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Camerons and SJ Berwin snare new corporate and real estate clients

CMS Cameron McKenna and SJ Berwin have picked up new clients in their respective corporate and real estate practices. SJ Berwin has carried out its first mandate for new property client Max Property, advising the company on a recent office investment worth £36.5m.
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Kirkland and Freshfields take lead roles on $5bn pharma buyout

Kirkland & Ellis and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have advised on the $5bn (£3.3bn) acquisition of German drugmaker Ratiopharm by Teva Pharmaceuticals, the world's leading generic drug company, reports The Am Law Daily. Kirkland took a lead role for Teva on the deal, while Freshfields advised Ratiopharm's parent company, with partners Andreas Fabritius and Oliver von Rosenberg leading the magic circle firm's team.
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Hammonds and CC advise on £281m healthcare buyout by Bridgepoint

Hammonds and Clifford Chance (CC) have won leading roles on Bridgepoint Capital's £281m acquisition of social care provider Care UK. Hammonds corporate partner Trevor Ingle advised health and social care provider Care UK, a longstanding client of the firm, on its sale. The national law firm worked opposite CC corporate partners Lee Coney and Kem Ihenacho, who led the team advising Bridgepoint.
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Freshfields appoints Paris partner as new head of MENA corporate

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has named a new head of the firm's Middle East and North Africa (MENA) corporate practice. Bertrand Pellet, who has been based in Paris for the past seven years, will succeed corporate partner David Higgins in the role.
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Simpson Thacher and Wachtell lead on Apax's $3bn Tommy Hilfiger sale

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz have taken lead roles on buyout house Apax Partners' sale of Tommy Hilfiger to US clothing giant Phillips-Van Heusen for $3bn (£1.9bn). The sale comes around four years after Apax purchased Tommy Hilfiger for $1.6bn (£1.1bn) and took the company private.
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OC makes French Connection with debut role on private equity sell-off

Osborne Clarke has taken a lead role advising French Connection on its sale of the Nicole Farhi fashion label to private equity house OpenGate Capital - the firm's first instruction for the clothing retailer. Osborne Clarke corporate partner and co-head of retail Kalpesh Tanna led a team advising French Connection on the deal - valued at approximately £5m - after being instructed by the fashion house for the first time earlier this year.
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Linklaters takes lead role for BP on $7bn global expansion

Linklaters has taken a key role alongside five other firms on BP's $7bn (£4.6bn) acquisition of assets in Azerbaijan, Brazil, and the Gulf of Mexico from oil and gas producer Devon Energy, reports The Am Law Daily. Linklaters M&A partner Joshua Berick, corporate partner Stephen Griffin, and associates Colin Greenspon and Graham Phillips are advising BP on the acquisition. The magic circle firm is a longstanding adviser to BP and represented the oil giant on its $110bn (£72.5bn) merger with Amoco in 1998.
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Norton Rose adds partner quartet in Australia

Norton Rose has bulked up its Australia presence with the addition of four new partners. The partner hires, which are split between Sydney, Brisbane and Perth, come after the firm's merger with Australian firm Deacons went live at the start of this year.
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Dealmaker: Steven Fox

Ashurst corporate partner Steven Fox takes wise counsel from The Hungry Caterpillar...
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Dentons re-elects City and Dubai partner duo to main strategy board

Denton Wilde Sapte has reappointed two members to its main strategy board. The firm has elected City-based head of restructuring and insolvency Mark Andrews to a fourth non-consecutive term on the partnership board, while Dubai corporate partner Stephen McGlennan has been elected for a second term to the body, which has overall responsibility for the firm's strategy and management.
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