TYPE OF DEAL |
VALUE |
ACQUIRER |
TARGET |
ADVISER TO ACQUIRER (TAX) |
ADVISER TO TARGET (TAX) |
Acquisition |
$3.3 billion |
The Carlyle Group |
Getty Images |
Debevoise & Plimpton |
Weil, Gotshal & Manges |
Joint Venture |
$1.36 billion |
BlueScope Steel |
Nippon Steel |
King & Wood Mallesons |
Clayton Utz |
Acquisition |
$600 million |
AT&T |
NextWave Wireless |
Sullivan & Cromwell |
Lowenstein Sandler |
Acquisition |
$546 million |
Royal DSM |
Ocean Nutrition Canada |
Norton Rose - Derek Chiasson |
McInnes Cooper |
Equity Financing Agreement |
$400 million |
Jefferies Group / Blackstone / GETCO / Stephens / Stifel Financial / TD Ameritrade Holding |
Knight Capital Group |
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz - Joshua Holmes |
|
Acquisition |
$389 million |
Endeavour Mining |
Avion Gold |
Stikeman Elliott - Francesco Gucciardo |
Cassels, Brock & Blackwell |
Acquisition |
$300 million |
Investcorp |
Archway Marketing Services |
Davis Polk & Wardwell - Kathleen Ferrell |
|
Acquisition |
Undisclosed |
Odyssey Investment Partners |
Pexco |
Latham & Watkins - David Raab |
|
TYPE OF DEAL |
VALUE |
ISSUER / BORROWER |
LEAD MANAGERS / ARRANGERS |
ADVISER TO ISSUER / BORROWER |
ADVISER TO LEAD MANAGERS |
Senior Notes Offering |
$1.5 billion |
Celgene |
J.P. Morgan / Merrill Lynch / Morgan Stanley |
Proskauer Rose |
Davis Polk & Wardwell - Neil Barr |
Notes Offering |
$1.5 billion |
Texas Instruments |
Citigroup / J.P. Morgan / Morgan Stanley |
Davis Polk & Wardwell - Rachel Kleinberg |
|
Acquisition Financing |
$1.25 billion |
Campbell Soup Company |
Morgan Stanley / Barclays / J.P. Morgan / BNP Paribas |
Davis Polk & Wardwell |
White & Case |
Senior Notes Offering |
$700 million |
Nuance Communications |
Barclays Capital / Morgan Stanley |
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati |
Davis Polk & Wardwell - Lucy Farr |
Notes Offering |
$500 million |
Praxair |
Credit Suisse / J.P. Morgan / Wells Fargo |
Cahill Gordon & Reindell |
Davis Polk & Wardwell - Samuel Dimon |
Senior Notes Offering |
$500 million |
Sinopec Group Overseas Development |
Goldman Sachs / Morgan Stanley / CCB International / Mizuho |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom |
Davis Polk & Wardwell - John Paton |
Medium-term Note Programme |
$399 million |
AIMS AMP Capital Industrial REIT |
United Overseas Bank / Standard Chartered |
WongPartnership |
Allen & Gledhill |
Debt Tender Offer |
$377 million |
Stanley Black & Decker |
Citigroup |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom |
Davis Polk & Wardwell |
Hybrid Notes Offer |
$366 million |
APA |
King & Wood Mallesons |
Clayton Utz |
|
Initial Public Offering |
$233 million |
Manchester United |
Jefferies & Co / Credit Suisse / J.P. Morgan / Merrill Lynch / Deutsche Bank |
Latham & Watkins |
Davis Polk & Wardwell - Neil Barr |
