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  • The Punch Group has refinanced its UK pub estate with a £1.48 billion ($2.2 billion) asset-backed securitization. James Harbach (global securities) and Mark Burgess-Smith (real estate) at Linklaters & Alliance advised Ambac Assurance UK, guaranteeing £630 million of senior fixed and floating rate notes.
  • Linklaters is advising French wine and spirits company, Remy Cointreau, on the acquisition of Bols Royal Distilleries of the Netherlands. Remy Cointreau will acquire 100% of Bols Royal Distilleries for euro 510 million ($446 million), payable partly in cash and partly in Remy Cointreau shares. The combined company will have a stronger presence worldwide, particularly in central and eastern Europe where Bols is a market leader.
  • UK drinks and confectionery group Cadbury Schweppes, will pay $1.5 billion to buy Snapple Beverage Group, the US drinks company, from US company Triarc. The deal was formally announced on September 18 and completion is expected by November.
  • Tiscali, the Italian internet operator, is merging with World Online, the European internet service provider. The deal, worth $11 billion, is the largest in the European internet market to date. It creates the second largest internet company in Europe.
  • Clifford Chance has advised Société Générale on a floor plan securitization for Hyundai Motor Finance. Hyundai was advised by Latham & Watkins.
  • Lovells is to open two Italian offices, in Milan and Rome, this month. In its first foray into the Italian market the firm has got off to a good start with the appointment of three partners from leading Italian firms, Pavia e Ansaldo and Gianni Origoni & Partners.
  • Rachel Robbins, JP Morgan
  • Weil Gotshal & Manges is starting to rebuild its banking and finance practice in London. Ron Daitz, head of the firm's banking practice worldwide, is flying in from New York to provide direct leadership to the banking group. Daitz has advised on a range of debt restructurings, acquisition financings, project finacings and cross-border transactions. He has acted for clients such as Citigroup, GE Capital, Lehman Brothers and Chase Manhattan.
  • WorldCom is acquiring Intermedia, a US broadband communications company, for $6 billion. The deal gives WorldCom a 54% controlling interest in Digex, a provider of application services for internet-based businesses.
  • Laurie Adams