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The $23 billion sale of ketchup maker H.J.Heinz Co to Berkshire Hathaway Inc and buyout firm 3G Capital, Avis Budget Group's takeover of Zipcar, and the $6.9 billion leveraged buyout of BMC Software , have one common link: Kirkland & Ellis LLP.The law firm, which served as a legal adviser on those deals as well as several other of the largest transactions of the year, with a combined deal value of $56.6 billion, has jumped to ninth place in the ranking of merger advisers, up from 18th in 2012, according to Thomson Reuters data released on Monday.Just four years ago in 2009, Kirkland ranked 72nd in the legal league table.When ranked by the number of deals with a value of $100 million or more, Kirkland was the second-biggest merger adviser, having worked on 70 deals so far this year, Thomson Reuters data showed."What has changed recently at Kirkland is that while we continue to grow the number of deals, we've significantly grown the number of high profile, high-value deals," said Daniel ...
U.S. stocks kicked off the new year with their best day in over a year on Wednesday, sparked by relief over a last-minute deal in Washington to avert the "fiscal cli...
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FBN’s Diane Macedo on Avis Budget Group ’s deal to buy Zipcar.
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U.S. stocks jumped on the year's first day of trading, after Washington lawmakers cut a last-minute deal to avert automatic tax hikes that threatened to stunt econom...
Stocks soared on the first day of trading in 2013, after Washington lawmakers cut a last-minute deal to avoid automatic tax hikes that threatened to pinch economic g...
Stocks surged on the first trading day of 2013 after lawmakers agreed a deal to avoid massive tax hikes and spending cuts that had threatened to hurt economic growth...
Car rental company Avis Budget Group Inc said it will buy Zipcar Inc for about $500 million in cash to enter the fast-growing U.S. car-sharing market.The offer of $1...
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Car rental company Avis Budget Group Inc said it will buy U.S. car-sharing company Zipcar Inc for about $500 million in cash.The offer of $12.25 per share is at a pr...
After being left out of recent consolidation in the industry, car rental company Avis Budget (NASDAQ:CAR) unveiled a $500 million deal on Wednesday to drive away wit...
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Hourly car-rental company Zipcar Inc. (ZIP) disclosed it signed an agreement to settle a class-action shareholder lawsuit and other legal cases stemming from a $500 ...
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When car rental giant Avis announced in early January that it planned to buy Zipcar, hipsters across the United States gnashed their teeth in unison.But an informal ...
Stocks kicked off the new year with their best day in over a year on Wednesday, sparked by relief over a last-minute deal in Washington to avert the "fiscal cliff" o...
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