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Deals of the week - March 26 2012
| Type of Deal | Value | Acquirer | Target | Adviser to acquirer (tax) | Adviser to target (tax) |
| Acquisition | $6.8 billion | United Parcel Service | TNT Express | Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer - Machiel Lambooij, Job van der Pol | Allen & Overy |
| Acquisition | $6.15 billion | Glencore International | Viterra | King & Wood Mallesons - Justin Cherrington / Bennett Jones | Torys / Ashurst / Sidley Austin |
| Acquisition | $900 million | Richardson International | Viterra | Stikeman Elliott - John Lorito, Francesco Gucciardo | |
| Acquisition | $623.1 million | Omega Pharma | GSK (European portfolio of Healthcare OTC products) | Hengeler Mueller / Slaughter & May / Bonelli Erede | |
| Acquisition | $449 million | NEC | Convergys | Davis Polk & Wardwell - Avishai Shachar, Anthony Oliva | Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz - Deborah Paul, Rachel Carlton |
| Acquisition | $180 million | Zynga | OMGPOP | Cooleys | |
| Type of Deal | Value | Issuer/Borrower | Lead managers/arrangers | Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax) | Adviser to lead managers (tax) |
| Notes Offering | $2.5 billion | Rio Tinto | Citigroup / Credit Suisse / Deutsche Bank / J.P. Morgan / ANZ / Credit Agricole / Mitsubishi UFJ / SG Americas | Linklaters | Davis Polk & Wardwell - John Paton, Alon Gurfinkel |
| Notes Offering | $1.1 billion | Medtronic | Deutsche Bank / Merrill Lynch / UBS | Fredrikson & Byron | Davis Polk & Wardwell - Samuel Dimon, Juelle Gomes |
| Vendor Financing | $375 million | Telefónica | China Development Bank | White & Case / Uría Menéndez / De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek | |
| Senior Notes Offering | $300 million | AK Steel | Merrill Lynch / J.P. Morgan / Citigroup / Credit Suisse / Deutsche Bank / Wells Fargo | Davis Polk & Wardwell - Samuel Dimon, Ethan Goldman | |
| Common Units Offering | $288 million | AmeriGas | Wells Fargo / Barclays / Citigroup / Credit Suisse / Merrill Lynch / UBS | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius | Davis Polk & Wardwell - Neil Barr, Changsheng Song |
| Common Stock Offering | $145 million | XPO Logistics | Morgan Stanley / Deutsche Bank / Jefferies & Company | Cravath, Swaine & Moore | Davis Polk & Wardwell - Kathleen Ferrell, Isaac MacDonald |
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