Deals of the week - January 16 2012

January 16, 2012

Type of Deal	Value	Acquirer	Target	Adviser to acquirer (tax)	Adviser to target (tax)
Acquisition (50% stake)	$1.68 billion	Abraaj Capital Ltd	Acibadem Saglik Yatirimlari Holding AS	WongPartnership - Ng Wai King & Andrew Ang
Acquisition	$930 million	Raymond James Financial	Morgan Keegan & Company (Regions Financial)	Morrison & Foerster	Sullivan & Cromwell
Acquisition	$225 million	Fossil	Skagen Designs	Haynes and Boone	Fenwick & West - David Forst & Larissa Neumann
Acquisition	$133 million	Flamegold	St Patrick's Garden	WongPartnership - Tan Kay Kheng & Monica Yip	De Souza Lim & Goh - David De Souza
Type of Deal	Value	Issuer/Borrower	Lead managers/arrangers	Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax)	Adviser to lead managers (tax)
Notes Offering	$2.25 billion	Export-Import Bank of Korea	BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch, RBS,		Davis Polk & Wardwell
Senior Notes Offering	$1.55 billion	AmeriGas	Credit Suisse, J.P. Morgan, Citigroup, Wells Fargo	Shearman & Sterling / Morgan, Lewis and Bockius	Davis Polk & Wardwell - Lucy Farr & Isaac MacDonald
Rights issue	$270 million	GMG Global	DBS Bank Ltd		WongPartnership - Tok Boon Sheng

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