A&O and Ashurst win £11bn Altadis-Imperial roles
Imperial Tobacco’s €16bn (£11bn) takeover of Spanish tobacco company Altadis has yielded a brace of deals for Ashurst and Allen & Overy (A&O). Ashurst is advising the banks Citigroup, ABN Amro, Lehman Brothers and Morgan Stanley, while A&O is acting for Imperial Tobacco. To fund the bid Imperial Tobacco will launch a £5.4bn rights issue […]