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Skadden, Weil, Nagashima on $1.6 bln sale of bankrupt Takata

BY John Kang, Reuters |

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has represented U.S.-based Key Safety Systems (KSS) on a $1.6 billion deal to acquire nearly all of Japanese airbag-maker Takata’s assets, which tapped Weil, Gotshal & Manges and Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu for advice.
Latham, Weil, Ropes, K&E on Nord Anglia Education’s go-private deal in HK

BY John Kang |

Latham & Watkins has advised Nord Anglia Education on its go-private deal with a consortium led by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Baring Private Equity Asia, which owns 67 percent of the Hong Kong-based operator of international schools.
Weil, Kirkland lead on SoftBank’s $3.3 bln purchase of Fortress Investment

BY Raj Gunashekar, Reuters |

Weil, Gotshal & Manges and Kirkland & Ellis have acted as legal counsel to Japanese telecom and internet giant SoftBank in its $3.3 billion acquisition of New York-headquartered Fortress Investment Group, represented by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.
HK: Baring Asia GC joins Weil as senior counsel

BY Ashima Ohri |

Weil, Gotshal & Manges has hired William Hay as senior counsel in its Hong Kong office from Baring Private Equity Asia, where he served as general counsel.
Milbank, Paul Weiss, Weil on Revlon’s $870 mln acquisition of Elizabeth Arden

BY Ashima Ohri, Reuters |

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison have advised cosmetics maker Revlon on its $870 million deal to buy Elizabeth Arden, which turned to Weil, Gotshal & Manges for counsel.
DLA, K&E, Weil Gotshal on Groupon’s sale of controlling stake in Ticket Monster

BY Kanishk Verghese |

DLA Piper, Kirkland & Elllis and Weil, Gotshal & Manges are advising on Groupon’s agreement to sell a 46 percent controlling stake in Ticket Monster, its South Korean ecommerce business, to a partnership formed by KKR and Anchor Equity Partners for $360 million.
Weil Gotshal recruits PE partner from Latham in HK

BY Kanishk Verghese |

Weil, Gotshal & Manges has hired private equity partner Tim Gardner from Latham & Watkins in the firm’s Hong Kong office.
CC, Weil, DLA advise on $612 mln Macau power supplier sale

BY ALB |

Clifford Chance has advised Hong Kong’s NWS Holdings Ltd, and Weil, Gotshal & Manges has counseled NWS’ joint venture partner Suez Environment on the $612 million sale of shares in a Macau power supplier to Chinese SOE Nam Kwong Development, which turned to DLA Piper for legal advice.
Weil Gotshal swoops in for K&E funds partner

BY Kanishk Verghese |

Weil, Gotshal & Manges has hired Albert Cho from Kirkland & Ellis as a partner in the firm’s global private funds group in Hong Kong.