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  • November 9, 2012 |

    Herbert Smith and Slaughters drink to Diageo's £1.2bn India deal

    Herbert Smith Freehills and Slaughter and May are advising on British beverage giant Diageo's £1.2bn purchase of a 53.4% stake in Indian drinks company United Spirits. Herbert Smith is acting for United Spirits and parent company United Breweries led by City corporate partners Alan Montgomery and Roddy Martin alongside India practice chairman Chris Parsons.

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  • November 8, 2012 |

    UK duo act as Japan pharma co takes GSK-Pfizer JV stake

    Allen & Overy (A&O) and Slaughter and May are among a line-up of top law firms advising on Japanese pharma group Shionogi's purchase of a 10% stake in Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) joint venture ViiV Healthcare.

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  • November 6, 2012 |

    Energy giants among latest additions to new Legal Week reports service

    Mining, energy and utilities giants Lonmin, BHP Billiton and Royal Dutch Shell are among the latest firms to be profiled by Legal Week's new company research service, Legal Week Reports. The site, which was launched last month, now has profiles of around 60 of the most active global companies across 10 key sectors. The reports, produced by Brook Intelligence in association with Legal Week, provide a detailed overview of the key issues facing each company, including SWOT analysis, trading outlook, executive bios, recent history and financial performance.

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  • November 5, 2012 |

    JP Morgan shakes up in-house team as EMEA GC takes expanded role

    JP Morgan has restructured its global legal team, following the merger of its investment bank and treasury and securities services divisions in July. The bank made the announcements in an internal memo from firmwide general counsel Steve Cutler in August, just prior to the appointment of ex-Sullivan & Cromwell litigation and regulatory partner Stacey Friedman as GC of the newly formed corporate and investment bank division.

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  • November 3, 2012 |

    Slaughters, Sullivan and Davis Polk eye big returns from key China IPO

    Slaughter and May, Sullivan & Cromwell and Davis Polk & Wardwell have picked up lead advisory roles as the state-owned People's Insurance Company of China (PICC Group) draws closer to completing its multi-billion dollar Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO).

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  • November 1, 2012 |

    Magic circle firms lead on Xstrata's $4.5bn bond

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters are among a host of firms advising on Xstrata's $4.5bn (£2.8bn) multi-tranche 'Yankee' bond issue, which closed on 25 October.

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  • November 1, 2012 |

    DLA and A&O lead on landmark Turkey bond deal for drinks giant

    DLA Piper and Allen & Overy (A&O) have advised on a $500m (£310m) ten-year bond offering for Turkish beer and soft drinks group Anadolu Efes, in the first corporate bond of its kind in Turkey. Anadolu Efes, one of Europe's largest brewers, operates in a number of countries including Turkey, Russia and others within the CIS and Middle East.

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  • November 1, 2012 |

    Freshfields and Mishcons lead as JP Morgan sues London Whale's ex-boss

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Mishcon de Reya have lined up to advise as JP Morgan moves to sue the former boss of a trader dubbed the 'London Whale' over losses of $6bn (£3.7bn) incurred by the bank. Freshfields is advising JP Morgan led by employment co-head Caroline Stroud, with Mishcons employment partner Greg Campbell acting for the trader's former boss Javier Martin-Artajo.

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  • October 31, 2012 |

    Herbert Smith and MoFo line up on closely-watched HK$4bn pharma IPO

    Herbert Smith Freehills and Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) have both acted on the HK$3.97bn (£318m) initial public offering (IPO) of Shanghai-based Fosun Pharmaceutical Group, in one of the largest listings in the region this year. Herbert Smith advised the underwriters - UBS, China International Capital Corporation, JP Morgan Securities, Deutsche Bank, Agricultural Bank of China International and Haitong International - led by Hong Kong corporate partner Gary Lock and Asia head of US securities Kevin Roy.

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  • October 29, 2012 |

    Freshfields and Slaughters lead on Penguin Random House merger

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Slaughter and May have picked up leading roles alongside two US firms on the planned joint venture between Penguin and Random House, which will create a consumer publishing giant with combined revenues of around £2.5bn. UK media group Pearson and German rival Bertelsmann confirmed today (29 October) that they have agreed to combine their respective publishing outfits, with Random House owner Bertelsmann set to own 53% of the new Penguin Random House joint venture and Penguin parent Pearson the remaining 47% stake.

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