TYPE OF DEAL |
VALUE |
ACQUIRER |
TARGET |
ADVISER TO ACQUIRER (TAX) |
ADVISER TO TARGET (TAX) |
Acquisition |
$4.08 billion |
Macquarie European / Infinity Investments / British Columbia / MEAG MUNICH ERGO |
Open Grid Europe |
Hengeler Mueller - Stefanie Beinert |
|
Acquisition |
$3.9 billion |
ABB |
Thomas & Betts |
Kirkland & Ellis |
Davis Polk & Wardwell |
Acquisition |
$2.2 billion |
Agilent Technologies |
Dako (EQTV) |
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton / Kromann Reumert |
Davis Polk & Wardwell - Neil Barr / Accura |
Acquisition |
$2.2 billion |
China Guangdong Nuclear Power |
Extract Resources |
Ashurst / Stikeman Elliott / Minter Ellison |
Clayton Utz |
Acquisition |
$1.9 billion |
Bright Food |
Weetabix |
Linklaters / Stikeman Elliott |
Mills & Reeve / Weil Gotshal & Manges |
Acquisition |
$678 million |
Perron |
Centro Galleria / Centro The Glen / Centro Colonnades |
King & Wood Mallesons |
Freehills |
Acquisition |
$605 million |
Nucor |
Skyline Steel (ArcelorMittal) |
Shearman & Sterling - Doug McFadyen |
|
Acquisition |
$238 million |
China Resources Gas |
AEI China Gas |
King & Wood Mallesons |
Clifford Chance |
PIPE |
$187 million |
JP Morgan |
Technicolor |
Gide Loyrette Nouel / Latham & Watkins |
Davis Polk & Wardwell |
Acquisition |
$136 million |
Cameco |
Nukem |
Hengeler Mueller - Matthias Scheifele |
|
Acquisition |
$100 million |
Crestview Partners |
Silver Creek Oil & Gas |
Davis Polk & Wardwell - Mary Conway |
Vinson & Elkins |
Merger |
Undisclosed |
IMX Resources |
Continental Nickel |
Stikeman Elliott / Finlaysons |
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt / Corrs Chambers Westgarth |
TYPE OF DEAL |
VALUE |
ISSUER / BORROWER |
LEAD MANAGERS / ARRANGERS |
ADVISER TO ISSUER / BORROWER |
ADVISER TO LEAD MANAGERS |
Senior Notes Offering |
$1 billion |
Discovery Communications |
J.P. Morgan / Merrill Lynch |
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr |
Davis Polk & Wardwell |
Common Stock Offering |
$519 million |
SXC Health Solutions |
J.P. Morgan / Barclays |
Sidley Austin / Heenan Blaikie / Lackowicz & Hoffman |
Davis Polk & Wardwell / Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg |
Senior Notes Offering |
$500 million |
Medicis Pharmaceutical |
Deutsche Bank / J.P. Morgan |
Latham & Watkins |
Davis Polk & Wardwell - Lucy Farr |
First-Mortgage Bond Offering |
$300 million |
Westar Energy |
BNP Paribas / Citigroup / J.P. Morgan |
Davis Polk & Wardwell - Rachel Kleinberg |
Hunton & Williams |
Initial Public Offering |
$100 million |
Edwards Group |
Barclays / Goldman Sachs / Deutsche Bank |
Weil, Gotshal & Manges / Maples & Calder |
Davis Polk & Wardwell - Harry Ballan |
