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Breaking News for Immediate Release BREAKING NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Winners of the 4th Annual International M&A Advisor Awards Announced New York, NY, October 15, 2012 – The M&A Advisor announced the winners of the 2012 International M&A Advisor Awards at the 4th Annual International M&A Awards Gala to a festive, sold-out crowd at the New York Athletic Club on Wednesday, October 10th. Bloomberg Television Market Reporter Dominic Chu and Miss Universe China Luo Zilin hosted the event with a guest appearance by the Grammy award winning Violinist and international hip-hop/R&B star Miri Ben-Ari. "We are currently witnessing the unprecedented transformation of firms and dealmakers into Global leaders whose intimate knowledge and expertise in the cultural, financial and legal arenas are redefining our industry,” says David Fergusson, Sr. Managing Director of The M&A Advisor. “During this period of continued uncertainty, inter-country M&A activity again outperformed domestic M&A, laying testament to the claim that business truly knows no boundaries.” The International Awards Gala honored the leading deal-teams, deal-makers and firms whose activities set the standard for cross-border transactions. This year, 228 nominees representing over 400 companies were finalists for the awards. An independent judging committee of cross-border industry experts determined the ultimate recipients of the awards. In addition to the honorees, Lifetime Achievement Awards were given to the leading global M&A industry pioneers. Dr. Mario Garnero, Chairman, Brasilinvest; Rajiv K. Luthra, Co-Founder, Luthra and Luthra; Alex Rodzianko, CEO, IFC Metropol and Wang Wei, Chairman, China M&A Group were awarded for their achievements. For photos and biographies of the Lifetime Achievement Award winners, please CLICK HERE. The Annual International M&A Advisor Summit and Awards Gala is the premier event for professionals in the global M&A industry. In addition to recognizing and rewarding the industry’s top cross-border transactions, firms of the year, and dealmaker of the year, the Summit featured over 50 stalwart professionals leading roundtable sessions and delivering keynote presentations. A detailed list of all the Award Winners and Finalists for the 4th Annual International M&A Awards is to follow. THE M&A ADVISOR Since 1998, The M&A Advisor has been presenting, recognizing the achievement of and facilitating connections between the world’s leading mergers and acquisitions, financing and turnaround professionals with a comprehensive range of services including M&A SUMMITS; M&A AWARDS; M&A CONNECTS™; M&A ALERTS™, M&A LINKS™ MandA.TV and M&A MARKET INTEL™. Visit www.maadvisor.com to learn more. Media Contact: Liudmila Pisareva The M&A Advisor [email protected] T. 718-997-7900 # # # 2 THE 4th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL M&A ADVISOR AWARDS WINNERS AND FINALISTS The winners for the 4th Annual International M&A Advisor Awards are as follows: I. SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD Lifetime Achievement Award Dr. Mario Garnero, Chairman, Brasilinvest; Rajiv K. Luthra, Co-Founder, Luthra and Luthra; Alex Rodzianko, CEO, IFC Metropol Wang Wei, Chairman, China M&A 3 II. MAJOR DEAL CATEGORIES M&A Deal of the Year (Over $3 Billion) WINNER Acquisition of Nortel Networks’ Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Patents Portfolio by Rockstar Bidco Shearman & Sterling LLP Apple Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP Ericsson Jefferies & Company, Inc. Lazard Ltd. Microsoft Nortel RIM SEB Enskilda Sony Weil, Gotshal, and Manges FINALISTS Acquisition of Talecris by Grifols Proskauer Rose LLP S.A. Grifols S.A. Osborne Clarke Proskauer Rose LLP Talecris Biotherapeutics Acquisition of Skype Global S.a.r.l. Microsoft Corporation by Microsoft Corporation JP Morgan Silver Lake Partners Skype Global S.a.r.l. Merger of Burger King and Justice Tegris Advisors Holdings Ltd. Greenberg Traurig, LLP Barclays Capital Burger King Justice Holdings Ltd. Price WaterHouse Coopers LLP Sullivan and Cromwell LLP 4 Acquisition of a Controlling Interest Webber Wentzel in Massmart Holdings Limited by Deloitte Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Deutsche Bank Edward Nathan Sonnenberg Ernst&Young Goldman Sachs JPMorgan Chase Inc Massmart Holdings Limited Merill Data site RBB Economics Rothschilds Wal-Mart Stores Acquisition of Aker Drilling by FTI Consulting Transocean Aker Capital AS Fearnley Fonds / Fearnley Offshore Morgan Stanley Transocean Wikborg Rein Sberbank (Russia) Purchase of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP Volksbank International Banking Schoenherr Attorneys at Law Network (CEE region) Banque Populaire Caisse d'Epargne S.A. Bredin Prat Citigroup Deloitte Deutsche Bank Dorda Brugger Jordis DZ BANK AG Ithuba Capital JP Morgan Limited KPMG Oliver Wyman LLC Österreichische Volksbanken AG PricewaterhouseCoopers Sberbank of Russia Société Générale Volksbank International AG WGZ BANK AG 5 France Telecom’s US$3.35 Billion Dechert Tender Offer for MobiNil / ECMS Beltone Financial and Related Transaction with Cleary Gottlieb LLP France Telecom Orascom Telecom Media and Ibrachy Law Firm Technology Lazard Frères Orascom Telecom Media & Technology Holding SAE Zaki Hashem & Partners M&A Deal of the Year (Between $1 Billion and $3 Billion) WINNER Acquisition of Delphi Financial Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. Group by Tokio Marine’s Delphi Financial Group, Inc. KPMG Lazard Frères & Co. LLC Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. FINALISTS Privatisation of the ASX-listed Macquarie Capital Charter Hall Office REIT Allens Linklaters Charter Hall Office REIT Government of Singapore Investment Corporation KPMG Public Sector Pension Investment Board Acquisition of MYOB by Bain Ropes & Gray Capital Allens Arthur Robinson Bain Capital Clayton Utz Corrs Chambers Westgate Morgan Stanley MYOB PwC Acquisition of Liberty Dialysis Baker & McKenzie LLP Holdings, Inc. by Fresenius Barclays Capital Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA Liberty Dialysis Holdings, Inc. Ropes & Gray LLP 6 Merger of Jazz Pharmaceuticals A&L Goodbody Inc. (Jazz Inc) and Azur Pharma Arthur Cox Ltd (Azur) Azur Pharma Ltd Cooley Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc. Mayer Brown Minor Acquisition of Energias de Skadden, Arps Portugal S.A. by China Three Gorges Acquisition of Entire Issued Share A&L Goodbody Capital of Cúram Software Limited Cravath, Swaine & Moore (Cúram) by IBM International Curam Software IBM Group B.V. (IBM B.V.) Acquisition of Metorex Limited by Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs Inc Jinchuan Group Limited Allen & Overy DLA Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Goldman Sachs Asia Goldman Sachs SA Intralinks Jinchuan Group KPMG Services (Proprietary) Limited Metorex Limited Standard Bank Acquisition of Hancock Coal mines Ernst & Young Pvt Ltd by GVK Group Amarchand & Mangaldas Minter Ellison Lawyers M&A Deal of the Year (Between $250mm and $1 Billion) WINNER Acquisition of Hayes Lemmerz Proskauer Rose LLP (Proskauer) by Iochpe-Maxion Hayes Lemmerz International, Inc. Iochpe-Maxion S.A. 7 FINALISTS Acquisition of Ferretti S.p.A. by Houlihan Lokey Weichai Group Holdings Limited D’Urso Gatti e Bianchi Ernst & Young Ferretti S.p.A. Houlihan Lokey HSBC ICBC King & Wood The Royal Bank of Scotland Weichai Group Holdings Limited Acquisition of Hilite International Houlihan Lokey by 3i Group 3i Group Clifford Chance E&Y Team Hilite Lazard Freres & Co Merrill Datasite PwC Team Purchase of the 100 Percent of Global M&A Partners Ltd. the Shares of Polimer Kaucuk Eaton Corp (SEL Hortum) by Eaton Corp. Global M&A Turkey Polimer Kaucuk Price Waterhouse Coopers White & Case YTY Law Anglo American plc Divestment Webber Wentzel of its Scaw Metals Group Anglo American plc Edward Nathan Sonnenburg ERM Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd IDC Izingwe Holdings (Proprietary) Limited Linklaters Nortons PwC Rand Merchant Bank Shanduka Resources (Proprietary) Limited Southern Palace Group of Companies Ltd. UBS/Goldman Sachs 8 Acquisition of Tracker Webber Wentzel Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd by Actis Actis, RMB Ventures DLA Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr FirstRand Bank Limited (Proprietary) Limited and MIC MIC Investment Holdings Investment Holdings Nedbank Capital divisions (Proprietary) Limited Nedbank Corporate Nedbank Limited Newman Lowther & Associates PwC Rand Merchant Bank division Remgro Limited RMB Ventures, Standard Bank of South Africa Limited Tracking and Signal Technologies Limited Acquisition of Elan Drug A&L Goodbody Technologies from Elan Alkermes Corporation Plc by Alkermes, Inc Arthur Cox Cleary Gottlieb Elan FTI Consulting Morgan Stanley PwC Acquisition of Old World William Blair & Company Chemicals by Indorama Bracewell & Giuliani Indorama Ventures PCL Old World Industries, LLC M&A Deal of the Year (Between $100mm and $250mm) WINNER Acquisition of BEA (The first-ever White & Case acquisition of a US bank by a Sullivan & Cromwell Chinese bank) by ICBC 9 FINALISTS Equity Investment in Royal Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Co. Camp Services, Ltd. by Bank of Montreal Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & BMO Capital Partners Flackman, Goodman & Potter Company, Inc. Kaiser Associates Lazard Middle Market Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP TriWest Capital Partners Sale of Power Distribution Inc to Bertram Capital Smiths plc Hirschler Fleischer Lincoln International Morgan Stanley Smiths Group plc Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP Acquisition of Ophir Optronics Headwaters MB LCC Ltd. by Newport Corp (Nasdaq: Bank of America NEWP) Bingham McCutchen LLP Deloitte & Touche Gross, Kleinhendler, Hodak, Halevy, Greenberg & Co. Headwaters MB Naschitz Brandes & Co Newport Corp. Ophir Optronics Ltd. M&A
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