Simmons & Simmons has advised the selling shareholders of Specifar Pharmaceuticals SA, a generic drug developer, on the US$562 million acquisition of the company by Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc.

International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Braathens Leasing and Malmo Aviation, two companies part of Braathens Aviation, a long established and well known Nordic based transportation group with various interests in the aviation sector, on an order for five Bombardier CS100 and five CS300 mainline jetliners, plus options on an additional 10 CSeries aircraft to Braathens Leasing Limited.