Deals of the week - June 4 2012

June 05 2012

Type of Deal	Value	Acquirer	Target	Adviser to acquirer (tax)	Adviser to target (tax)
Acquisition	$3.08 billion	CGI Group	Logica	Sullivan & Cromwell - Michael McGowan	Freshfields
Acquisition	$900 million	Marfrig	Cargill		Lefosse
Acquisition	$600 million	Jackson National Life Insurance	Swiss Re (REALIC)	Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom	Sullivan & Cromwell
Acquisition	$220 million	AngloGold Ashanti	Kinross Gold (Crixas gold mine)	Stikeman Elliott
Spin-Off		Sears Canada	Sears Holdings Corporation	Torys	Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt / Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Type of Deal	Value	Issuer/Borrower	Lead managers/arrangers	Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax)	Adviser to lead managers (tax)
Senior Notes Offering	$1.25 billion	Covidien	BNP Paribas / Citigroup / Deutsche Bank	Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher	Davis Polk & Wardwell - Michael Mollerus
Initial Public Offering	$1.02 billion	PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund	Morgan Stanley / Citigroup / Merrill Lynch / UBS / Wells Fargo	Ropes & Gray	Davis Polk & Wardwell - Rachel Kleinberg
Notes Offering	$500 million	Energizer	Goldman Sachs / J.P. Morgan / Merrill Lynch	Bryan Cave	Davis Polk & Wardwell - Samuel Dimon
Senior Secured Notes Offering	$250 million	Momentive Performance Materials	J.P. Morgan	Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison	Davis Polk & Wardwell
Share Offer	$200 million	Ten Network	Citigroup	Freehills / Sidley Austin	King & Wood Mallesons

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