Deals of the week - September 10 2012

September 09 2012

Type of Deal	Value	Acquirer	Target	Adviser to acquirer (tax)	Adviser to target (tax)
Acquisition	$2.6 billion	Valeant Pharmaceuticals International	Medicis Pharmaceutical	Sullivan & Cromwell - Ronald Creamer / Skadden, Arps, Meagher & Flom	Weil, Gotshal & Manges / Latham & Watkins - Nicholas DeNovio
Acquisition	$944.4 million	Weichai Power	KION	Hengeler Mueller / King & Wood Mallesons	Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer / Gleiss Lutz
Acquisition	$767.8 million	Infra-PSP Canada	Grupo Isolux Corsán		Lefosse Advogados / Linklaters
Acquisition	$300 million	OTPP	Manabi Minerais	Lefosse Advogados
Acquisition	$158.5 million	Warburg Pincus	Endurance Energy	Stikeman Elliott / Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Acquisition	$129.8 million	Twin Butte Energy	Waseca Energy		Stikeman Elliott - Julie D’Avignon
Acquisition	$116.8 million	FormFactor	Astria Semiconductor Holdings (MicroProbe)	Davis Polk & Wardwell - Rachel Kleinberg	DLA Piper
Acquisition	$95 million	Meda	Jazz Pharmaceuticals	Covington & Burling - Rob Heller
Acquisition	Undisclosed	Franchise Services of North America	Simply Wheelz	Stikeman Elliott / Edinger Associates / Paul Hastings	Sidley Austin / Blake, Cassels & Graydon
Type of Deal	Value	Issuer/Borrower	Lead managers/arrangers	Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax)	Adviser to lead managers (tax)
Initial Public Offering	$4.2 billion	Banco Santander (Grupo Financiero Santander)	Barclays / Citigroup / Credit Suisse / Goldman Sachs / JPMorgan / RBC Capital	Davis Polk & Wardwell	Shearman & Sterling

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