Deals And Transactions Legal News Coverage

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A&O bank links lead to new credit card client

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | May 02, 2007

Allen & Overy (A&O) has won US credit card company CompuCredit as a new client, advising on its £390m acquisition of the Monument credit card portfolio from Barclaycard.

2 minute read

International Edition

Travers reaps rewards of 3i links with deal windfall

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

Travers Smith's longstanding ties with 3i are paying dividends as the City firm landed the pole advisory position on the majority of the buy-out house's transactions in the past year, according to new research.

3 minute read

International Edition

Simmons bags second lucrative deal for Telefonica in £2bn Airwave 02

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

Simmons & Simmons has secured its second major instruction for Telefonica, advising the Spanish telecoms giant on its £2bn sale of emergency services network Airwave to Guardian Digital Communications.

2 minute read

International Edition

Simpson and Dechert lead on latest Blackstone deal

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

US firms Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Dechert have landed plum mandates advising on Blackstone's $8bn (£4bn) sale of hotel chain Extended Stay America.

2 minute read

International Edition

Bakers raises London profile with $7bn finance deal haul

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

Baker & McKenzie's profile in structured finance has been boosted after the firm won a series of securitisation mandates worth a total of nearly $7bn (£3.5bn) in the first part of 2007.

2 minute read

International Edition

Energy client hands AIM leader Memery Crystal M&A boost on £208m oil sale

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

Memery Crystal has closed one of its biggest ever M&A mandates after advising on RAK Petroleum's £208m acquisition of Gulf Keystone Petroleum.

2 minute read

International Edition

Herbert Smith gifted first major Co-op mandate

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

Herbert Smith has completed its first significant deal for Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) since being appointed to its legal panel in November.

2 minute read

International Edition

Commentary: Who needs M&A? Ashurst carves out a new niche

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

Are investment banks really that bothered about M&A? It is a question that Ashurst, of all firms, has been asking itself of late, thanks to feedback from institutional clients.

4 minute read

International Edition

Wragges scoops lead on £352m corporate sale

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

Wragge & Co has bagged one of its largest M&A mandates of recent years after scoring a lead role on the £352m buy-out of Rosemound Developments by Australian property giant Macquarie Goodman Group.

2 minute read

International Edition

Holman Fenwick secures $1.3bn mining sell-off role with Indonesian energy giant

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

Holman Fenwick & Willan has acted on a $1.3bn (£648m) energy deal for Indonesian-listed Bumi Resources, which has sold a stake in two mining companies to India's largest privately-owned utility company, Tata Power.

2 minute read

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