Deals of the week - June 25 2012

June 24, 2012

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

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