Deals of the week - April 19 2011

Deals of the week - April 19 2011

Type of Deal

Value

Acquirer

Target

Adviser to acquirer (tax)

Adviser to target (tax)

Acquisition

$4.1 billion

Silgan Holdings Inc

Graham Packaging Company Inc

JP Morgan; Davis Polk & Wardwell

Acquisition

$446 million

ContourGlobal

Gas Natural (Arrubal La Rioja)

Uría Menéndez - Guillermo Canalejo

Clifford Chance - Barcelona office

Acquisition financing

$335 million

The Priory Group

Craegmoor Group Limited

Shearman & Sterling - Iain Scoon, Bernie Pistillo, Shiu-Kay Hung, James Leslie

Acquisition

Undisclosed

EDF

EDF Energies Nouvelles

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Linklaters

Type of Deal

Value

Issuer/Borrower

Lead managers/arrangers

Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax)

Adviser to lead managers (tax)

SEC-registered common stock offering

$335 million

Catalyst Health Solutions

Goldman, Sachs & Co; Citigroup Global Markets Inc

Latham & Watkins

Davis Polk & Wardwell - Neil Barr, Patrick Sigmon, Lauren Murphey

Debt tender offers

$277.6 million

El Paso Corporation

RBC Capital Markets, Societe Generale

Davis Polk & Wardwell - Po Sit, Niya Tang

SEC-registered offering

$250 million

Hormel Foods Corporation

JP Morgan Securities; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

Davis Polk & Wardwell - Michael Farber, Catherine Tennant

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