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- Ahold NV. Representation of Ahold NV in connection with the sale of US Foodservice to a private equity consortium consisting of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP and Clayton, Dubilier and Rice Fund VII, LP for a purchase price of US$7.1 billion.
- Angel Trains. Representation of Angel Trains, a leading provider of railway rolling stock in both the UK and Continental Europe, on its sale by Royal Bank of Scotland to a consortium of investors for £3.6 billion. The consortium includes: the Babcock & Brown European Infrastructure Fund, AMP Capital Investors, Deutsche Bank and funds advised by Access Capital Advisors. This was the largest private equity transaction to date in 2008.
- Allianz Capital Partners GmbH. We advised Allianz Capital Partners GmbH in its acquisition of the European vending business, Selecta, from Compass Group PLC for a consideration of £772.5 million.
- The Blackstone Group. Representation of The Blackstone Group in the sale of its portfolio company, Great Lakes Transportation, to the Canadian National Railway Company.
- Caisse des dépôts et consignations. We advised Caisse des dépôts et consignations on its acquisition of a 25.5% stake in Eutelsat Communications from entities controlled by Eurazeo.
- The Carlyle Group. Representation of The Carlyle Group and the other shareholders on the sale of Genoyer Group to CDC Capital Investissement. The Genoyer Group is a major industrial and commercial operator for international oil, gas and water projects.
- Colony Capital LLC. Representation of Colony Capital LLC in relation to an agreement between Colony Capital LLC and Raffles Holdings Limited to purchase all of the hotel interests of Raffles Holdings Limited, comprising 15 Raffles Hotels and Resorts and 26 Swissôtel Hotels and Resorts in 35 destinations, for approximately US$1.3 billion. This transaction was named "Singapore M&A Deal of the Year" at the ALB SE Asia Deals of the Year Awards 2006.
- Deutsche Bank AG. Representation of Deutsche Bank Americas Holding Corp. and RREEF America LLC, an infrastructure group controlled by Deutsche Bank AG, in connection with their acquisition of the business of Maher Terminals, Inc., one of the largest independent multi-user container terminal operations in the world.
- EQT Partners. We advised EQT on its secondary buy-out of Sanitec-Group from financial investor BC Partners.
- Harvest Partners, LLC and Aquilex Holdings LLC (Aquilex). Representation of Harvest Partners, LLC and Aquilex Holdings LLC (Aquilex), a Harvest Partners portfolio company based in Atlanta, Georgia, in the sale of Aquilex to a newly formed affiliate of The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. Aquilex is a leading provider of a range of cleaning, maintenance and repair services to nuclear power, petrochemical refining and other companies. The amount of the sale has not been disclosed.
- H.I.G. Capital. Representation of H.I.G. Capital in connection with the US$62 million acquisition of Gulf Fleet, a company that supports and services the oil and gas service industry with its fleet of chartered offshore supply vessels and a vessel brokerage service.
- Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR). Representation of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) in its US$1.3 billion acquisition of U.N Ro-Ro Isletmeleri A.S. ("U.N Ro-Ro"),a Turkish freight company. The transaction is the largest ever private equity acquisition of a Turkish business.
- Lehman Brothers Co-investment Partners. Representation of Lehman Brothers in connection with its participation in the recap. of Firth Rixson, a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group, and its acquisition of a 36 percent interest in Firth Rixson.
- Mid Europa Partners. We advised the owners of Invitel Távközlési ZRt., including the private equity firms GMT Communications Partners, Mid Europa Partners and senior management of Invitel, in their conclusion of an agreement to sell 100 percent of the share capital of Matel Holdings N.V., the owner of 99.98 percent of Invitel, to Hungarian Telephone & Cable Corp. for a total consideration of €470 million.
- The Special Committee to the Board of Directors of Interpool, Inc. Representation of the Special Committee to the Board of Directors of Interpool, Inc. in relation to its US$2.4 billion acquisition by private equity and hedge fund manager, the Fortress Investment Group.
- Starwood Capital. Representation of Starwood Capital Group, on behalf of certain of its investment funds, in connection with its investments in Shanghai Jin Jiang International Hotels (Group) Company, one of China’s largest hotel operators, with 263 hotels in operation or under development.
- Veolia Environnement. Advised Veolia Environnement in its €1.45 billion acquisition of Sulo from the Blackstone Group and Apax Partners.
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