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Deals of the week - March 5 2012

March 05, 2012
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Type of Deal

Value

Acquirer

Target

Adviser to acquirer (tax)

Adviser to target (tax)

Acquisition

$828 million

Kirkbi A/S

Dong Energy

Hengeler Mueller

Acquisition

$334 million

AMD

SeaMicro

Fenwick & West - Larissa Neumann

Acquisition

$309.5 million

Fiera

Natcan

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt

McCarthy Tétrault

Acquisition

$271 million

Cisco

Lightwire

Fenwick & West - Matthew Noerper

Acquisition

$146.3 million

ShoreTel

M5 Networks

Fenwick & West - Ron Schrotenboer

Acquisition

$140.5 million

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank

Bank of Cyprus

Freehills

King & Wood Mallesons

Acquisition

Undisclosed

SanDisk

FlashSoft

Fenwick & West - Natalie Pardo De Zela

Type of Deal

Value

Issuer/Borrower

Lead managers/arrangers

Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax)

Adviser to lead managers (tax)

Registered Notes Offering

$3 billion

ArcelorMittal

J.P. Morgan / Citigroup / Merrill Lynch

Davis Polk & Wardwell - John Paton, Sarah Joy

Notes Offering

$750 million

Korea Development Bank

BNP Paribas / Citigroup / Deutsche / J.P. Morgan / KDB Asia / RBS

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton / Lee & Ko

Davis Polk & Wardwell - John Paton, Sarah Joy

Note Issue

$650 million

AGL

Deutsche Bank / ANZ / NAB / Commonwealth BoA

Freehills

King & Wood Mallesons

Notes Offering

$300 million

CSX

J.P. Morgan / UBS

Davis Polk & Wardwell - Rachel Kleinberg, Una Au

Shearman & Sterling

SEC-registered offering

$250 million

Westar Energy

Barclays / Mitsubishi UFJ / Wells Fargo

Davis Polk & Wardwell - Po Sit, Yuliya Epifantseva

Dewey & LeBoeuf

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