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Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

1 NEW FETTER LANE, LONDON, EC4A 1AN, ENGLAND
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Fax 020 7959 8950
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What we say about the firm's legal practice in London

Corporate and commercial

Within Corporate tax Corporate tax

Within Equity capital markets: UK capability, tier 5

At Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Vanessa Blackmore advised Pershing Square as a founding shareholder in the £900m IPO and London listing of Justice Holdings, and also represented the underwriters, including Goldman Sachs, in Mail.ru Group’s IPO and London listing. With particular strength on the issuer side, the team also advised Kenmare Resources in a $270m rights offering.

Within Equity capital markets: US capability, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP is a first tier firm,

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP is noted for its ‘excellent’ advice. In 2010, John O’Connor acted as US counsel to Standard Chartered Bank in a $5.4bn rights offering, and also advised Enel Green Power in its €2.6bn IPO. Kathryn Campbell advised Wil. Wilhemsen on a NOK1.45bn IPO and listing on the Oslo Stock Exchange. William Plapinger and David Rockwell are recommended.

Within EU and competition EU and competition

Within M&A: upper mid-market and premium deals, 250m+, tier 6

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP has in Tim Emmerson ‘one of the premier public company lawyers in the UK market’. In total the London practice worked on 23 UK M&A deals in 2010, notably advising Goldman Sachs PIA on its acquisition of Ontex for around €1.2bn, and handling a string of mandates for Rio Tinto in the divestment of its Alcan Global Packaging businesses.

Within M&A: US law capability, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP is a first tier firm,

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP advised longstanding client Goldman Sachs on Seawell’s $890m acquisition of Allis-Chalmers Energy, led by the highly rated William Plapinger. New office head Richard Morrissey and Stewart Robertson led a team that advised BP on its $7.1bn sale of its interest in Pan American Energy to Bridas Corporation.

Within Private equity: transactions , tier 7

‘City grandee of the takeover market’ Tim Emmerson is recommended at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP.

Finance

Within Debt capital markets, tier 5

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP joins the ranking in recognition of Vanessa Blackmore and William Plapinger’s work on deals such as BG Energy’s $1bn issue and their longstanding role as counsel to Goldman Sachs.

Projects, energy and natural resources

Within Infrastructure, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP is a third tier firm,

The mainstay of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP’s practice is project finance, with a weighting towards the energy and mining sectors. Jamie Logie recently advised on the English law aspects of the financing of the $823m Boleo mining project in Mexico.

Within Mining and minerals, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP is a second tier firm,

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP has ‘good mining industry knowledge’, with Jamie Logie singled out as a ‘very constructive and lateral thinker’. The firm advised the commercial bank lenders on the Boleo mining project on intercreditor issues and related commodities hedging.

Within Oil and gas, tier 4

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP handles a healthy mix of project finance, M&A and capital markets work. On the projects side, it is acting as sole international finance counsel to the project company on the development of the $3.9bn Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline.

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