Deals of the week - September 3 2012

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Deals of the week - September 3 2012

Type of Deal

Value

Acquirer

Target

Adviser to acquirer (tax)

Adviser to target (tax)

Acquisition

$13.4 billion

China Telecom Corporation

CDMA network assets

Sullivan & Cromwell / Jingtian & Gongcheng / Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Acquisition

$3.7 billion

Daikin Industries

Goodman Global

Davis Polk & Wardwell - Avishai Shachar

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Acquisition

$3.7 billion

M&T

Hudson City

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Sullivan & Cromwell

Acquisition

$3.1 billion

Scotiabank

ING Direct Canada

Torys

Sullivan & Cromwell - Ronald Creamer / Norton Rose

Acquisition

$430 million

Sunovion Pharmaceuticals

Elevation Pharmaceuticals

Latham & Watkins - Laurence Stein

Acquisition

$253 million

Western Mining Group

Inter-Citic Minerals

Stikeman Elliott

Miller Thomson

Business Transfer Agreement

$200 million

Hospira

Orchid Pharma

Khaitan & Co / Baker & McKenzie

Latham & Watkins / Amarchand, Mangaldas & Co.

Acquisition

Undisclosed

GENIVAR

Smith Carter

Stikeman Elliott

Type of Deal

Value

Issuer/Borrower

Lead managers/arrangers

Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax)

Adviser to lead managers (tax)

Senior Notes Offering

$1 billion

LabCorp

Credit Suisse / Merrill Lynch

Hogan Lovells

Davis Polk & Wardwell - Michael Farber

PERLS VI Hybrid

$770 million

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Morgan Stanley / ANZ Securities / Goldman Sachs / Macquarie Capital / RBS / Westpac

Freehills

King & Wood Mallesons

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