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M&A Practice Ranked in Top 10 Globally
March 17, 2008, Thomson

The 2007 year end results of the M&A Legal Advisory League Tables have highlighted White & Case's role as a leading global legal advisor on mergers and acquisitions.

Notable rankings include:

Thomson Financial (completed deals)
Worldwide—ranked 9th by deal count
Eastern European Involvement—ranked 1st by value
Nordic Involvement—ranked 6th by value

Thomson Financial (announced deals)
Nordic Involvement—ranked 3rd by value
Eastern European Involvement—ranked 6th by value
Italian Involvement—ranked 8th by value

Mergermarket
South & Central American M&A—ranked 3rd by deal count and 5th by value
European M&A—ranked 8th by deal count
CEE M&A —ranked 3rd by deal count and 6th by value 
Russian M&A —ranked 3rd by deal count
Nordic M&A—ranked 4th by value and 9th by deal count
Swedish M&A—ranked 4th by value and 7th by deal count
Germany—ranked 5th by deal count
French M&A —ranked 9th by deal count

Bloomberg (announced deals)
Global—ranked 9th by deal count
Europe—ranked 8th by deal count
South East Asia—ranked 4th by deal count
Nordic—ranked 4th by deal count
Germany—ranked 5th by deal count
France—ranked 8th by deal count
India—ranked 9th by deal count
Hong Kong and China—ranked 10th by deal count 

Key matters from 2007 that contributed to the Firm's rankings include advising:
  • SSAB Svenskt Stål on its $8.6 billion acquisition of IPSCO
  • Royal Ahold in connection with its $7.1 billion sale of US Foodservice
  • Weather Investments on its €3.4 billion acquisition of Greek mobile operator TIM Hellas
  • BAA on the £1.309 billion sale of its stake in Budapest Airport to Hochtief
  • ATF on its purchase by Italian financial services group UniCredit for US$2.3 billion
  • Dampskibsselskabet TORM on its $2.2 billion acquisition, with Teekay Shipping, of OMI

White & Case has more than 400 M&A lawyers globally, offering US, English and local law advice. The Firm was also recently ranked Tier One for Global Corporate/M&A (highly regarded firms) by the legal publishers Chambers Global.

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