Deals of the week - January 30 2012

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Deals of the week - 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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