Gilbert + Tobin is advising a Consortium, comprising Wilmar International Limited (Wilmar) and First Pacific Company Limited (First Pacific), on the Consortium’s proposed acquisition of Goodman Fielder Limited. The transaction is to be implemented by way of a scheme of arrangement and values Goodman Fielder on an enterprise value basis at A$1.9 billion.

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The Cooper Companies, Inc. (NYSE: COO) has announced it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire Sauflon Pharmaceuticals Ltd, a European manufacturer and distributor of soft contact lenses and solutions, in a transaction valued at approximately $1.2 billion. Sauflon forecasts revenue of approximately $210 million for its fiscal year ending October 31, 2014, up approximately 21% year-over-year. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is anticipated to close prior to fiscal year end, October 31, 2014.

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The Firm represented the initial purchasers in connection with the Rule 144A and Reg S offering of $750 million aggregate principal amount of 4.875% Senior Notes due 2022 by SBA Communications Corporation. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., RBS Securities Inc. and TD Securities (USA) LLC acted as joint book-running managers for the offering. The offering closed on July 1, 2014.

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Autotask Corporation, the world’s leading provider of hosted IT business management software, has closed its acquisition by Vista Equity Partners, a leading private equity firm with approximately $11.5B in cumulative capital commitments in software, data and technology-enabled services companies. Nixon Peabody served as lead counsel to Autotask.

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Volvo Car Group (Volvo Cars) has signed a €660 million revolving credit facility with a group of leading global and regional banks, underlining growing global confidence in the Swedish car company’s financial and operational transformation. The €660 million revolving credit facility extends an existing €360 million revolving credit facility signed early in 2013. It will serve as a back-up facility for general corporate purposes and has a tenor of three years with two extension options of one year each. The new credit facility broadens the group of banks working with Volvo Cars.
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Fredrikson & Byron acted as legal counsel for Eurofins Scientific (EUFI.PA), a global leader in bioanalytical testing and genomic services, in its acquisition of ViraCor-IBT Laboratories, Inc. (VIBT), a leading specialty diagnostics laboratory partner in immunology, infectious disease and allergy testing, for $255 million, subject to post-closing adjustments. Fredrikson also represented Eurofins in its 2014 acquisitions of Merck Millipore’s pharmaceutical discovery and development solutions business in the US and UK, and Underwriters Laboratories’ consumer and municipal water testing business.

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Leading offshore law firm Mourant Ozannes has advised Heritage Oil Plc on its takeover by Energy Investments Global Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Al Mirqab Capital SPC.

The takeover, which was implemented by way of a Jersey court sanctioned scheme of arrangement, valued Heritage Oil at approximately £924 million. Anthony Buckingham, Heritage Oil’s CEO, retained a 20 per cent interest in Heritage Oil following completion of the takeover.

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