Deals of the week - January 9 2012

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Deals of the week - January 9 2012

Type of Deal

Value

Acquirer

Target

Adviser to acquirer (tax)

Adviser to target (tax)

Acquisition

$2.5 billion

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Inhibitex

Kirkland & Ellis

Dechert

Joint Venture

$2.3 billion

Total

Chesapeake Energy

Fulbright & Jaworski - Robert Phillpott

C. Ray Lees

Acquisition

$900 million

Sinopec

Devon Energy

Fulbright & Jaworski

Vinson & Elkins - Thomas Crichton

Acquisition

$400 million

B/E Aerospace

UFC Aerospace

Shearman & Sterling

Schulz & Associates

Joint Venture

$258 million

Smith & Nephew

Essex Woodlands

Davis Polk & Wardwell - Adam Perry, Michael Bretholz

Reed Smith - Patrick Rice

Acquisition

$162 million

Four Russian private investors

Europa Media Group

Clifford Chance

Bredin Prat - Sébastien de Monès, Timur Celik

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