Type of Deal |
Value |
Acquirer |
Target |
Adviser to acquirer (tax) |
Adviser to target (tax) |
Merger |
$6.7 billion |
Walgreen |
Alliance Boots |
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz - Jodi Schwartz |
Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier / Simpson Thacher & Bartlett |
Acquisition |
$2.2 billion |
Vector Capital |
Quest Software |
Davis Polk & Wardwell |
Latham & Watkins |
Acquisition |
$1.1 billion |
Cabot |
Norit |
Slaughter & May / Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz / De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek |
|
Acquisition |
$404 million |
Yamana Gold |
Extorre Gold |
Cassels Brock and Blackwell |
Gowling Lafleur Henderson |
Acquisition |
$248 million |
SK Hynix |
Link_A_Media Devices |
Sullivan & Cromwell |
|
Type of Deal |
Value |
Issuer/Borrower |
Lead managers/arrangers |
Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax) |
Adviser to lead managers (tax) |
Bridge Facility |
$3.5 billion |
Walgreen |
Merrill Lynch |
Davis Polk & Wardwell - Rachel Kleinberg |
|
Senior Notes Offering |
$1 billion |
Tyson Foods |
J.P. Morgan / Merrill Lynch / Morgan Stanley / RBC |
Sidley Austin |
Davis Polk & Wardwell - Samuel Dimon |
Global Bond Offering |
$1 billion |
Export Development Canada |
Deutsche Bank / HSBC / J.P. Morgan / TD Securities |
Davis Polk & Wardwell |
|
Accelerated Renounceable Entitlement Offer |
$454 million |
Echo Entertainment Group |
Macquarie Capital |
King & Wood Mallesons - Scott Heezen |
|
