Global law firm White & Case LLP advised E.I. du Pont de Nemours (DuPont) on the European Union and worldwide merger control filings in its successful US$ 6.6 billion public tender offer on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange for the entire issued share capital in Danisco A.S. The transaction will combine DuPont’s activities focused on chemicals and biotechnology with Danisco’s food ingredient and industrial enzyme expertise and create an industry leader in industrial biosciences and nutrition and health.

Shearman & Sterling advised Banca de Inversión Bancolombia S.A. Corporación Financiera as mandated lead arranger in connection with a $410 million ten-year term facility as well as a five-year revolving credit facility related to the acquisition by Actis Infrastructure 2 LP of a group of Guatemalan electricity distribution companies from Gas Natural.

Dewey & LeBoeuf represented Aviva plc on the £381 million sale of a 15% stake in its former Dutch subsidiary Delta Lloyd N.V. The transaction was structured as an accelerated book building through Morgan Stanley International and required shareholder approval from Aviva’s ordinary share and ADR holders.

Simpson Thacher recently represented the bank group, led by Union Bank, N.A. and Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, in a $635.9 million construction and term loan financing for two 150-megawatt Alta Wind VI and Alta Wind VIIII wind power projects being developed by Terra-Gen Power LLC in the Tehachapi area of California. The Alta Wind VI and Alta Wind VIII projects are part of Terra Gen’s Alta Wind Energy Center, a 3,000-megawatt initiative considered to be one of the largest U.S. wind development projects.

WilmerHale has advised Yandex, the leading Internet company in Russia, on its $1.4 billion initial public offering and listing on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. Yandex operates the most popular search engine and the most visited website in Russia. This transaction represents the sector’s biggest IPO since Google, Inc. went public in 2004. Yandex’s Class A shares began trading on May 24, 2011, under the symbol “YNDX.”

DLA Piper has advised Goodrich Corporation (“Goodrich”), a leading global supplier of systems and services to the Aerospace and Defence industry, on its acquisition of Mictrotecnica S.r.l (“Microtecnica”) from SSCP Aero Holdings S.C.A for €330 million.

International law firm Eversheds has today (25 May 2011) announced that it has merged (and associated in Saudi Arabia) with Middle Eastern law consortium KSLG in a groundbreaking move that will see the firm treble in size in the region.

The firm recently represented HRT Participações em Petróleo S.A. (“HRT”) in connection with its plan of arrangement with UNX Energy Corp. (“UNX”), pursuant to which HRT acquired all of the outstanding common shares of UNX for CAD$6.17 per share in exchange for Global Depositary Shares representing common shares of HRT. The transaction represents a total enterprise value of approximately CAD$729.8 million (approximately US$746.8 million) for UNX. UNX is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of HRT.