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Deals of the week - July 30 2012
| Type of Deal | Value | Acquirer | Target | Adviser to acquirer (tax) | Adviser to target (tax) |
| Acquisition | $15.1 billion | China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) | Nexen | Stikeman Elliott - Ron Durand, John O'Connor / Davis Polk & Wardwell | Blake, Cassels & Graydon / Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison |
| Acquisition | $3.46 billion | BC Partners / The Carlyle Group | United Technologies | Latham & Watkins | Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz |
| Acquisition | $1.7 billion | NRG Energy | GenOn Energy | Kirkland & Ellis | Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom |
| Acquisition | $974 million | Joh. A. Benckiser | Peet’s Coffee & Tea | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | Cooley |
| Merger | $900 million | DigitalGlobe | GeoEye | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | Kirkland & Ellis / Latham & Watkins |
| Acquisition | $845 million | Toyota Tsusho | CFAO | Baker & McKenzie | |
| Merger | $366 million | Verde Realty | Brookfield Asset Management | Sullivan & Cromwell - Andrew Mason, Eli Jacobson | Weil Gotshal & Manges |
| Acquisition | $356 million | Apple | AuthenTec | Weil Gotshal & Manges | Alston & Bird |
| Merger | $335 million | Universal Truckload | LINC Logistics | Latham & Watkins - John Kronsnoble | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett / Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard |
| Acquisition | Undisclosed | Sparrow | Cleary Gottlieb | Bredin Prat - Sébastien de Monès / Notari Selamme | |
| Type of Deal | Value | Issuer/Borrower | Lead managers/arrangers | Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax) | Adviser to lead managers (tax) |
| Senior Bond Offerings | $3 billion | Sumitomo Mitsui Banking | Goldman Sachs / Citigroup / Barclays / Merrill Lynch | Davis Polk & Wardwell - John Paton | |
| Notes Offering | $1 billion | FedEx | Goldman Sachs / J.P. Morgan / Merrill Lynch / Citigroup / Mizuho | Davis Polk & Wardwell - Leslie Altus | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett |
| Equity Offering | $800 million | Taesa | Merrill Lynch / BTG Pactual / Goldman Sachs / Santander / Banco do Brasil | Paul Hastings / Souza, Cescon Avedissian, Barrieu e Flesch Advogados | Davis Polk & Wardwell - Harry Ballan |
| Junior Subordinated Debentures Offering | $750 million | Stanley Black & Decker | Merrill Lynch / Morgan Stanley / UBS / Wells Fargo | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom | Davis Polk & Wardwell - Po Sit |
| Initial Public Offering | $300 million | Palo Alto Networks | Morgan Stanley / Goldman Sachs / Citigroup | Davis Polk & Wardwell - Rachel Kleinberg | |
| Common Stock Offering | $106 million | Kennedy-Wilson Holdings | Merrill Lynch / Deutsche Bank | Latham & Watkins / Kulik, Gottesman, Mouton & Siegel | Davis Polk & Wardwell - Michael Farber |
| Initial Public Offering | $105 million | KAYAK | Morgan Stanley / Deutsche Bank | Bingham McCutchen | Davis Polk & Wardwell - Michael Farber |
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