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==Advising on UK nuclear sale==
 
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Allen & Overy (A&O) advised Japanese energy and engineering company [[Hitachi]] on its £696m purchase of [[Horizon Nuclear Power]]. A&O energy co-head [[Gareth Price]] and corporate partner [[John Geraghty]] led the team advising Hitachi on its purchase.
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Allen & Overy (A&O) advised Japanese energy and engineering company [[Hitachi]] on its £696m purchase of [[Horizon Nuclear Power]] from [[E.ON]] and [[RWE]], which had set up the UK joint venture in November 2009. A&O energy co-head [[Gareth Price]] and corporate partner [[John Geraghty]] led the team advising Hitachi.
  
 
According to ''The Lawyer'' magazine, A&O 'has worked with Hitachi for 20 years on corporate and competition matters and has a longstanding relationship with the company’s power systems division'.
 
According to ''The Lawyer'' magazine, A&O 'has worked with Hitachi for 20 years on corporate and competition matters and has a longstanding relationship with the company’s power systems division'.
  
[[Clifford Chance]], which had previously advised Horizon, 'is understood to have had a small role acting for the joint venture helping with due diligence'. <ref> James Swift, [http://www.thelawyer.com/ao-cms-and-freshfields-land-mandates-on-696m-uk-nuclear-sale/1015294.article A&O, CMS and Freshfields land mandates on £696m UK nuclear sale], 31 October 2012, acc 16 Sept 2013 </ref>  
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[[Clifford Chance]], which had previously advised Horizon, 'is understood to have had a small role acting for the joint venture helping with due diligence'. <ref> James Swift, [http://www.thelawyer.com/ao-cms-and-freshfields-land-mandates-on-696m-uk-nuclear-sale/1015294.article A&O, CMS and Freshfields land mandates on £696m UK nuclear sale], 31 October 2012, acc 16 Sept 2013 </ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 03:47, 16 September 2013

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Allen & Overy (A&O) is a leading international law firm.

Advising on UK nuclear sale

Allen & Overy (A&O) advised Japanese energy and engineering company Hitachi on its £696m purchase of Horizon Nuclear Power from E.ON and RWE, which had set up the UK joint venture in November 2009. A&O energy co-head Gareth Price and corporate partner John Geraghty led the team advising Hitachi.

According to The Lawyer magazine, A&O 'has worked with Hitachi for 20 years on corporate and competition matters and has a longstanding relationship with the company’s power systems division'.

Clifford Chance, which had previously advised Horizon, 'is understood to have had a small role acting for the joint venture helping with due diligence'. [1]

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  1. James Swift, A&O, CMS and Freshfields land mandates on £696m UK nuclear sale, 31 October 2012, acc 16 Sept 2013