Deals of the week - April 16 2012

April 15 2012

Type of Deal	Value	Acquirer	Target	Adviser to acquirer (tax)	Adviser to target (tax)
Acquisition	$10.8 billion	GDF Suez	International Power	Rothschild & Ondra	Nomura
Acquisition	$1 billion	Penn Virginia Resource	Marcellus Shale Midstream Pipeline	Vinson & Elkins / Latham & Watkins - Tim Fenn, Cheryl Coe, Victoria Louie	Thompson & Knight
Merger	$625 million	Danaher	X-Rite	Kirkland & Ellis	Winston & Strawn
Acquisition	$380 million	The Gores Group	Touch Solutions (TE Connectivity)		Davis Polk & Wardwell
Acquisition	$349 million	India Hospitality Corp	Adelie Foods Group	Grant Thornton / Travers Smith
Acquisition	$315 million	Amgen	KAI Pharmaceuticals	Sullivan & Cromwell	Latham & Watkins
Type of Deal	Value	Issuer/Borrower	Lead managers/arrangers	Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax)	Adviser to lead managers (tax)
Notes Offering	$2 billion	Vivendi	J.P. Morgan / Merrill Lynch / Citigroup		Davis Polk & Wardwell - John Paton, Sarah Joy
SEC-Registered Notes Offering	$500 million	ORIX	Morgan Stanley / Deutsche Bank / Merrill Lynch	Mitsui / Davis Polk & Wardwell - John Paton, Sarah Joy	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

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