Acquisition of Mannesmann
Acquisition of NatWest
Advised Liffe in fending off unwelcome attentions of the LSE in favour of higher negotiated merger with Euronext
Merger with Promodes
Acquisition of Redland
Minorco (now McWatters Mining Inc) acquisition of Goldfields
Advised on successful hostile bid for Albright & Wilson
Campaign to alter terms of the proposed Diageo deal
Bid defence with Trafalgar House
Acquisition of Eastern
Advised British Steel and Hoogovens on their agreed merger - re-named Corus
Hoylake bid for BAT (world's largest hostile at that time)
Advised on long running stake-building and takeover discussions with Gucci
Successful defence bid from Elders IXL
HSBC merger
Acquisition of Racal Engineering
Disposal of National Car Parks
Eurodisney restructuring
Advised Francois Pinault and holding company Artemis on acquisition of Christie's
American Electric Power and Public Service Colorado acquisition of Yorkshire Water
Advised board of Mirror Group on raising company's perceived value to ensure fair terms for takeover
Viag (now e.on) merger with algroug
Merger
Acquisition of Celanese
Merger with Rhone-Poulenc
Acquisition of One2One
Acquistion of ya.com
Sales of Thames Water to RWE
Acquisition of Automobile Association
Scottish Hydro merger with Southern Energy to create Scottish and Southern Energy
Bid defence for CalEnergy
Severn Trent bid
Acquisition of Sydkraft's nuclear assets in Sweden