PRE ADVISORS Norton Rose Fulbright in Canada:
On May 8, 2015, Repsol S.A., an integrated global energy company based in Madrid, Spain, completed the acquisition of Talisman Energy Inc., a global upstream oil and gas company headquartered in Canada whose common shares were listed on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges, in a deal worth approximately C$16.5 bn (U.S.$13.5 bn). The transaction was the largest M&A deal by value announced in Canada in more than two years. The transaction was completed by way of court-approved arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act and, upon closing, all of the issued and outstanding common and preferred shares of Talisman were acquired by Repsol for cash consideration.
Talisman was represented by Norton Rose Fulbright in Canada.
Lazard Frres & Co. LLC
Divestitures and Asset Sales
When a company has decided to sell a company or selected assets, our restructuring group teams with Lazard’s M&A experts for optimal results. We help clients weigh the pros and cons of sale strategies, including: selling the company or assets as an alternative to bankruptcy; Section 363 sale in a bankruptcy; a sale implemented through a Plan of Reorganization; and “loan-to-own” purchase of securities.
Proskauer Rose LLP
Proskauer’s Business Solutions, Governance, Restructuring & Bankruptcy Group was named a Law360 Bankruptcy Practice Group of the Year for 2015. The award recognizes practice groups that achieved the biggest wins in the most important cases or worked on the biggest deals.
The Business Solutions, Governance, Restructuring & Bankruptcy Group has a long and distinguished record of pivotal involvement in the largest, most complex and highest-profile bankruptcy and restructuring matters including, most recently, Energy Future Holdings Corp., Caesars Entertainment Operating Co. and the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico.
Law360 featured the group in October as one of “The Firms Scoring The Most Ch. 15 Work” in chapter 15 bankruptcy filings greater than $100 million in the first half of 2015. The group’s work for B Endeavour Shipping Company and Caledonian Bank Ltd. made Proskauer one of just two of the article’s 11 firms that advised on as many as two such filings.
Garrigues (Colombia)
- Fusiones y Adquisiciones M&A