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By Georgina Stanley | February 06, 2007

Allen & Overy has won a lead role on the takeover of Liverpool Football Club by a pair of US investors. The magic circle firm is advising US-based sports entrepreneurs George Gillett and Tom Hicks on their acquisition through bid vehicle Kop Football. The club announced earlier today that its board had recommended the offer, which is worth more than £400m in total.

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A&O lands Liverpool FC takeover role

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | February 06, 2007

Allen & Overy has won a lead role on the takeover of Liverpool Football Club by a pair of US investors. The magic circle firm is advising US-based sports entrepreneurs George Gillett and Tom Hicks on their acquisition through bid vehicle Kop Football. The club announced earlier today that its board had recommended the offer, which is worth more than £400m in total.

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Magic circle duo land Dutch energy mega-merger

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | February 06, 2007

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Allen & Overy (A&O) have scooped lead roles on the latest major merger deal in the European energy sector as Dutch utilities giants Essent and Nuon tie the knot in a €24bn (£16bn) deal. Freshfields is advising longstanding client Essent on the merger - the largest-ever M&A deal in the Netherlands - with Amsterdam-based corporate partner Steven Perrick and competition partner Winfred Knibbeler heading the team.

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Macfarlanes leads for Oaktree on Polish vodka take-private

By Charlotte Edmond | February 02, 2007

Macfarlanes has taken the lead role advising private equity group Oaktree Capital Management on its acquisition of vodka producer Lubelskie Zaklady Przemyslu Spirytusowego Polmos Lublin in a rare take-private in the Polish market.

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Macfarlanes leads for Oaktree on Polish vodka take-private

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

Macfarlanes has taken the lead role advising private equity group Oaktree Capital Management on its acquisition of vodka producer Lubelskie Zaklady Przemyslu Spirytusowego Polmos Lublin in a rare take-private in the Polish market.

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Trio bag roles on £570m EIG buy-out

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | February 01, 2007

Osborne Clarke (OC), DLA Piper and Lovells have advised on Insurance Australia Group's (IAG) £570m buy-out of Equity Insurance Group (EIG). The deal, which closed last month, saw IAG take on EIG - one of the UK's largest motor underwriters and brokers, with a network of call centres and more than 70 high street branches across the UK.

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Macquarie-style US push could show lawyers the way

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | January 31, 2007

Given the insecurity that has dogged projects teams at top London firms in recent years, evidence of a revival in the sector will be manna from heaven for hard-pressed partners. The year-end tables from Infrastructure Journal make clear the extent of that revival with the global value of projects in 2006 up 35% against 2005, and the number of deals rising from 323 to 437. Add in surging investment in renewable energy and it was the best year in projects since the 1990s.While much of the attention has focused on the wealth of projects work coming out of the Middle East and intense competition for infrastructure assets in Europe, it is interesting to see Allen & Overy (A&O) highlight the opportunities opening up in the US. This revolves around the drift towards European-style project finance structures. To the very casual observer, this appears odd given the maturity, size and sophistication of the US market. But for the private sector, the backbone of the US projects market has always been power. Backed by a highly-efficient system of federal funding and tax breaks, transport/infrastructure work has largely been financed, and built, through public money.

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Dentons rolls up sleeves to restructure Focus DIY

By Georgina Stanley | January 31, 2007

Denton Wilde Sapte has edged Ashurst aside to land a lead role on the high-profile restructuring of retailer Focus DIY.Dentons banking and insolvency partner Graham Paine is acting for the senior lenders - a consortium of banks led by ING and Barclays holding around £180m of senior debt.

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Dentons rolls up sleeves to restructure Focus DIY

By a:1:{i:0;s:1:" ";} | January 31, 2007

Denton Wilde Sapte has edged Ashurst aside to land a lead role on the high-profile restructuring of retailer Focus DIY.Dentons banking and insolvency partner Graham Paine is acting for the senior lenders - a consortium of banks led by ING and Barclays holding around £180m of senior debt.

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CC handed plum role by Candover for first Italian and Spanish acquisitions

By Charlotte Edmond | January 31, 2007

Clifford Chance (CC) has advised Candover on the private equity giant's first acquisitions in Italy and Spain.CC advised regular client Candover on its acquisition of luxury yacht manufacturer Ferretti in a deal thought to be worth more than €1.5bn (£987m). The deal, which closed last week, saw Candover acquire Ferretti from Permira and the company's chairman, Noberto Ferretti. The sellers were advised by Italian firm Grimaldi. Permira and Noberto Ferretti re-invested to take a 40% stake.

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