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 |