Deals of the week - September 23 2013

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Deals of the week - September 23 2013

Type of Deal

Value

Acquirer

Target

Adviser to acquirer (tax)

Adviser to target (tax)

Acquisition

$1.28 billion

Packaging Corporation of America

Boise

Mayer Brown

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Acquisition

$1.1 billion

Huntsman

Rockwood (Performance Additives and Titanium Dioxide)

Vinson & Elkins

Hughes Hubbard & Reed / Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Acquisition

$607 million

Ultratech

Jaypee Cement (Gujarat Unit)

Amarchand & Mangaldas

Bansi S Mehta & Co

Acquisition / Joint Venture

$300 million

Clayton, Dubilier & Rice

Harsco / Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services

Debevoise & Plimpton

Weil, Gotshal & Manges

Acquisition

$150.9 million

Shanxi Donghui Coal Coking & Chemical Group

Inova Resources

Stikeman Elliott

Acquisition

Undisclosed

Appirio

TopCoder

Fenwick & West - Ron Schrotenboer, Amanda Athanasiou

Merger

Undisclosed

Mindjet

Spigit

Fenwick & West

Type of Deal

Value

Issuer/Borrower

Lead managers/arrangers

Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax)

Adviser to lead managers (tax)

Secondary Offering

$937 million

NXP Semiconductors

Morgan Stanley

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Davis Polk & Wardwell - John Paton

Common Stock Offering

$122.2 million

Kennedy-Wilson Holdings

Deutsche Bank

Latham & Watkins / Kulik, Gottesman & Siegel

Davis Polk & Wardwell - Michael Farber

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