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  • April 18, 2007 |

    Commentary: A&O's LBO team finds bank balance strangely hard to find

    Where does Allen & Overy's (A&O's) notoriously bank-led leveraged finance practice stand? After all, the criticism articulated of the firm's sponsor-light practice when Kohlberg Kravis Roberts relationship partner Tony Keal quit for Simpson Thacher & Bartlett was damaging back in 2005. Two years down the line, with the negotiating power of private equity borrowers growing seemingly by the week, the question of how A&O's most influential team has adapted to the market is all the more pertinent.

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  • April 18, 2007 |

    Ashurst, CC lead on record-breaking CityPoint disposal

    Ashurst and Clifford Chance (CC) have bagged lead roles on London's largest-ever office deal - advising on Beacon Capital Partners' acquisition of CityPoint for more than £650m.

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  • April 18, 2007 |

    US Top 50/New York: The bigger picture

    Legal Week's top 50 US results show plenty of firms excelling in 2006. But, finds Paul Hodkinson, there is nervousness behind the numbers

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  • April 16, 2007 |

    Manhattan elite scoop $25bn Sallie Mae buy-out

    Elite New York firms Sullivan & Cromwell, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and Davis Polk & Wardwell have picked up the lead roles on the US' latest multibillion-dollar buy-out. An investment group headed by JC Flowers & Co has stumped up $25bn (£12.6bn) to acquire Sallie Mae, the largest student loan-provider in the US.

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  • April 4, 2007 |

    Simpson Thacher takes First Data private

    US trio Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Sidley Austin and Sullivan & Cromwell are advising on the latest mega buy-out in the US, the $29bn (£15m) take private of credit card processing group First Data. Simpson Thacher is advising private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) on its bid, which is expected to be completed by the end of the third quarter. Sidley is acting for the target and Sullivan is advising the company's independent directors.

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  • April 3, 2007 |

    US trio bag $29bn First Data buy-out

    US trio Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Sidley Austin and Sullivan & Cromwell have bagged plum roles on the latest multibillion-dollar buy-out as credit card processing group First Data is taken private for $29bn (£15bn). Simpson Thacher is advising private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) on its bid for the group, which is expected to be completed by the end of the third quarter. New York corporate partners Gary Horowitz, Sean Rodgers and James Cross are leading the Simpson Thacher team.

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  • March 28, 2007 |

    US giants dominate M&A rankings as European market falls from 2006 high

    A raft of US firms have topped the global M&A tables for the first quarter of 2007. New York firms Sullivan & Cromwell and Davis Polk & Wardwell led the field of advisers by total value of transactions over the three-month period, while Latham & Watkins and Jones Day finished top of the volume rankings.

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  • March 28, 2007 |

    Deals: Finance 29/03/2007

    - Osborne Clarke (OC) has advised support services company MITIE on its arrangement of a £150m revolving credit facility with a club of banks including Barclays, Lloyds TSB, Royal Bank of Scotland and co-ordinated by HSBC. Banking partner Omar Al-Nuaimi and associate Lucy Walker led the team at OC. Allen & Overy finance partner Simon Roberts and associate Nayna Ahmed advised the banks.

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  • March 28, 2007 |

    Through the looking glass with leveraged finance

    Those searching for a better example of the current through-the-looking-glass mood of the European leveraged finance market won’t find a better example…

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  • March 26, 2007 |

    Manhattan elite dominate Q1 deal rankings

    Elite New York firms Sullivan & Cromwell and Davis Polk & Wardwell have stormed to the top of preliminary global M&A tables for the first quarter of 2007. Sullivan topped the table, acting on 33 deals worth a combined $162.9bn (£83bn), while Manhattan rival Davis Polk acted on 28 deals worth $149.4bn (£76.2bn), according to figures from Mergermarket.

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