299m) pan-European petrochemicals transaction. The firm advised Spanish chemicals company La Seda de Barcelona on its acquisition of the European business of Australian packaging company Amcor, which includes groups in the UK, Belgium, France, Germany and Spain.
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International Edition

Deal Week Dispatch: 31/10/2007

Deal Week Dispatch brings readers an early taster of news from Legal Week's unparalleled deals coverage, with Osborne Clarke, Olswang and DLA Piper among the movers and shakers
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International Edition

A&O keeps top spot in latest debt rankings

Allen & Overy (A&O) has retained its top spot in the latest quarterly international debt capital markets rankings, having advised deal managers on 545 deals worth a combined $280.3bn (£135.8bn) - representing an 8% market share since the beginning of the year. Linklaters held on to second place in the table, acting on 415 deals worth $221.6bn (£107bn), according to research by Thomson Financial.
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International Edition

Links heads off Herbies for ICBC Africa deal

Linklaters and South African firm Bowman Gilfillan have bagged lead roles on the acquisition by Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) of a R36.7bn (£2.7bn) stake in South African group Standard Bank. Linklaters' team was led in Beijing by M&A partners Celia Lam and Thomas Ng, with senior City corporate partner Charlie Jacobs heading up the team in London.
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International Edition

A&O joins US duo on creation of $80bn superfund

Allen & Overy (A&O), Mayer Brown and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton have bagged roles advising on the creation of an $80bn (£39bn) superfund designed to kick-start the financial markets. A&O and Mayer Brown are advising the structuring banks - Citi, Bank of America and JP Morgan - on UK and US matters respectively.
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International Edition

Freshfields boosts US profile with $15bn mandate

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's US practice has bagged one of its largest-ever mandates, advising a consortium on its bid to operate one of the busiest motorways in the US - a project valued at around $15bn (£7.3bn).
2 minute read

International Edition

A&O bags a hat-trick as electronics deal marks third billion-pound role this month

Allen & Overy (A&O) has bagged its third multibillion-pound deal so far this month after securing a lead role advising French electronics supplier Sonepar on its A2.5bn (£1.7bn) bid for Dutch rival Hagemeyer.
2 minute read

International Edition

Credit squeeze set to prompt private equity IPO exit flurry

Equity capital markets (ECM) lawyers are hoping for an increase in initial public offering (IPO) activity as the effects of the credit crunch spill over into the public markets, where IPOs could be seen as an increasingly attractive exit route.
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