Deals of the week - June 11 2012

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Deals of the week - June 11 2012

Type of Deal

Value

Acquirer

Target

Adviser to acquirer (tax)

Adviser to target (tax)

Acquisition

$3.9 billion

Sberbank

DenizBank

Linklaters

White & Case

Acquisition

$2.6 billion

CGI

Logica

Sullivan & Cromwell

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Acquisition

$1.72 billion

Leonard Green / TPG Capital

Savers

Sullivan & Cromwell - Andrew Mason, David Passey

Acquisition

$442 million

Genivar

WSP

Linklaters

Nabarro

Acquisition

$395 million

Air Liquide

LVL Médical

Bredin Prat - Pierre-Henri Durand

De Pardieu Brocas Maffei

Acquisition

$130 million

Morgan Stanley

SandRidge Energy

Covington & Burling - Robert Heller

Acquisition

Undisclosed

UCB

Meizler Biopharma

Covington & Burling

Type of Deal

Value

Issuer/Borrower

Lead managers/arrangers

Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax)

Adviser to lead managers (tax)

Credit Facility

$6.25 billion

Comcast

JP Morgan

Davis Polk & Wardwell - Rachel Kleinberg

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Notes Offering

$2.4 billion

Eastman Chemical Company

Barclays / Citigroup / J.P. Morgan / Merrill Lynch / Morgan Stanley / RBS / Wells Fargo

Jones Day

Davis Polk & Wardwell - Kathleen Ferrell

Notes Offering

$500 million

BRF - Brasil Foods

BB Securities / HSBC / Itau BBA / Santander

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett / Machado, Meyer, Sendacz e Opice

Davis Polk & Wardwell - Samuel Dimon

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