DealFolio Digest 16 - 30 Apr 2015

DealFolio Digest April 16 – 30 2015

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Organised Insight into Lawyers’ Client Work

•  DealFolio Digest for the second half of April 2015, with information on law firm client work in the following practice areas:

–  Corporate and M&A –  Debt Capital Markets –  Equity Capital Markets –  Infrastructure and Project Finance, –  International Finance and Bank Credit –  Real Estate and –  Restructuring.

•  Highlights include Allen & Overy, Slaughter and May and Linklaters advising on the purchase of Virgin Active by Brait and Clifford Chance advising on a landmark sovereign sukuk by The Government of Malaysia.

•  Please refer to the index on slide 95 for deals classified by industry.

•  Full information available at www.legaldealfolio.com.

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•  Infrastructure and Project Finance –  Project Finance…………………….…………..72 –  Transfer of Project Assets………….…………73

•  International Finance and Bank Credit –  Acquisition Finance……………………….….75 –  Real Estate Finance……….……………….….78 –  Syndicated and Bilateral Loans……….…….80

•  Real Estate –  Real Estate Acquisitions and Disposals……87 –  Real Estate Development…………….……...92

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•  Corporate and M&A –  Financial Buyer Acquisitions…………………5 –  Joint Ventures………..……………………… 18 –  Mergers………………………………………..21 –  Strategic Buyer Acquisitions………………...23

•  Debt Capital Markets –  Bond Repurchase and Exchange Schemes…34 –  Corporate Bonds……………………………...35 –  Islamic Finance………………………….…….54 –  Retail Bonds……………………………….…..55 –  Securitisation and Structured Finance….…..56 –  Sovereign and Public Sector Bonds…….…...58

•  Equity Capital Markets –  Initial Public Offerings…………………….…60 –  Rights Issues…………………..………………64 –  Secondary Offerings and Placings………..…66

Table of Contents

Corporate and M&A

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Allen & Overy Virgin Active - Purchase of 80% Stake by Brait

Financial Buyer Acquisitions – Secondary Buy-Out Travel & Leisure

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Andrew Ballheimer

Taylor Wessing WHEB Partners Leveraged Buy-Out of Dolan/European Carbon Fiber

Financial Buyer Acquisitions – Primary Buy-Out Chemicals

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Peter Hellich

Slaughter and May Virgin Group Sale of Virgin Active Stake to Brait


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Mark Zerdin

Linklaters Brait Purchase of Stake in Virgin Active


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Stuart Boyd

Cravath ThyssenKrupp AG Sale of VDM Group to Lindsay Goldberg LLC


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Richard Hall

Simpson Thacher Snow Phipps Group, LLC Sale of Boyd Corporation

Financial Buyer Acquisitions – Secondary Buy-Out Industrial Engineering

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Andrew W Smith

Simpson Thacher New Mountain Capital Sale of Equity Portion in AmWINS

Financial Buyer Acquisitions – Minority Investment Nonlife Insurance

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Peter J Gordon

Davis Polk Metalmark Capital Investment in Kissner Milling Company Limited


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Michael S Davis

Watson Farley & Williams Redbird Investments Unconditional Offer for Baobab Resources

Financial Buyer Acquisitions – Primary Buy-Out Mining

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Jan Mellmann

Shearman & Sterling Francisco Partners Proposed Acquisition of Procera Networks

Financial Buyer Acquisitions – Primary Buy-Out Software & Computer Services

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Michael J Kennedy

DLA Piper Sale of The Atlanta Hawks to Consortium

Financial Buyer Acquisitions – Primary Buy-Out Travel & Leisure

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Charles H Baker

Debevoise & Plimpton Sale of DE Shaw Group Equity Interest to Hillspire LLC

Financial Buyer Acquisitions – Minority Investment Financial Services

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Michael J Gillespie

Davis Polk Perfect World/Yufeng Chi Going-Private Transaction

Financial Buyer Acquisitions – Secondary Buy-Out Software & Computer Services

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Miranda So

Simpson Thacher Abengoa, S.A. Latin American JV with EIG Global Energy Partners

Joint Ventures – Continuing Business Partnership Electricity

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David L Williams

Trowers & Hamlins Breckland Council and Land Group - Breckland Bridge Joint Venture

Joint Ventures – Consortium Public Sector

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Helen Randall

DLA Piper Coolpad Group Joint Venture with Qihoo 360

Joint Ventures – Continuing Business Partnership Software & Computer Services

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Mike Suen

Slaughter and May Santander Asset Management/Pioneer Investments Europe/LatAm Merger

Mergers Financial Services

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Mark Zerdin

Davis Polk Banco Santander - Santander AM/Pioneer Investments Merger

Mergers Financial Services

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Luigi De Ghenghi

Davis Polk BBVA Acquisition of Spring Studio

Strategic Buyer Acquisitions – Private Company Financial Services

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William L Taylor

Cahill Murray Energy Corporation Acquisition of Interest in Foresight Energy

Strategic Buyer Acquisitions – Private Company Oil & Gas Producers

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William M Hartnett

Slaughter and May China Orient Asset Management - Offer for Shanghai Zendai Property

Strategic Buyer Acquisitions – Public Company Recommended Offer Construction & Materials

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Neil Hyman

Clifford Chance Willis Group Holdings Firm Offer for Gras Savoye

Strategic Buyer Acquisitions – Private Company Nonlife Insurance

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Thierry Schoen

Slaughter and May China Resources Acquisition of CRE Non-Beer Business

Strategic Buyer Acquisitions – Public Company Recommended Offer General Retailers

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Benita Yu

Travers Smith Sale of Pace plc to ARRIS Group

Strategic Buyer Acquisitions – Public Company Recommended Offer Media

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Spencer Summerfield

Latham & Watkins Amer International Group Investment in General Moly, Inc

Strategic Buyer Acquisitions – Private Company Mining

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Allen Wang

Herbert Smith Freehills ARRIS Group, Inc Takeover of Pace plc

Strategic Buyer Acquisitions – Public Company Recommended Offer Media

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Gavin Davies

Davis Polk MasterCard Acquisition of of Applied Predictive Technologies

Strategic Buyer Acquisitions – Private Company Financial Services

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William H Aaronson

DLA Piper ProSiebenSat.1 Media Acquisition of Stake in Sonoma Internet

Strategic Buyer Acquisitions – Private Company Media

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Florian Hirschmann

Debt Capital Markets

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Davis Polk Sunac China Holdings Limited Consent Solicitation

Bond Repurchase and Exchange Schemes – Repurchase Offers Real Estate Investment & Services

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William F Barron

Cahill Norbord Inc Offering of Senior Secured Notes due 2023

Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Construction & Materials

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James J Clark

Dentons Faurecia Issuance of Senior Notes due 2022

Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Automobiles & Parts

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Philippe Max

Shearman & Sterling Petroleos Mexicanos Dual Tranche Securities Offering

Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Oil & Gas Producers

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Stuart K Fleischmann

Cravath Taylor Morrison Communities High-Yield Senior Debt Offering

Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Household Goods & Home Construction

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William J Whelan III

Cahill WaveDivision Holdings Offering of Senior Notes due 2020

Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Fixed Line Communications

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Stuart Downing

Ashurst STADA Arzneimittel AG Issuance of Bonds due 2022

Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology

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Tobias Krug

Cahill Charter Communications Senior Notes due 2023, due 2025, due 2027

Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Media

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William M Hartnett

Davis Polk CSX Corporation Registered Offering of Senior Notes due 2050

Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Industrial Transportation

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Richard D Truesdell Jr

Davis Polk Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Colombia Subordinated Notes due 2025

Corporate Bonds – Subordinated Debt Banks

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Maurice Blanco

Slaughter and May International Personal Finance plc Consolidated Senior Notes Issuance

Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Financial Services

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Mark Dwyer

Slaughter and May Standard Chartered PLC Notes due 2018, due 2020, due 2025

Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Banks

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Nilufer von Bismarck

White & Case Air France-KLM Issuance of Perpetual Subordinated Bonds - Tap Issuance

Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Travel & Leisure

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Cenzi Gargaro

Shearman & Sterling Orange Switzerland Issuance of Senior Notes due 2022, due 2023

Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Mobile Telecommunications

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Apostolos Gkoutzinis

Davis Polk General Mills Issuance of Notes due 2023, due 2027

Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Food Producers

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John B Meade

Simpson Thacher United Group Issuance of Senior Secured Notes due 2020

Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Media

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Nicholas J Shaw

Simpson Thacher Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction Co - KEXIM Guaranteed Notes due 2020

Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Construction & Materials

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Youngjin Sohn

Cahill Carrols Restaurant Group Senior Second Lien Notes due 2022


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James J Clark

Simpson Thacher Blackstone Holdings Finance Issuance of Senior Notes due 2045


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Joshua Ford Bonnie

Simpson Thacher Credit Suisse - Orange Switzerland Senior Notes Offering

Corporate Bonds – Senior Debt Mobile Telecommunications

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Nicholas J Shaw

Clifford Chance The Government of Malaysia Dual Tranche Sukuk Issuance

Islamic Finance Bonds and Sukuk Public Sector and Sovereign

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Qudeer Latif

White & Case Republic of Italy - BTP Italia Retail Offering

Retail Bonds Public Sector and Sovereign

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Paola Leocani

Davis Polk Ingram Micro Inc - Account Receivable-Backed Funding Programme

Securitisation and Structured Finance Technology Hardware & Equipment

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Meyer C Dworkin

Linklaters RBS - UK Real Estate Backed Financing for German Bank

Securitisation and Structured Finance Banks

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Andy Vickery

Simpson Thacher The Export-Import Bank of Korea Floating Rates due 2016

Sovereign and Public Sector Bonds – Development and Export Banks Banks

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Youngjin Sohn

Equity Capital Markets

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Davis Polk Etsy, Inc NASDAQ Initial Public Offering

Initial Public Offerings – NASDAQ General Retailers

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Sarah K Solum

Davis Polk Virtu Financial NASDAQ Initial Public Offering

Initial Public Offerings – NASDAQ Financial Services

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Michael Kaplan

Latham & Watkins The Government of Pakistan - Sale of Habib Bank Stake

Initial Public Offerings Banks

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Nomaan A Raja

Ashurst Fondul Proprietatea SA Admission to Trading on AIM

Initial Public Offerings - LSE Main Exchange Equity Investment Instruments

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Jonathan Parry

Clifford Chance Serco Group plc - Fully Underwritten Rights Issue

Rights Issues Support Services

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Patrick Sarch

Davis Polk Telefonica SEC-Registered Underwritten Rights Offering

Rights Issues Mobile Telecommunications

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Michael J Willisch

Simpson Thacher Blackstone Mortgage Trust Offering of Class A Common Stock

Secondary Offerings and Placings Real Estate Investment Trusts

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Andrew W Keller

Simmons & Simmons JP Morgan Cazenove/Numis - The Unite Group plc Placing of Shares

Secondary Offerings and Placings Support Services

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Chris Horton

Davis Polk CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Limited Placement of Shares

Secondary Offerings and Placings Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology

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Paul Chow

Simpson Thacher Nielsen NV Secondary Offering of Common Stock

Secondary Offerings and Placings Media

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Joseph H Kaufman

Slaughter and May SVG Capital plc - Return of Capital via Tender Offer

Secondary Offerings and Placings Financial Services

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Robin Ogle

Infrastructure and Project Finance

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Watson, Farley & Williams Financing for 60MW Wind Farm, Silute, Lithuania

Project Finance – Renewable Energy (Wind Farms) Alternative Energy

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Stefan Kilgus

Clifford Chance Abertis Infraestructuras Sale of Desarrollo de Concesiones Aeroportuarias

Transfer of Project Assets – Airport Assets Travel & Leisure

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Joel Ziff

International Finance and Bank Credit

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Simpson Thacher Financing for ARRIS Group Acquisition of Pace

Acquisition Finance – Public Company Acquisition Media

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Euan Gorrie

Davis Polk Goldman Sachs - Mylan Proposal to Acquire Perrigo Company

Acquisition Finance – Public Company Acquisition Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology

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Jason Kyrwood

Davis Polk Financing for XPO Logistics Acquisition of Norbert Dentressangle

Acquisition Finance – Private Company Acquisition Industrial Transportation

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Jason Kyrwood

Ashurst Cerberus Capital Management Refinancing of Metro Property Portfolio

Real Estate Finance – Shopping Centres and Retail General Retailers

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Stephan Kock

DLA Piper Aareal Financing for NorthStar Realty European Portfolio Purchase

Real Estate Finance – Office Real Estate Investment Trusts

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Helen Dyer

Clifford Chance Serco Group plc - Refinancing Revolving Credit Facility

Syndicated and Bilateral Loans – Syndicated Loans Support Services

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Steven Fox

Cahill Endemol Shine Group - Term Loan Facilities

Syndicated and Bilateral Loans – Syndicated Loans Media

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Jonathan J Frankel

Cravath JP Morgan - NBA League-Wide Revolving Credit Facility

Syndicated and Bilateral Loans – Syndicated Loans Travel & Leisure

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B Robbins Kiessling

Trowers & Hamlins Financing for Triangle Investments Purchase of the New Oxford Street Estate

Syndicated and Bilateral Loans – Syndicated Loans Real Estate Investment & Services

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Sarah Gooden

Simpson Thacher JP Morgan - Term Loan Facility for Financing for Coty Inc

Syndicated and Bilateral Loans – Syndicated Loans Personal Goods

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James T Knight

DLA Piper Altus Group Limited Amended and Expanded Revolving Credit Facility

Syndicated and Bilateral Loans – Syndicated Loans Support Services

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Eric Belli-Bivar

Real Estate

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Clifford Chance IVG Institutional Funds Acquisition of Eurotower, Frankfurt

Real Estate Acquisitions and Disposals – Office Real Estate Investment & Services

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Christian Kellich

Linklaters Brookfield Property Partners Acquisition of Unitech Indian Portfolio

Real Estate Acquisitions and Disposals Real Estate Investment & Services

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Narayan Iyer

Ashurst RFR Holding Acquisition of Kurfurstendamm 28, Berlin

Real Estate Acquisitions and Disposals - Office Real Estate Investment & Services

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Liane Muschter

Fladgate Sale of Hoole Hall Hotel and Spa, Chester

Real Estate Acquisitions and Disposals - Hotels Travel & Leisure

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Julian Lewis

Simpson Thacher Blackstone Real Estate Partners Acquisition of UK Logistics Assets

Real Estate Acquisitions and Disposals - Warehouses Real Estate Investment & Services

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Wheatly MacNamara

Dentons Aventicum Capital Management Purchase of the Mozaika Mokotow and sPlace, Warsaw

Real Estate Development Real Estate Investment & Services

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Tomasz Stasiak

Linklaters AustralianSuper Acquisition of Interest in King's Cross Project, London

Real Estate Development – Mixed Use Real Estate Investment & Services

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Mike Bienenfeld

Dentons John Lewis Partnership Redevelopment of Clearings Site, Chelsea

Real Estate Development – Shopping Centre Real Estate Investment & Services

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Richard Budge

•  Alternative Energy…………………………………..72 Automobiles & Parts………………………………36 Banks………………………………….43, 45, 57, 58, 62

•  Chemicals………………………………………….6, 12 •  Construction & Materials…………………..25, 35 , 50 •  Electricity……………………………………………..18 •  Equity Investment Instruments…………………….63 •  Financial Services………., 21, 22, 23, 31, 44, 52, 61,70 •  Fixed Line Telecommunications……….…………...39 •  Food Producers………………………………………48 •  General Industrials…...……………………………….9 •  General Retailers……………….……………27, 60, 78 •  Household Goods & Home Construction………...38 •  Industrial Engineering………………………...…….10 •  Industrial Transportation……………………….42, 77

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•  Media……………..……….28, 30, 32, 41, 49, 69, 75, 81 •  Mining ……………………………………………13, 29 •  Mobile Telecommunications………………..47, 53, 65 •  Nonlife Insurance…………………..……………11, 26 •  Oil & Gas Producers.…………………………… 24, 37 •  Personal Goods……………………………………....84 •  Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology.……....40, 68, 76 •  Public Sector…………………………….……19, 54, 55 •  Real Estate Invest./Services.,,34, 83, 87, 88, 89, 91-94 •  Real Estate Investment Trusts……….………....66, 79 •  Software & Computer Services…………….14, 17, 20 •  Support Services…………………………64, 67, 80, 85 •  Technology Hardware & Equipment…….….…….56 •  Travel & Leisure……....…5, 7, 8, 15, 46, 51, 73, 82, 90

Index by Industry

DealFolio Digest 16 - 30 Apr 2015

Law

strategic buyer acquisitions

real estate finance

international finance

islamic finance

structured finance

purchase of virgin active

bank credit real estate

secondary offerings