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Deals: M&A 22/02/2007

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | February 21, 2007

CMS Cameron McKenna has advised Galliford Try, a UK construction and house-building company, on its acquisition of residential building company Linden Holdings for £244.5m. Galliford will acquire 100% equity value of Linden for £108.5m and will assume Linden's net debt of £136m. Corporate partner Gary Green led the team at Camerons, while partner Adam Greaves at Jones Day led the team advising Linden.

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Deals: Commercial 22/02/2007

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | February 21, 2007

Taylor Wessing has advised Tussauds in relation to a franchise agreement and management agreement for a new 150-bed Holiday Inn at Chessington World of adventures. Corporate partner Richard Bursby led the team for Taylor Wessing. McGrigors commercial lawyer Catriona McGregor acted for the operator, BDL Management.

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Deals: Property 22/02/2007

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | February 21, 2007

Forsters property partner Andrew Crabbie has acted for the investment partnership Etonfields on a series of purchases worth £55.5m. The deals included the purchase of three properties from Eton College, six office properties from Rivercastle and Belfry Business Park from clients of Credit Suisse Asset Management. Real estate partner Lynn Povey at Charles Russell represented Eton College, solicitor Frances Berridge of Birketts represented Rivercastle and property partner Ashley Kopitko from Speechly Bircham represented the vendor in the third deal.

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Deals: Finance 22/02/2007

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | February 21, 2007

Pinsent Masons has advised a club of arranging banks, Lloyds TSB, HSBC and Icelandic bank Glitnir Banki HF, on the £45m refinancing of the fruit and snack specialists The Whitworths Group. The team at Pinsents was led by banking partners William Oliver and Martin Bishop. European Capital, which acquired the Whitworths Group in November last year, retains £14m of mezzanine debt. It was advised by Weil Gotshal & Manges banking associate Faisal Ramzan.

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International Edition

Dealmaker: Peter King

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | February 21, 2007

A former M&A veteran of Linklaters, Peter King is one of Shearman & Sterling's leading European lawyers

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International Edition

City duo face off for latest Warner-EMI bid

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | February 20, 2007

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Herbert Smith are gearing up for the latest instalment of the takeover saga between US media giant Warner Music Group and UK rival EMI. Both companies confirmed Warner has made a new approach for EMI, although a formal offer has yet to be made.

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International Edition

Weil Gotshal wins first UK role for Providence

By Charlotte Edmond | February 19, 2007

The London office of Weil Gotshal & Manges has landed its first advisory role for Providence Equity Partners, advising the buy-out house as part of a consortium on the A$3.8bn (£1.5bn) acquisition of Australia's APN News & Media.The consortium - which also included US private equity house Carlyle and Dublin-based Independent News & Media - acquired the 58% of APN not already held by Independent News.

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Legal Week

Weil Gotshal wins first UK role for Providence

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | February 19, 2007

The London office of Weil Gotshal & Manges has landed its first advisory role for Providence Equity Partners, advising the buy-out house as part of a consortium on the A$3.8bn (£1.5bn) acquisition of Australia's APN News & Media.The consortium - which also included US private equity house Carlyle and Dublin-based Independent News & Media - acquired the 58% of APN not already held by Independent News.

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International Edition

City trio wrap up Smurfit Kappa IPO

By Charlotte Edmond | February 15, 2007

Lovells, Clifford Chance (CC) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have landed lead roles on the initial public offering (IPO) of packaging company Smurfit Kappa, in a transaction that values the company at €5.5bn (£3.7bn). The cardboard box manufacturer - which is part-owned by buy-out houses CVC Capital Partners and Cinven - announced its intention to raise €1.3bn (£870m) on the Irish and London stock exchanges yesterday (14 February).

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Legal Week

City trio wrap up Smurfit Kappa IPO

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | February 15, 2007

Lovells, Clifford Chance (CC) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have landed lead roles on the initial public offering (IPO) of packaging company Smurfit Kappa, in a transaction that values the company at €5.5bn (£3.7bn). The cardboard box manufacturer - which is part-owned by buy-out houses CVC Capital Partners and Cinven - announced its intention to raise €1.3bn (£870m) on the Irish and London stock exchanges yesterday (14 February).

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