Corporate & Commercial In the United Kingdom

Our global corporate practice brings together more than 700 lawyers worldwide with a client base that includes many of the world's leading corporations, as well as smaller growing businesses.

Our clients value the quality of our people, our global track record and in depth market knowledge, and our commitment to delivering results, whether it is M&A, private equity, equity capital markets, or general commercial or corporate advice we are offering.

We have a reputation for combining the highest quality technical expertise with commercial pragmatism. And because we have grown by hiring individuals rather than through alliances, our clients benefit from a consistent experience and quality, from New York to Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East.

Practices within M&A and Corporate

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Insight

Allen & Overy M&A Index

Our quarterly publication compares volume and value of public and private global deal types across sectors and regions.

UK emergency budget: deficit disorder

After an extensive softening up exercise, the emergency budget did not contain any dramatic surprises. Corporates will welcome the reduction in the rate of corporation tax by 1% in each of the next four years, but some will be disappointed with the reduction in the rate of capital allowances and that 2011 will bring only an interim reform of the controlled foreign companies rules, full reform being postponed until 2012.

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deals & cases

BSkyB disposes of Easynet enterprise business

Allen & Overy has advised British Sky Broadcasting Group plc ("BSkyB") on the disposal of its Easynet global enterprise business to an MBO team backed by Lloyds Development Capital for £100m.

DS Smith Plc proposed acquisition of the Otor Group

Allen & Overy has advised DS Smith on its proposed acquisition of Otor, a leading corrugated packaging company in France, for approximately GBP206 million in cash and the assumption of existing debt, equivalent to an all cash offer of EUR8.97 per Otor S.A. share.

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News

16 July 2010

A leader in M&A

 

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contacts

Cranfield, Richard

 

Partner
Richard has experience in mergers and acquisitions, privatisations/PPPs and both international and domestic capital markets for debt and equity financings.

Paul, Alan

 

Partner
Alan Paul is a senior London M&A partner for local and multi-jurisdictional transactions and a specialist in public takeovers and private equity leveraged transactions. Clients are major corporations (many non-UK), major investment banks and private equity investment institutions.

Wippell, Mark

 

Partner
Mark Wippell is a Partner in the London corporate practice. He advises major international companies at Board level on corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions and securities offerings. He has special expertise in transactions involving US companies and transactions involving financial institutions. He is qualified in both the US and UK.


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