TYPE OF DEAL |
VALUE |
ACQUIRER |
TARGET |
ADVISER TO ACQUIRER (TAX) |
ADVISER TO TARGET (TAX) |
Merger |
$27.9 billion |
Bpifrance |
French State / Caisse des Dépôts |
Jones Day |
BDGS / Bredin Prat - Yves Rutschmann |
Acquisition |
$10.7 billion |
Telefonica |
E-Plus |
McDermott Will & Emery |
Allen & Overy |
Acquisition |
$5.83 billion |
Activision Blizzard |
Vivendi |
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz - Jodi Schwartz / Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom |
|
Acquisition |
$3.75 billion |
Fieldwood Energy |
Apache Corporation |
Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett / Vinson & Elkins |
Bracewell & Giuliani - Elizabeth McGinley |
Acquisition |
$2.7 billion |
Cisco Systems |
Sourcefire |
Fenwick & West - Ron Schrotenboer |
Morrison & Foerster |
Acquisition |
$2.34 billion |
ASAC II |
Vivendi |
Sullivan & Cromwell - Diana Wollman, David Passey |
|
Acquisition |
$2.3 billion |
PacWest Bancorp |
CapitalSource |
Sullivan & Cromwell - Ronald Creamer |
Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz |
Merger |
$1.85 billion |
Ambuja Cements |
Holcim India |
Amarchand & Mangaldas |
Homburger |
Acquisition |
$1.3 billion |
Spartan Stores |
Nash Finch |
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius |
Acquisition |
$1.22 billion |
Funke Mediengruppe |
Axel Springer |
Linklaters |
Hengeler Mueller |
Acquisition |
$1.2 billion |
Davis + Henderson Corporation |
Harland Financial Solutions |
Stikeman Elliott |
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison |
Acquisition |
$575 million |
Hanesbrands |
Maidenform Brands |
Davis Polk & Wardwell - Neil Barr |
|
Acquisition |
$345 million |
FMC Corporation |
Epax |
BA-HR / Weil, Gotshal & Manges - Jared Rusman |
|
Acquisition |
Undisclosed |
AVIC |
Thielert |
Noerr - Michaela Engel |
|
Acquisition |
Undisclosed |
Dropbox |
Endorse Corporation |
Fenwick & West - Adam Halpern, Larissa Neumann |
|
Merger |
Undisclosed |
Omnicom Group |
Publicis Groupe |
Latham & Watkins |
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz - Deborah Paul |
Acquisition |
Undisclosed |
TowerBrook Capital Partners |
Metallum Holding |
Kirkland & Ellis - Ian Taplin / Bredin Prat |
Allen & Overy |
TYPE OF DEAL |
VALUE |
ISSUER / BORROWER |
LEAD MANAGERS / ARRANGERS |
ADVISER TO ISSUER / BORROWER |
ADVISER TO LEAD MANAGERS |
Private Placement |
$877.1 million |
Zodiac Aerospace |
Bredin Prat / Hengeler Mueller |
Herbert Smith |
|
Acquisition Financing |
$735 million |
Crestview Partners |
Credit Suisse / BMO Capital Markets |
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison |
Davis Polk & Wardwell - Kathleen Ferrell |
Notes Reopening |
$225 million |
Harbinger Group |
Credit Suisse / Deutsche Bank / Jefferies |
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison |
Davis Polk & Wardwell - Samuel Dimon, Michael Farber |
Acquisition Financing |
$195 million |
XPO Logistics |
Credit Suisse |
Ackerman Senterfitt / Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz |
Davis Polk & Wardwell |
