Deals of the week - November 11 2013

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Deals of the week - November 11 2013

Type of Deal

Value

Acquirer

Target

Adviser to acquirer (tax)

Adviser to target (tax)

Acquisition

$5.67 billion

Etisalat

Maroc Telecom

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher / Kettani Law Firm

Acquisition

$2.7 billion

Tri Pointe Homes

Weyerhaeuser

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

Cravath, Swaine & Moore

Acquisition

$2.6 billion

Salix Pharmaceuticals

Santarus

Covington & Burling - Rob Heller

Latham & Watkins

Acquisition

$1.6 billion

Endo Health Solutions

Paladin Labs

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom / Torys

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg

Acquisition

$420 million

Suning Commerce Group

PPLive Corporation

Sullivan & Cromwell

Acquisition

$270 million

Essilor International

Costa

Weil, Gotshal & Manges - Chayim Neubort

Acquisition

$194.4 million

E.ON / Cambuhy

OGX Maranhão

Lefosse Advogados

Acquisition

Undisclosed

Centro Media

SiteScout

Fenwick & West

Type of Deal

Value

Issuer/Borrower

Lead managers/arrangers

Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax)

Adviser to lead managers (tax)

Notes Offering

$1 billion

Altera Corporation

Merrill Lynch / Morgan Stanley / Citigroup / JP Morgan

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Davis Polk & Wardwell - Rachel Kleinberg

Multicurrency Medium Term Note Programme

$400.6 million

Midas Holdings

DBS Bank / HSBC

WongPartnership

Allen & Gledhill

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