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Deals of the week - November 18 2013
| Type of Deal | Value | Acquirer | Target | Adviser to acquirer (tax) | Adviser to target (tax) |
| Acquisition | $732 million | Deutsche Telekom | GTS Central Europe Group | Noerr | |
| Acquisition | $284 million | Essilor International | Costa Inc | Weil Gotshal & Manges - Chayim Neubort, Eric Remijan | |
| Sale of majority stake | Undisclosed | EQT | BackWerk | Hengeler Mueller - Martin Klein | |
| Type of Deal | Value | Issuer/Borrower | Lead managers/arrangers | Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax) | Adviser to lead managers (tax) |
| Loan refinancing facility | $872 million | Blackboard Inc | Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith; Deutsche Bank Securities; Morgan Stanley | Weil Gotshal & Manges | Davis Polk & Wardwell |
| Notes offering | $500 million | General Mills | Barclays Bank; Deutsche Bank; Merrill lynch International | Dorsey & Whitney | Davis Polk & Wardwell - Lucy Farr, Vinay Prabhakar |
| Secondary offering | $467.5 million | CST Brands (Valero Energy Corporation) | Citigroup Global Markets | Baker Botts; Jackson Walker | Davis Polk & Wardwell - Michael Farber, Neil Barr |
| Secondary offering | $365 million | US Silica Holdings | Morgan Stanley | Kirkland & Ellis | Davis Polk & Wardwell - Kathleen Ferrell, Nicole Field |
| Loan B credit facility | $320 million | Northeast Wind Capital II | BNP Paribas; CIT Finance; Goldman Sachs; Union Bank | Davis Polk & Wardwell - Samuel Dimon, Ankur Dalal | Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy |
| Bonds offering | $250 million | Kentucky Utilities | BNP Paribas; Citigroup; Goldman Sachs; Mitsubishi UFJ Securities | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman | Davis Polk & Wardwell - Samuel Dimon, Anthony Oliva |
| Initial public offering | $187.5 million | Chegg | JP Morgan Securities; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith | Fenwick & West | Davis Polk & Wardwell - Rachel Kleinberg, Catherine Paskoff Chang |
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