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Linklaters wins first UK Bridgepoint mandate

Linklaters has advised Bridgepoint Capital for the first time in London, acting on the buy-out house's acquisition of Gambro Healthcare. The City giant, which has a relationship with the client in Stockholm and Paris, advised on the acquisition of the dialysis care services division of Swedish-based Gambro Group for an undisclosed sum. Press reports have put the value of the deal as high as €600m (£407.5m). The business is the second-largest of its type in Europe and has 155 clinics across 14 countries.
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International Edition

Ashurst bags first deal for DIC on E850m German buy-out

Ashurst has closed its first-ever deal for Dubai International Capital (DIC), advising the highly-coveted investment house on a A850m (£579m) deal in Germany.
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International Edition

Milbank bags E1.45bn Veolia deal

New York duo Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy and White & Case have bagged roles on French water giant Veolia Environnement's A1.45bn (£987m) acquisition of Sulo Group from Apax and Blackstone.
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International Edition

Jones Day's City arm ties up Dana pensions restructuring

Jones Day's London office has completed a controversial restructuring of car part manufacturer Dana's UK pension liabilities.
2 minute read

International Edition

CC leads on £600m Chelsea Barracks sale

Clifford Chance (CC) has taken the lead role on the sale of one of London's most prestigious property development sites to a state-owned Qatar company.
2 minute read

International Edition

Dealmaker: Danny Hall

Eversheds' most retiring corporate partner Danny Hall has led on some of the biggest M&A deals ever run outside the Square Mile
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International Edition

NY giants line up for News Corp's Dow Jones bid

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom is among a raft of New York firms to have bagged roles on News Corporation's $5bn (£2.5bn) unsolicited bid for Dow Jones. Skadden is representing News Corporation, fielding a team out of its Manhattan base headed by M&A partners Lou Kling and Howard Ellin.
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International Edition

Skadden, Stikeman set for $33bn mining mega-deal

New York deal-machine Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Canadian leader Stikeman Elliott have bagged plum roles advising mining giant Alcoa on its $33bn (£16.5bn) hostile bid for rival Alcan. New York corporate partners David Fox, Margaret Wolff and Neil Stronski are spearheading the Skadden team acting for Alcoa, while Stikeman chairman Pierre Raymond is leading for the Canadian outfit alongside Montreal corporate partners Marc Barbeau and Erik Richer La Fleche.
1 minute read

International Edition

Slaughters hits headlines with media merger

Slaughter and May is leading a raft of international firms advising Reuters Group on its merger talks with Canadian financial data company Thomson, valued at $17.6bn (£8.8bn). Rainmaker Nigel Boardman is leading the team advising Reuters, which this morning (8 May) confirmed it had received a takeover bid from Thomson. If successful, the deal would create the world's biggest news and financial data company.
2 minute read

Legal Week

Slaughters hits headlines with media merger

Slaughter and May is leading a raft of international firms advising Reuters Group on its merger talks with Canadian financial data company Thomson, valued at $17.6bn (£8.8bn). Rainmaker Nigel Boardman is leading the team advising Reuters, which this morning (8 May) confirmed it had received a takeover bid from Thomson. If successful, the deal would create the world's biggest news and financial data company.
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