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A&O claims Centrica coup with rare M&A role

Allen & Overy (A&O) has landed a rare corporate mandate for FTSE 100 client Centrica on its $486.4m (£242m) acquisition of energy company Newfield UK Holdings. A&O corporate partners Mark Dighero and Anna Buscall led the team advising Centrica, assisted by tax partner Brenda Coleman. The firm advised alongside Centrica energy general counsel Peter Roberts and legal counsel Sarah Townson.
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DLA Piper, Slaughters lead Virgin Megastores MBO

DLA Piper and Slaughter and May have won the key advisory roles on the high-profile management buy-out (MBO) of entertainment retail giant Virgin Megastores UK and its sister chain in Ireland. DLA Piper advised the Virgin Megastores management team, which was led by managing director Steve Peckham, on a deal that will create the largest independent entertainment retailer in the UK and Ireland.
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Deal Week Dispatch: 19/9/2007

Deal Week Dispatch brings readers an early taster of news from Legal Week's unparalleled deals coverage, with Jones Day, Weil Gotshal and Slaughters among the movers and shakers
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Ashurst aims for stars on Pakistan satellite project

Ashurst has won its first instruction from the Pakistani Government - advising the state on a new fourth-generation satellite project.
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Eversheds leads on $1bn deal in fast-growing care home sector

Eversheds has landed a role opposite Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer on the $1.1bn (£542m) acquisition of a retirement home portfolio from Sunrise Senior Living in one of the biggest deals in the sector this year.
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White & Case cements its power credentials with lead role on $950m Lummus mandate

White & Case and Ashurst have bagged roles advising on Chicago Bridge & Iron's (CB&I's) $950m (£470m) acquisition of US-based Lummus Global from power and technology group Asea Brown Boveri (ABB).
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Herbies wins £350m NW gas storage role

Herbert Smith has taken the lead role on Gaz de France's £350m agreement to develop a major gas storage facility in northwest England.
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Commentary: Sector 'specialists' struggle to find unique selling point

Everyone wants to be an industry expert these days rather than just a dreary old lawyer. Speak to any sizeable firm outside the magic circle and the odds are they will rave about how their new industry focus is helping them take on the big boys in their chosen areas. Whether it is Lovells trying to revive its corporate practice with industry groups or Eversheds revamping its leadership so that it is managed by practice and sector group rather than by office, everyone wants to prove they understand as much about their clients' industry as the clients themselves.
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Buoyant Scandinavian market gifts Hogan $900m M&A deal

Hogan & Hartson has bagged a trophy role on one of the largest private equity deals to hit the Scandinavian market, with the US-based law firm acting on the $900m (£448m) buy-out of Nordic oil and gas company Aibel.
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Jones Day bags £585m oil financing role

Jones Day has scored a role advising Aberdeen-based oil and gas production company Venture Production on its £585m debt financing.
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