Deals of the week - January 30 2012

January 30 2012

Type of Deal	Value	Acquirer	Target	Adviser to acquirer (tax)	Adviser to target (tax)
Acquisition	$3.94 billion	TonenGeneral	ExxonMobil	Nishimura & Asahi
Acquisition	$3.9 billion	ABB	Thomas & Betts	Kirkland & Ellis	Davis Polk & Wardwell
Acquisition	$1.5 billion	Pan American Silver	Minefinders	Borden Ladner Gervais / Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom	Stikeman Elliot - Dean Kraus, Jonathan Willson, John O’Connor
Acquisition	$1.16 billion	Amgen	Micromet	Sullivan & Cromwell - Ronald Creamer	Cooley
Acquisition	$1.15 billion	Bosch	SPX	Dorsey & Whitney	Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
Acquisition	$350 million	Celgene	Avila Therapeutics	Dechert
Type of Deal	Value	Issuer/Borrower	Lead managers/arrangers	Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax)	Adviser to lead managers (tax)
Establishment of debt issuance platform	$3.7 billion	Associated British Ports	Barclays / Bank of America Merrill Lynch / Lloyds / RBS	Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer	Clifford Chance
Senior unsecured bridge loan facility	$3.5 billion	Eastman Chemical Company	Citigroup / Barclays	Jones Day	Davis Polk & Wardwell
Tier 1 Offering	$1 billion	Banco do Brasil	BB Securities / BNP Paribas Securities / Citigroup / HSBC Securities / Standard Chartered	Clifford Chance / Campos Mello Advogados / Ogier	Davis Polk & Wardwell - Po Sit, Michael Bretholz

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