Deals of the week - November 2 2010

November 02 2010

Find out which tax advisers worked on the key M&A and capital markets transactions this week.

Type of Deal	Value	Acquirer	Target	Adviser to acquirer (tax)	Adviser to target (tax)
Acquisition	Undisclosed	Knight Capital Group	Kellogg Capital Markets' Designated and Lead Market Maker	Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Joshua Holmes
Establishment	Undisclosed	LMAX Limited	LMAX	Shearman & Sterling Iain Scoon
Type of Deal	Value	Issuer/Borrower	Lead managers/arrangers	Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax)	Adviser to lead managers (tax)
IPO	Undisclosed	Euro Media Group		Bredin Prat Julien Gayral

If you would like to raise the profile of your firm, please send deal information to Salman Shaheen (sshaheen@euromoneyplc.com).

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