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Apax hands Ashurst Swedish healthcare sale

Ashurst has won the lead role on a €2.85bn (£1.87bn) disposal of Swedish healthcare company Molnlycke for private equity house Apax.The top 10 City firm ran two separate teams with one advising Apax on the exit and another acting for Molnlycke on a listing on the London Stock Exchange proposed as an alternative exit option.
16 minute read

International Edition

Top trio dominate latest projects rankings

Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance and Linklaters have been ranked top of project finance league tables announced this week.According to Dealogic tables for legal advisers on 2006 global project finance deals, the three firms finished top after advising on a combined total of 139 transactions.
2 minute read

International Edition

Trio ride projects boom as infra goldrush fires market

Clifford Chance (CC), Allen & Overy (A&O) and Linklaters have ridden the wave of surging infrastructure investment in 2006 to dominate the top end of the global project finance market.Research from Infrastructure Journal shows the three City firms dominating the global rankings for project finance in 2006, with CC topping the table after closing 34 deals with a combined value of $43.9bn (£22.3bn).
4 minute read

International Edition

Dealmaker: David Higgins

A duff sailor and fan of weird cheeses, David Higgins has also swiftly established himself as one of the leading lights in Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's ascendant private equity practice
4 minute read

International Edition

Military training provider calls up Herbies for £16bn PFI deal

Herbert Smith is in line for a fees windfall after scoring a major role advising on one of the UK's biggest private finance schemes to date.Herbert Smith corporate partner Paul Ryan is advising Metrix, a joint venture between former state-owned military research body Qinetiq and property outsourcing group Land Securities Trillium, on a £16bn training contract with the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
2 minute read

International Edition

Simmons and A&O take lead roles on £1bn retail centre refinancing

Simmons & Simmons and Allen & Overy (A&O) have advised on a major £1bn refinancing of the Meadowhall Shopping Centre in Sheffield.Simmons banking partner John Davies advised British Land as the UK property investment company put in place a new finance structure that will permit £1.015bn of debt to be issued.
2 minute read

International Edition

Deals: M&A 25/01/2007

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Eastman Kodak Company on the European aspects of its agreement to sell its Health Group to Onex Healthcare Holdings for up to $2.55bn (£1.3bn). The team at Freshfields was led by corporate partner Julian Long, competition partner Vanessa Turner and employment, pensions and benefits partner Kathleen Healy. Sullivan & Cromwell acted as Kodak's lead legal advisers. Onex was advised by Kaye Scholer.
1 minute read

International Edition

Deals: Property 25/01/2007

SJ Berwin has advised Redevco Properties on the sale of the Marble Arch Unit Trust for around £160m to two of the UK property industry's biggest private investors, David and Simon Reuben. Real estate partner Jon Vivian led the team. Denton Wilde Sapte corporate partner Leonard Sebastian advised the purchasers.
1 minute read

International Edition

Deals: Capital Markets 25/01/2007

Ashurst has advised Oriel Securities, in its capacity as nominated adviser and joint broker, on the £38m placing of shares by Novera Energy. The Ashurst team comprised corporate partner Michael Robins and associate Dafydd Leighton. Corporate partner Gareth Jones (pictured) from Nabarro Nathanson acted for Novera Energy, while Linklaters corporate partner Matthew Middleditch acted for the other joint brokers, Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander. Addleshaw Goddard corporate partner Roger Hart advised underwriter NM Rothschild & Sons.
1 minute read

International Edition

Herbies enlisted for £16bn military training PFI

Herbert Smith is in line for a fees windfall after scoring a major role advising on one of the UKs biggest private finance schemes to date.
1 minute read

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