Linklaters

Examples of recent deals in the subsector include advising:

• Ablation Frontiers Inc as the target in the acquisition by US cardiac rhythm disease management company Medtronic, Inc.;
• Gen Probe Incorporated, the US listed medical test company on its acquisition of UK listed company, Tepnel Life Sciences plc and its counter offer for Belgian listed manufacturer Innogenetics NV;
• Dubai International Capital LLC on its acquisition of Alliance Medical Holdings Limited;
• Alliance Medical Limited on its acquisition of UK provider of diagnostic imaging services Lodestone Holdings Limited;
• Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity on its acquisition of Euromedic International Holdings B.V., the dialysis, diagnostic imaging and laboratory diagnostics services provider;
• Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, a US manufacturer of analytical instruments for life science, laboratory and industrial customers, in connection with their acquisition of the Phadia group;
• Alliance Medical on the fully consensual restructuring of the debt and equity of the group;
• MD1 Diagnósticos S.A. (“MD1”) in the merger of MD1 shares into Diagnósticos da América S.A. (“DASA”), a Brazilian leader in laboratory and imaging diagnostic businesses.