Deals of the week - January 9 2012

January 09 2012

Type of Deal	Value	Acquirer	Target	Adviser to acquirer (tax)	Adviser to target (tax)
Acquisition	$2.5 billion	Bristol-Myers Squibb	Inhibitex	Kirkland & Ellis	Dechert
Joint Venture	$2.3 billion	Total	Chesapeake Energy	Fulbright & Jaworski - Robert Phillpott	C. Ray Lees
Acquisition	$900 million	Sinopec	Devon Energy	Fulbright & Jaworski	Vinson & Elkins - Thomas Crichton
Acquisition	$400 million	B/E Aerospace	UFC Aerospace	Shearman & Sterling	Schulz & Associates
Joint Venture	$258 million	Smith & Nephew	Essex Woodlands	Davis Polk & Wardwell - Adam Perry, Michael Bretholz	Reed Smith - Patrick Rice
Acquisition	$162 million	Four Russian private investors	Europa Media Group	Clifford Chance	Bredin Prat - Sébastien de Monès, Timur Celik

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