Type of Deal |
Value |
Acquirer |
Target |
Adviser to acquirer (tax) |
Adviser to target (tax) |
Acquisition |
$732 million |
Deutsche Telekom |
GTS Central Europe Group |
Noerr |
|
Acquisition |
$284 million |
Essilor International |
Costa Inc |
Weil Gotshal & Manges - Chayim Neubort, Eric Remijan |
|
Sale of majority stake |
Undisclosed |
EQT |
BackWerk |
Hengeler Mueller - Martin Klein |
|
Type of Deal |
Value |
Issuer/Borrower |
Lead managers/arrangers |
Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax) |
Adviser to lead managers (tax) |
Loan refinancing facility |
$872 million |
Blackboard Inc |
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith; Deutsche Bank Securities; Morgan Stanley |
Weil Gotshal & Manges |
Davis Polk & Wardwell |
Notes offering |
$500 million |
General Mills |
Barclays Bank; Deutsche Bank; Merrill lynch International |
Dorsey & Whitney |
Davis Polk & Wardwell - Lucy Farr, Vinay Prabhakar |
Secondary offering |
$467.5 million |
CST Brands (Valero Energy Corporation) |
Citigroup Global Markets |
Baker Botts; Jackson Walker |
Davis Polk & Wardwell - Michael Farber, Neil Barr |
Secondary offering |
$365 million |
US Silica Holdings |
Morgan Stanley |
Kirkland & Ellis |
Davis Polk & Wardwell - Kathleen Ferrell, Nicole Field |
Loan B credit facility |
$320 million |
Northeast Wind Capital II |
BNP Paribas; CIT Finance; Goldman Sachs; Union Bank |
Davis Polk & Wardwell - Samuel Dimon, Ankur Dalal |
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy |
Bonds offering |
$250 million |
Kentucky Utilities |
BNP Paribas; Citigroup; Goldman Sachs; Mitsubishi UFJ Securities |
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman |
Davis Polk & Wardwell - Samuel Dimon, Anthony Oliva |
Initial public offering |
$187.5 million |
Chegg |
JP Morgan Securities; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith |
Fenwick & West |
Davis Polk & Wardwell - Rachel Kleinberg, Catherine Paskoff Chang |
Deals of the week - November 18 2013
