Deals of the week - October 14 2013

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Deals of the week - October 14 2013

Type of Deal

Value

Acquirer

Target

Adviser to acquirer (tax)

Adviser to target (tax)

Merger

$4.4 billion

Millicom International Cellular (Colombia Móvil)

UNE EPM Telecomunicaciones

Brigard & Urrutia / Uría Menéndez / Davis Polk & Wardwell

Acquisition

$2.2 billion

Darling International

Vion Food Group (Vion Ingredients)

K&L Gates / Clifford Chance

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek

Acquisition

$1.35 billion

Solvay

The Chemlogics Group

Davis Polk & Wardwell - Neil Barr

Merger

$1.1 billion

Industrial Developments International

Verde Realty

Weil, Gotshal & Manges - Scott Sontag

Acquisition

$458.9 million

Ultrapar Participações

Imifarma Produtos Farmacêuticos e Cosméticos

Lefosse Advogados

Acquisition

$378.6 million

Saputo

Warrnambool

Stikeman Elliott / Maddocks

Acquisition

$315 million

KIK Custom Products

Chemtura Corporation

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Acquisition

$280 million

Hochschild Mining

International Minerals

Stikeman Elliott - John O'Connor

Axium Law Group

Acquisition

$158 million

SolarCity

Zep Solar

Fenwick & West - Ronald Schrotenboer, Idan Netser

Acquisition

$130 million

Vonage

Vocalocity

Weil, Gotshal & Manges - Stuart Goldring, Chayim Neubort

DLA Piper

Acquisition

$97 million

Huntington Bancshares

Camco Financial

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz - Joshua Holmes

Acquisition

Undisclosed

Advent International

P2 Energy Solutions

Stikeman Elliott / Weil, Gotshal & Manges

Acquisition

Undisclosed

MAX Automation

AIM Group

Allen & Overy - Asmus Mihm

Acquisition

Undisclosed

Respol Group

Forchem Oy

Uría Menéndez

Type of Deal

Value

Issuer/Borrower

Lead managers/arrangers

Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax)

Adviser to lead managers (tax)

Senior Secured Credit Facilities

$8.6 billion

Hilton

Deutsche Bank / Merrill Lynch / JP Morgan / Morgan Stanley / Goldman Sachs / Wells Fargo

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Senior Notes Offering

$4.5 billion

General Motors Company

Citigroup

Jenner & Block

Davis Polk & Wardwell - Samuel Dimon

Preferred Stock Offering

$862.5 million

Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley / Goldman Sachs / JP Morgan / Merrill Lynch / UBS / Wells Fargo

Davis Polk & Wardwell - Lucy Farr, Po Sit

Sidley Austin

Convertible Bond Issue

$642.5 million

CapitaLand

Credit Suisse

Allen & Overy / Allen & Gledhill

Linklaters / WongPartnership

Senior Notes Offering

$500 million

Marsh & McLennan Companies

Goldman Sachs / HSBC / Merrill Lynch / Deutsche Bank

Davis Polk & Wardwell - Lucy Farr

Willkie Farr & Gallagher

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