Deals of the week - September 3 2012

September 02 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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