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UK Holdings-Northumbrian Water Takeover

- $7,700.00 m

Entry date - Monday, 19 September 2011
Jurisdiction - Hong Kong
Practice - M&A
UK Holdings-Northumbrian Water Takeover

Firm - Ashurst Client - Financial advisors to consortium Lead Lawyers - Jane Fissenden, Tom Mercer Role - UK counsel to financial advisers	Firm - Freshfields Bruckahus Deringer Client - Hong Kong consortium Lead Lawyers - Simon Weller Role - HK/US counsel to acquirer	Firm - Hogan Lovells Client - Northumbrian Water Lead Lawyers - Steven Bryan Role - International counsel to target
Firm - Mills & Reeve Client - Hong Kong consortium Lead Lawyers - Claire Clarke, Stephen Hamilton Role - UK counsel to acquirer

Deal summary

· $7.7 billion transaction involved the takeover of Northumbrian Water by UK Holdings, a vehicle owned by a consortium of three Hong Kong companies led by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing’s Cheung Kong Infrastructure (CKI)

· Mills & Reeve previously advised CKI on its $122 million sale of Cambridge Water to HSBC Holdings

· Northumbrian Water is a longstanding client of Hogan Lovells, the firm advised on the company’s 2003 listings on the AIM and the London Stock Exchange

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