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O'Melveny and Dewey take $6.4bn Triad roles

US firms O'Melveny & Myers and Dewey Ballantine have scooped plum roles on the $6.4bn (£3.3bn) buy-out of Triad Hospitals as private equity firms continue to target the healthcare sector.
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Eversheds bags £250m Holt Town development

Eversheds has bolstered its credentials in the regeneration sector after landing a headline role on one of the largest ever redevelopment schemes in the north of England.
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Field Fisher advises on Donington Park acquisition and development

Field Fisher Waterhouse has advised a new client on the acquisition of Donington Park Leisure, the owner of motor racing circuit Donington Park.
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MoFo seals £115m police LU radio contract

Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) has advised the Police Information Technology Organisation (PITO) on a £115m telecoms deal to enable police officers to use their radios throughout the London Underground network.
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Commentary: Those bank panels: smoke, mirrors and current accounts

There are few top firms that will not have sent their marketing departments into overdrive with last week's news that financial institutions including Deutsche Bank, Barclays and Calyon are gearing up for panel reviews this year.
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A&O takes lead role on BP's $1.4bn oil refinery sell-off

Allen & Overy (A&O) has taken the lead role advising petroleum refiner Petroplus Holdings on its $1.4bn (£715m) acquisition of an oil refinery from BP.
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Taylor Wessing ties up £100m Islamic property refinancing for Lloyds TSB

Taylor Wessing has advised Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets on a £100m Islamic finance deal which saw a refinancing by Park Lane Properties, the purchaser of Grosvenor House Apartments.
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International Edition

Slaughters lands double Grosvenor deal

Slaughter and May has advised property developers Grosvenor on two transactions in the space of a week. Slaughters real estate partner Dermot Rice took the lead advising Grosvenor on an agreement with John Lewis to become the main department store in a 1.6 million sq ft project in Preston.
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International Edition

Deals: M&A 15/02/2007

Kirkland & Ellis has bagged a lead role advising Bain Capital on its $3.5bn (£1.7bn) acquisition of African retailer Edgars Consolidated Stores - the largest leveraged buy-out on the African continent to date. Kirkland acted for regular client Bain, fielding a City-based team including corporate partners James Learner and Christopher Field, finance partners Stephen Gillespie and Neel Sachdev and tax partner Ian Taplin. Edgars was advised by Johannesburg firm Webber Wentzel Bowens. Legalweek.com (9 February)
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International Edition

Deals: AIM 15/02/2007

Herbert Smith corporate partner Scott Cochrane has advised fund manager Polar Capital Holdings on its £120m admission to the Alternative Investment Market (AIM). Addleshaw Goddard advised the nomad and broker, Bridgewell.
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