DLA Piper. An Introduction to our International Corporate Group

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1 DLA Piper An Introduction to our International Corporate Group

2 DLA Piper at a glance Building strong and substantial client relationships is the compass for DLA Piper s business strategy and future development. Today, we have 4,200 lawyers in 76 offices in Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and the United States. With a direct presence in 30 countries, we represent more clients in a broader range of geographies and practice areas than any other law firm in the world. Our client commitment is also our brand everything matters when it comes to the way we serve and interact with our clients. If it matters to them, it matters to us. FIRM FACTS The only firm with more than 1,000 lawyers both in Europe and in the US. More than 250 lawyers in New York and 350 in London, the world s two most important financial centres. More than 100 lawyers in China and approximately 700 across Asia Pacific. In jurisdictions where we do not have offices, we have relationships with DLA Piper Group Firms, Focus Firms and Preferred Firms. Additionally, in both Brazil and Turkey, we work in cooperation with leading local firms to support the needs of clients looking to expand or do business there. FIRM RECOGNITION #1 among the world s top 20 firms who are called on to handle ground breaking global transactions of incredible complexity (Law360, 2011) More than 550 DLA Piper lawyers ranked as leaders in their fields (Chambers and Partners 2011) #12 for client service out of 650+ firms serving large and Fortune 1000 companies (2012 BTI Client Service 30) 7th among the Global Elite law firms for having one of the strongest law firm brands worldwide (Acritas, 2010) Recognized as one of the law firms that corporate America turns to the most (The National Law Journal, 2010) Our Services Our core practice areas include: Corporate Finance & Projects Litigation & Regulatory Employment, Benefits & Pensions Real Estate Intellectual Property and Technology Tax Our Sectors Our core sectors are: Banking Energy and Water Health Care Hospitality and Leisure Insurance and Reinsurance Life Sciences Sports, Media and Entertainment Technology Transportation We are the only firm listed in the 2010 Legal Business Global 100 that ranks in the top 10 in every region worldwide for lawyer headcount. Europe: 2,060 United States: 1,370 Asia Pacific: 700 Middle East: 70 Latin America: 65* Lawyer headcounts above exclude Group and Focus Firms Lawyer counts above as of October 31, 2011 * Campos Mello Advogados in cooperation with DLA Piper 02 DLA Piper An Introduction to our International Corporate Group

3 Our International Corporate Group Key Individuals Roger Meltzer Global Chair, Corporate & Finance Juan Picon Global Co-Chair, Corporate Full service capability As a full service global law firm, we provide a complete range of business legal services in all of the jurisdictions in which we operate. This allows us to handle all aspects of domestic and cross-border corporate transactions with no gaps in expertise. Furthermore, and in addition to the corporate lawyers with primary transactional responsibility, our deal teams include sophisticated practitioners with concentrated experience in key practice areas such as IP/IT, anti-trust, tax, employee incentives, HR, pensions and real estate. Recognition An overview Jay Rains Global Co-Chair, Corporate Jay Smith Global Co-Chair, Corporate Mabel Lui Joint Head of Corporate, Asia Pacific David Morris Joint Head of Corporate, Asia Pacific Charles Severs Head of Corporate, UK The Corporate Group has a significant global presence with over 530 lawyers, including 254 partners, based across Austria, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, CIS, Czech Republic, Dubai, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Thailand, Turkey, Italy, Dubai, Japan, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, United States (across 23 offices) and the UK. We act for clients of all sizes including multinationals, Global 100 and Fortune 500 businesses, successful midmarket organisations, public and private companies and emerging companies developing industry leading. European Mid-market Legal Advisor of the Year, 2011, 2010 & 2009 (FT/Mergermarket European M&A Awards) Sub-Saharan Africa M&A Legal Adviser of the Year, 2011 (FT/Mergermarket European M&A Awards) (DLA Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr) China M&A Deal of the Year Award, 2011 (M&A Atlas Awards 2011 Asia Pacific Middle Markets) M&A Lawyer of the Year, 2011 Mabel Lui (M&A Atlas Awards 2011 Asia Pacific Middle Markets) Cross Border M&A Deal of the Year Middle Markets, 2011 (M&A Atlas Awards 2011 Asia Pacific Middle Markets) VC/PE Foreign Fund Investment Legal Advisor of the Year, 2011 (China Venture Capital and Private Equity Annual Ranking Awards 2011 organized by Zero2IPO Awards) Ranked No.1 by volume of M&A deals in the UK (Mergermarket, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 & 2007) Ranked No.1 by volume of M&A deals in the UK 2011 (Bloomberg) Ranked No.1 by volume of M&A deals globally (Mergermarket, 2011, 2010) Ranked No.1 globally for the number of private equity and venture capital deals negotiated and closed in 2010 (Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst, 2010) 03

4 Notable representative experience The Hain Celestial Group, Inc on its 164 million acquisition of the Daniels Group, owner of the New Covent Garden Soup Co, Johnson Juice Co. and Farmhouse Fare Brands. Matrix Property Limited and Nick Jenkins on the 120 million merger of Moonpig.com Limited and PhotoBox. Mergers & Acquisition A consortium including Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Limited in its $5.8 billion acquisition of EDF s UK electricity networks. Abengoa, S.A on its sale of the entire issued share capital of Telvent GIT, S.A to Schneider Electric for 1.2 billion. Banco Santander on its 4.3 billion acquisition of Polish entities Bank Zachodni WBK S.A. and BZ WBK AIB Asset Management S.A. from Allied Irish Bank. Chongqing Chonggang Minerals Development Investment Limited s acquisition of Asia Iron Holdings Limited from Sinom investments Ltd. (2011 China M&A Deal of the Year M&A Atlas Awards) Anadolu Efes Biracilik & Malt Sanayii AS on the formation of a strategic alliance between Anadolu Group and SABMiller plc in Turkey, Russia, the CIS, Central Asia and the Middle East in a 1.9 billion deal. PopCap Games in its $1.3 billion acquisition by video game giant Electronic Arts. The Hungarian government in its acquisition of a 21.2% stake in a Hungarian industrial company from a leading Russian oil company for 1.8 billion. TNK-BP International Limited on its agreement to acquire a 45% stake in HRT Oil and gas production blocks in the Solimoes region, from HRT Participacoes em Petroleo SA, for a cash consideration of $1 billion. ERA Mining, a Hong Kong listed supplier of mining equipment, on its US$886 million acquisition by Caterpillar Inc. Etihad Airways on their strategic partnership with Air Berlin. The partnership sees Etihad Airways invest US$ 350 million, increasing it s holding in Air Berlin to 29% at a cost of US $95 million. Private Equity PAI Partners in its acquisition of Swissport International AG for 900 million. The Carlyle Group on its acquisition of the ITRS Group in partnership with its founders and management. Sun European Partners on the acquisition of America Golf and offer for Jacques Vert plc retail outlets Groupon, Inc. in its $950 million round of private equity financing and numerous acquisitions across the US, Asia, Africa, Europe and South America Management of Pets at Home on the 955 million sale of the business to US firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) Charterhouse in its sale of Autobar group to CVC Capital Partners for 1.2 billion Endgame Systems in its $29 million Series A financing by Bessemer Ventures, Columbia Capital, Kleiner Perkins and TechOperators Sequoia Capital in its investment in Shaanxi Bicon Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Charm Communications Inc. (China) in the $50 million investment by Aegis Group 04 DLA Piper An Introduction to our International Corporate Group

5 International Securities/Capital Markets Better Capital Limited on its fund raising of 158 million (and possible further 42 million) to invest principally in UK and Irish turnaround opportunities. Eaga PLC on its 453 million IPO on London Main Market. Providing regulatory advice for China Everbright Capital Limited in respect of China New Economy Fund Limited s HK$312 million IPO on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKSE). Better Capital on its 142 million placing and admission to AIM. Government of India and Coal India Limited, on the company s $3.43 billion initial public offering, the largest initial public offering in the history of Indian capital markets and the third largest IPO in the world during Numis Securities Limited fully underwritten secondary placing on AIM by WYG Plc for 32 million. Wells Core Office Income REIT, a non-traded REIT, in its public best-effort offering of $5.7 billion from the sale of common stock. Investment Funds Better Capital on the establishment of an innovative structure, comprising an AIM-listed feeder company and underlying Guernsey limited partnership, and on the vehicle s subsequent transfer to the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange. Deutsche Bank on the formation of numerous funds on the dbx hedge fund managed account platform. Desert Lion Partners this new entity, which focuses on investment in Sierra Leone, on a range of regulatory and contractual structural matters relating to its funding and establishment. Met Capital Management on the formation of a new hedge fund management entity including a number of related regulatory and contractual issues, and the creation of a novel trust structure. Future Films on various collective investment scheme and regulated activity issues relating to innovative products in the film finance sector. I want to sincerely thank the DLA teams in London, Bucharest and Warsaw for having done an outstanding job in helping prepare, negotiate and complete both deals in record time. The quality and speed of the work provided by all DLA teams can be rated AAA or world class, and you should be proud of your tremendous performance. Reinhard Puchta VP & Chief Counsel (Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa), Kraft Foods 05

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