Prestige Acquisitions makes £507m recommended bid for Powell Duffryn. Prestige advised by Allen & Overy, financial adviser Deutsche Bank represented by Norton Rose (Laurence Levy, Andrew Bamber). Financing was also provided by Nikko Principal Investments. Powell Duffryn represented by Slaughter and May.
PwC and Standard Chartered Bank settle claim
The bank claimed PwC gave it flawed advice when it was considering buying the United Bank of America in 1987. Standard sued and was awarded record damages of $341 million, but the ruling was overturned. Many of the charges against PwC were thrown out but Standard was allowed to put in a claim of negligent […]
