Deals of the week - June 25 2012
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Deals of the week - June 25 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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