Coca-Cola European Partners is looking to acquire Australian-listed company Coca-Cola Amatil.
Firm: Corrs Chambers Westgarth, in conjunction with Slaughter and May (Coca-Cola European Partners).
Value: Equity value of $7.8 billion, enterprise value of $10.8 billion.
Area: M&A.
Key players: The Corrs team is being led by partners Sandy Mak and Adam Foreman and the Slaughter and May team by partners Roland Turnill and Rob Innes. The firms are supporting CCEP’s legal department, led by Clare Wardle (general counsel and company secretary), Paul van Reesch (vice-president of legal, corporate) and Jane Wang (director, corporate legal).
Deal significance: The proposed transaction, Corrs said in a statement, would “create a broader and more balanced footprint for CCEP, whilst almost doubling its consumer reach”.