Deals of the week - October 28 2013

October 28 2013

Type of Deal	Value	Acquirer	Target	Adviser to acquirer (tax)	Adviser to target (tax)
Acquisition	$11.2 billion	American Realty Capital Properties	Cole Real Estate Investments	Weil, Gotshal & Manges	Sullivan & Cromwell - Andrew Mason / Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz - Eiko Stange
Acquisition	$4.85 billion	Crown Castle International	AT&T		Sullivan & Cromwell
Acquisition	$2.4 billion	Oman Oil	Oxea	Vinson & Elkins	Hogan Lovells
Acquisition	$1.53 billion	Softbank	Supercell	Morrison & Foerster	Fenwick & West - David Forst, Jay Cosel / White & Case
Acquisition	$1.26 billion	Softbank	Brightstar	Morrison & Foerster	Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton / K&L Gates
Acquisition	$620 million	RR Donnelley & Sons	Consolidated Graphics	Sullivan & Cromwell	Haynes & Boone
Acquisition	$400 million	Trafigura / Mubadala Development	MMX Porto Sudeste	Shearman & Sterling / Stocche Forbes Padis Filizzola Clapis Advogados	Davis Polk & Wardwell / Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados
Acquisition	$314 million	APR Energy	GE Capital (power generation business)	Sullivan & Cromwell
Acquisition	$301.8 million	Wumart Stores	C.P. Lotus	Davis Polk & Wardwell	Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Acquisition	$255 million	Synaptics	Validity Sensors	Fenwick & West
Acquisition	$240 million	MedImmune	Spirogen	Covington & Burling
Acquisition	Undisclosed	Tower Three Partners	NTS	Weil, Gotshal & Manges	Olshan Frome Wolosky / Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference
Type of Deal	Value	Issuer/Borrower	Lead managers/arrangers	Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax)	Adviser to lead managers (tax)
Bridge Facility	$5.5 billion	McKesson	Merrill Lynch / Goldman Sachs	Morrison & Foerster	Davis Polk & Wardwell - Kathleen Ferrell
Revolving Credit Facility	$1 billion	Twitter	Morgan Stanley	Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati	Davis Polk & Wardwell - Rachel Kleinberg
Bonds Offering	$700 million	Greenland Hong Kong	HSBC / JP Morgan / Morgan Stanley / BOCI / Deutsche Bank / Citigroup / Goldman Sachs	Davis Polk & Wardwell - Alon Gurfinkel	Linklaters / Commerce & Finance Law Offices
Bridge Loan Facility	$190 million	Air India	Deutsche Bank	Amarchand & Mangaldas	Hogan Lovells

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