Deals of the week - December 2 2013

December 02 2013

Type of Deal	Value	Acquirer	Target	Adviser to acquirer (tax)	Adviser to target (tax)
Acquisition	$1.1 billion	Permira Funds	Atrium Innovations	Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom - Katherine Bristor, Brian Krause
Acquisition	Undisclosed	Yucaipa	Fresh & Easy (Tesco)		Davis Polk & Wardwell - Kathleen Ferrell
Acquisition	Undisclosed	KKR	Gland Pharma Limited	Amarchand & Mangaldas; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, EY	EY; KPMG
Acquisition/stake sale	Undisclosed	Religare	Religare Macquarie Wealth Management (Macquarie Group)	Vaish Associates	Amarchand & Mangaldas

Type of Deal	Value	Issuer/Borrower	Lead managers/arrangers	Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax)	Adviser to lead managers (tax)
Convertible notes offering	$1.25 billion	Yahoo!	JP Morgan Securities; Goldman, Sachs		Davis Polk & Wardwell - Rachel Kleinberg, Catherine Paskoff Chang, Vinay Prabhakar
SEC-registered notes offering	$350 million	Aon	Morgan Stanley; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith; Deutsche Bank; JP Morgan		Davis Polk & Wardwell - Samuel Dimon, Jonathan Cooklin
Common stock offering	$90 million	Cardiovascular Systems	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith	Fredrikson & Byron	Davis Polk & Wardwell - Rachel Kleinberg, Catherine Paskoff Chang

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