Deals of the week - October 26 2010

Deals of the week - October 26 2010

Type of Deal

Value

Acquirer

Target

Adviser to acquirer (tax)

Adviser to target (tax)

Acquisition

$3.1 billion

Ventas

Real estate assets of privately-owned Atria Senior Living Group

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Joshua Holmes, David M Einhorn & Michael Sabbah

Acquisition

$315 million

Cadence

Denali Software

Fenwick & West Ron Schrotenboer, Tim Fitzgibbon, Natalie Pardo de Zela & Zachery Jones

Acquisition

$14 million

Natus

Medix

Fenwick & West Timothy Fitzgibbon & Natalie Pardo de Zela

Type of Deal

Value

Issuer/Borrower

Lead managers/arrangers

Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax)

Adviser to lead managers (tax)

Bond offering

$2.75 billion

Qatar Telecom

Barclays Bank, Deutsche Bank (London Branch), Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Qatar National Bank, The Royal Bank of Scotland & Standard Chartered Bank

Latham & Watkins



If you would like to raise the profile of your firm, please send deal information to Salman Shaheen (sshaheen@euromoneyplc.com).

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