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Linklaters hires De Brauw partner for Amsterdam corporate team

Linklaters has strengthened its corporate practice in Amsterdam with the hire of partner Jan Willem de Boer from De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek. De Boer, who specialises in corporate, M&A, restructuring and insolvency, will join Linklaters' Amsterdam office on 1 May as the fifth partner in its local corporate practice. De Boer resigned from De Brauw today (8 March), where he has headed the firm's Amsterdam restructuring practice for the past three years. He joined De Brauw in 1991 and became a partner in 1998.
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Bonelli and Chiomenti head up LVMH's £3.2bn Bulgari buyout

Italy's Bonelli Erede Pappalardo and Chiomenti have taken lead roles on luxury goods giant LVMH's £3.2bn takeover of Italian jeweller Bulgari. Bonelli has been instructed by LVMH, which is purchasing a 50.4% stake in Bulgari in a share swap that will make the Italian company the second-biggest family shareholder in LVMH.
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Bakers & Kirkland lead on Kuoni's $720m Gullivers Travel acquisition

Baker & McKenzie and Kirkland & Ellis have taken lead roles on Swiss travel group Kuoni's $720m (£445m) purchase of British rival Gullivers Travel Associates (GTA). Kuoni instructed Bakers on the deal, which is a part of the Swiss company's efforts to develop its online travel business. The firm fielded a team led by London corporate chief Tim Gee.
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OC and Slaughters lead on Whitbread's £59.5m coffee purchase

Osborne Clarke (OC) and Slaughter and May have taken lead roles on the £59.5m sale of Coffee Nation to the Whitbread Group. Coffee Nation, which operates 900 coffee vending machines throughout the UK, instructed OC in early January, with the negotiations beginning later that month. The UK top 50 firm's team was led by corporate partner Paul Cooper.
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GE names Europe M&A counsel as Anheuser-Busch InBev reviews firms

General Electric (GE) has reviewed its European M&A panel, with four of the five firms appointed in 2007 retaining a place on the roster. Slaughter and May, Weil Gotshal & Manges, Allen & Overy and Ashurst have all been reappointed to the panel for another four-year term. The appointments follow a tender process which kicked off last year and was concluded in January after several months of negotiations.
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Simpson Thacher coup as US bidder pulls off 11th-hour £4bn E.ON deal

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has taken a lead corporate role for Pennsylvania Power and Light (PPL) on its £4bn acquisition of E.ON's UK power networks following a competitive auction. The US law firm was instructed less than six weeks ago, and fielded a team led by London corporate partner Adam Signy. Other partners to act on the deal included New York capital markets head Vince Pagano and fellow corporate partner James Cross.
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Kennedys seals merger deal with Portuguese alliance firm

Kennedys has merged with its Portuguese alliance partner Almeida & Athayde as the fast-growing UK firm continues its international expansion. The merger went live today (1 March) following a six-year relationship between the two firms.
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CC and Herbert Smith advise as Essar Energy plans $350m refinery purchase

Herbert Smith and Clifford Chance (CC) have lined up to advise on Essar Energy's exclusive agreement to buy Shell's Stanlow refinery in Cheshire for around $350m (£214.4m). The agreement, which will see Shell leave the UK refinery market if it goes through, saw Essar agree to pay a break fee of $50m (£31m) if it backs out of the deal before the exclusivity period ends on 31 March.
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Norton Rose signs up Willkie Farr corporate partner in Paris

Norton Rose has hired Willkie Farr & Gallagher partner Stephane Sabatier to join its corporate finance team in Paris. Sabatier, who specialises in M&A and capital markets advice, joined the UK firm's partnership on 24 February. He said: "I was impressed by the collegiate nature of the Norton Rose Group and its culture which reinforces the practice of building client relationships by tapping global resources and expertise of the partners to offer clients the best teams to suit their business needs."
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Skadden mourns death of name partner and M&A pioneer Joe Flom

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom is mourning the passing of veteran New York corporate partner Joe Flom, who died this morning at the age of 87. Flom joined Skadden as the firm's first associate in 1948 and went on to become one of the most well-known corporate lawyers in the US during a career spanning six decades. He helped guide Skadden from a four-lawyer practice to a global law firm with 2,000 lawyers.
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