Manic Monday

Wir hören die aktuellen M&A-Nachrichten und fragen uns unwillkürlich, wer da auf Beraterseite im lukrativen Sattel sitzt. Das WSJ Law Blog klärt uns auf: - ABN Amro and Barclays announced a $91 billion merger agreement that would create one of the world’s five largest banks. Here’s the WSJ page-one story and the companies’ 23-page joint statement. Barclays was advised by Clifford Chance and Sullivan & Cromwell; ABN AMRO was advised by Dutch firm Nauta Dutilh, the UK”s Allen Overy and Davis Polk in the U.S. - As part of the ABN Amro/Barclays deal, ABN Amro has agreed to sell its U.S. bank — Chicago-based LaSalle — to Bank of America for $21 billion. Here’s the WSJ story. Bank of America was advised in the transaction by Wachtell Lipton; ABN A…