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Japan Industrial Partners-led group looking to buy Toshiba for $19bn.
American Tower weighs a $12.6bn offer for a stake in Vodafone towers unit.
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Evergreen Coast, a private equity firm, and Brookfield Business Partners, a global business services and industrial company, completed the acquisition of NIELSEN HOLDINGS PLC , a provider of marketing services, for $16bn.
"Today's announcement marks an important milestone for Nielsen. We are excited for a bright future as a private company. This transaction provides significant value to our shareholders and provides the best conditions to execute on our Nielsen ONE strategy," David Kenny, Nielsen CEO.
Nielsen Holdings was advised by Allen & Company LLC. , J.P. 摩根 , PJT Partners , 贝克?麦坚时 (led by? Alan Zoccolillo ), Clifford Chance , Corrs Chambers Westgarth (led by? James Morley ), DLA Piper and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (led by? Steven Rosenblum ?and? Raaj Narayan ). Financial advisors were advised by Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP (led by?Allison Wein?and? George Schoen ) and White & Case LLP (led by?Denise Cerasani). Evergreen Coast and Brookfield Business Partners were advised by 美国银行 , Barclays , 花旗 , 瑞信 , 汇丰 , 瑞穗实业银行 , Nomura , Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP (led by? Leonard Kreynin ?and? Will Pearce ), De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek (led by? Arne Grimme ?and? Bernard Spoor ), Gibson Dunn , Herbert Smith Freehills (led by? Gavin Davies ?and? Mark Bardell ) and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (led by? Jeff White ). Debt financing was provided by Ares Capital , 美国银行 , Barclays , 花旗 , 瑞信 , 汇丰 , KKR CAPITAL MARKETS LIMITED , 瑞穗实业银行 and Nomura .
Cameco Corporation , one of the largest global providers of the uranium fuel, and Brookfield Renewable , a publicly traded limited partnership that owns and operates renewable power assets, agreed to acquire 西屋电气公司 , an American nuclear power company, from Brookfield Business Partners, a global business services and industrial company, for $7.9bn.
"This is the start of an exciting new chapter for the Westinghouse team and for nuclear power. We are grateful to BBU for its stewardship and investments that have strengthened Westinghouse's position in the nuclear power industry, and more broadly in the clean power world, for the long term. Now we are proud to join Brookfield Renewable and Cameco, reaffirming the important role played by Westinghouse and nuclear power in enabling the world's clean energy transition and energy security goals," Patrick Fragman, Westinghouse President and CEO.
Cameco is advised by CIBC World Markets Inc., Research Division , 高盛 and Covington & Burling LLP (led by?Donald Ross,?J. D. Weinberg?and? Patrick Manchester ). Brookfield Renewable is advised by Greenhill & Co. . Brookfield Business Partners is advised by BMO Capital Markets ,? RBC Capital Markets , Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. Securities, Inc. , Stikeman Elliott LLP and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP .
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged regulators to closely scrutinize Standard General L.P. ’s proposed purchase of broadcaster TEGNA , citing concerns the transaction could result in less local news, journalism job cuts and higher prices for consumers, Bloomberg reported.
“This transaction deserves your full and complete attention,” Pelosi said in a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, who is leading the agency’s review of the $5.4bn deal.
The deal needs approval from the FCC, which is in a two-to-two partisan split as a nominee who would give Democrats a majority awaits Senate confirmation,?Bloomberg ?reported.
Tegna is advised by Evercore , Greenhill & Co. , J.P. 摩根 , Covington & Burling LLP , Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (led by? Andrew Brownstein ?and? Victor Goldfeld ) and FGS Global (led by? George Manolis ). Financial advisors are advised by 富而德律师事务所 (led by? Ethan Klingsberg ). Standard General is advised by 高盛 , Moelis & Company , RBC Capital Markets , Cooley LLP , Fried Frank (led by? Warren de Wied ), Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and Joele Frank (led by? Andrew Siegel ). Debt financing is provided by RBC Capital Markets .
Japan Industrial Partners-led group looking to buy Toshiba for $19bn.
The consortium of mostly domestic firms led by Japan Industrial Partners is looking to buy 东芝 for $19bn,?Reuters ?reported.
The group, which includes Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. , received the right of first refusal in its bid for the Japanese conglomerate.
American Tower weighs a $12.6bn offer for a stake in Vodafone towers unit.
American Tower , a real estate investment trust, is weighing entering the race for a stake in Vodafone ’s $12.6bn wireless tower unit.
The US telecommunication infrastructure operator is exploring a possible investment in Frankfurt-listed Vantage Towers.
Vodafone plans to sell part of its roughly 82% interest in Vantage and has invited suitors to participate in an auction process. Private equity firms KKR , Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) and EQT Group are already in the running,?Bloomberg? reported.
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