Deals of the week - December 2 2013

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Deals of the week - December 2 2013

Type of Deal

Value

Acquirer

Target

Adviser to acquirer (tax)

Adviser to target (tax)

Acquisition

$1.1 billion

Permira Funds

Atrium Innovations

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom - Katherine Bristor, Brian Krause

Acquisition

Undisclosed

Yucaipa

Fresh & Easy (Tesco)

Davis Polk & Wardwell - Kathleen Ferrell

Acquisition

Undisclosed

KKR

Gland Pharma Limited

Amarchand & Mangaldas; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, EY

EY; KPMG

Acquisition/stake sale

Undisclosed

Religare

Religare Macquarie Wealth Management (Macquarie Group)

Vaish Associates

Amarchand & Mangaldas

Type of Deal

Value

Issuer/Borrower

Lead managers/arrangers

Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax)

Adviser to lead managers (tax)

Convertible notes offering

$1.25 billion

Yahoo!

JP Morgan Securities; Goldman, Sachs

Davis Polk & Wardwell - Rachel Kleinberg, Catherine Paskoff Chang, Vinay Prabhakar

SEC-registered notes offering

$350 million

Aon

Morgan Stanley; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith; Deutsche Bank; JP Morgan

Davis Polk & Wardwell - Samuel Dimon, Jonathan Cooklin

Common stock offering

$90 million

Cardiovascular Systems

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

Fredrikson & Byron

Davis Polk & Wardwell - Rachel Kleinberg, Catherine Paskoff Chang

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