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Charles Martin: Private equity has gone lite

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | June 27, 2007

The national press has put Legal Village's private equity blogger out of business over recent weeks. All the issues have been aired and the really thorny ones around taper relief and base cost shift on carried interests are in the spotlight this week. However, deal mania in the private equity market is producing some intriguing results, including 'covenant lite' bank debt.

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International Edition

Deal Week Dispatch: 27/6/2007

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | June 27, 2007

Deal Week Dispatch brings readers an early taster of news from Legal Week's unparalleled Deal Week section, with Travers Smith, SJ Berwin and Osborne Clarke among the deal-doers.

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International Edition

Terra Firma looks to Links for €1bn motorway deal

By Georgina Stanley | June 27, 2007

Linklaters' UK private equity team has signed its first major deal for Terra Firma, advising the private equity house on the disposal of its 50% stake in German motorway service operator Autobahn Tank & Rast. The deal follows a competitive bidding process and is worth around €1.2bn (£807m).

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Legal Week

Terra Firma looks to Links for €1bn motorway deal

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | June 27, 2007

Linklaters' UK private equity team has signed its first major deal for Terra Firma, advising the private equity house on the disposal of its 50% stake in German motorway service operator Autobahn Tank & Rast. The deal follows a competitive bidding process and is worth around €1.2bn (£807m).

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International Edition

Dickson Minto joins CC on £6bn Saga-AA merger

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | June 26, 2007

Clifford Chance (CC) and Dickson Minto have bagged lead roles advising on the £6.15bn merger between the Automobile Association (AA) and Saga. CC is advising private equity houses CVC Capital Partners and Permira, which own the motoring giant, while Dickson Minto is advising Saga parent company and regular client Charterhouse.

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International Edition

Freshfields, Shearman join Chiomenti on LSE's Italian job

By Georgina Stanley | June 25, 2007

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Shearman & Sterling and Chiomenti have taken the lead roles on the London Stock Exchange's (LSE) €1.5bn (£1.1bn) acquisition of Borsa Italiana. Freshfields is advising long-term client LSE on both UK and Italian law aspects of the deal which was agreed on Friday (22 June). The Italian team includes partners Mario Ortu (corporate), Raffaele Lener (regulatory) and Gian Luca Zampa (competition). In London principal consultant Graham Nicholson has the lead role with finance partner Peter Hall and competition partner Deidre Trapp also advising.

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Legal Week

Freshfields, Shearman join Chiomenti on LSE's Italian job

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | June 25, 2007

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Shearman & Sterling and Chiomenti have taken the lead roles on the London Stock Exchange's (LSE) €1.5bn (£1.1bn) acquisition of Borsa Italiana. Freshfields is advising long-term client LSE on both UK and Italian law aspects of the deal which was agreed on Friday (22 June). The Italian team includes partners Mario Ortu (corporate), Raffaele Lener (regulatory) and Gian Luca Zampa (competition). In London principal consultant Graham Nicholson has the lead role with finance partner Peter Hall and competition partner Deidre Trapp also advising.

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International Edition

CC, A&O beat Freshfields and Links for H1 M&A

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | June 22, 2007

Clifford Chance (CC) and Allen & Overy (A&O) have replaced Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters at the top of European M&A rankings for the first half of 2007. CC and A&O finished first and second respectively in the tables, knocking their magic circle rivals into third and fourth place, according to preliminary figures released by Mergermarket today (22 June).

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Legal Week

KKR/Boots stand-off on pensions raises the stakes

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | June 22, 2007

Ashurst and Sacker & Partners may not have taken the main roles on Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co's (KKR's) £11bn takeover of Alliance Boots, but their involvement on behalf of the pension fund's trustees certainly proved crucial. The pair advised the trustees on last-minute talks with KKR to guarantee the future of the retailer's pension fund in an instruction that not only demonstrates the growing pressure on private equity deals in the UK but the increasing power of pensions funds in takeovers in general.

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Legal Week

London boutique earns its Spurs on Sugar's Tottenham share sale

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | June 22, 2007

London boutique Wallace has landed a role opposite Slaughter and May and Herbert Smith as Sir Alan Sugar sells his stake in Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. The 10-partner firm advised sports and media group ENIC on its £25m acquisition of Sugar's 12% stake in the football club.

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