DATE |
TYPE OF DEAL |
VALUE |
ACQUIRER |
TARGET |
HOLDER |
ADVISERS TO TARGET |
ADVISERS TO ACQUIRER |
ADVISERS TO HOLDER |
01/08/01 |
acquisition ($1.6 billion) |
£1.1 billion |
Gallaher Group, financed by Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Goldman Sachs, Barclays Capital, HSBC |
41.3% stake in Austria Tabak |
n/a |
Cerha, Hempel & Spiegelfeld, Vienna, Dr Albert Birkner, Edith Hlawati |
Gallaher - Simmons & Simmons, London; Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson, New York; Banks - Linklaters, London, Ian Bowler, Giles Horridge, Sulivan & Cromwell, New York |
n/a |
06/08/01 |
proposed acquisition |
£2.8 billion ($4.08 billion) |
Valentia Telecom-munications |
Eircom |
Valentia Consor-tium |
Arthur Cox, Dublin, Caroline Devlin, Niamh Caffrey |
n/a |
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, London, Francis Sandison, Tom Passingham; Washington, Claude Stansbury, Kevin Cunningham; Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, Gary Friedman; London, Peter Schuur; A&L Goodbody, Dublin, Peter Maher, Andrew Quinn |
06/08/01 |
tax planning and merger implemen-tation |
$6.86 billion |
Schneider/ Legrand |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Andersen Legal, Paris, Frederic Donnedieu de Vabres |
n/a |
10/08/01 |
convertible bond issue |
$500 million |
South African Breweries |
n/a |
JP Morgan Securities, Cazenove & Co |
n/a |
Lovells, London, Lyndsey Bainton |
Linklaters, London, Martin Lynchehan, Simon Marks |
21/08/01 |
acquisition |
undisclosed |
Dexia Banque Internationale à Luxembourg |
Ely Fund Managers Holdings Ltd |
n/a |
Wedlake Bell, London, Jack Harper |
Norton Rose, London, Jeremy Reynolds |
n/a |
31/08/01 |
share sale |
$157 million |
Enterprise Oil |
Petrobras' UK interests |
Petrobras |
Herbert Smith, London, David Mogford, Neil Warriner |
CMS Cameron McKenna, London, Richard Croker |
n/a |
04/09/01 |
acquisition |
$2.2 billion |
Royal Ahold |
Alliant Food Service Inc |
n/a |
Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, Bob Cubitto, Seth Rosen, Rafael Kariyev |
White & Case, New York, Mario Fulgieri |
n/a |
05/09/01 |
development |
£204 million($297.39 million) |
The Moor House Limited Partnership Ltd |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Herbert Smith, London, Isaac Zailer |
n/a |
10/09/01 |
merger / acquisition |
$25 billion |
Hewlett-Packard Company |
Compaq Computer Corporation |
n/a |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York, Stuart Finkelstein, Kathy Bristor, Melissa McCann, Patrick Chu |
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto, Ivan Humphreys, David Gerson, Eileen Marshall |
n/a |
10/09/01 |
merger |
$4.2 billion |
C-MAC Industries Inc |
Solectron Corporation |
n/a |
Stikeman Elliott, Montreal, Frederic Harvey, Luc Bernier; Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, Kathleen Ferrell, Michael Mollerus |
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto, Ron Roth, Susie Morse; San Francisco, David Hasen; Osler Hoskin & Harcourt |
n/a |
19/09/01 |
strategic alliance |
$1 billion |
Bristol-Myers Squibb |
ImClone Systems Incorporated |
n/a |
Davis Polk & Wardwell, Michael Mollerus, Kathleen Ferrell, Roy Caner |
Cravath Swaine & Moore, New York, Stephen Gordon |
n/a |