Two WSG European Firms Take 2013 Financial Times and Mergermarket European M&A Awards
January, 2014 - Houston, Texas
WSG European member firms A&L Goodbody (Ireland) and Schjødt (Norway) took claim to Legal Advisory Awards in their respective national categories. The Mergermarket M&A Awards are the most prestigious awards for the M&A advisory community in Europe, the Middle East & Africa.
The awards recognize excellence in corporate, private equity, banking and legal M&A expertise across a number of European jurisdictions. The awarding process consists of three stages; the first stage consists of M&A data analysis. For each category awarded to legal advisers, financial advisers, public relations advisers and accountancy firms, a proprietary method of analysis ranks advisers based on their domestic and cross-border M&A mandates. In the second stage, the shortlist is announced for the European M&A Awards. Lastly, the independent panel of judges reviews the entries within each category to select a winner.
Prominent deals led by A&L Goodbodys M&A team included advising: Telefonica on its sale of Telefonica Ireland (O2) to Hutchison Whampoa Group and Élan Corporation on its successful defence of Royalty Pharma's $6.8bn hostile offer and subsequently on its $8.6bn takeover by Perrigo. (http://www.worldservicesgroup.com/releases.asp?action=press&pressid=5530)
Congratulations again to the two WSG member winners awarded at The Financial Times and Mergermarket European M&A Awards 2013 on 12 December 2013.
To view the full list of winners, visit http://www.mergermarket.com/awards/winners.html
