Consumer products
and retail

Date	Topic
13/10/2008	Freshfields named top firm in Consumer Products and Retail sector
1/8/2008	Company administrations rocket by over 60% as credit crunch develops into 'consumer industries' crunch
30/7/2008	Freshfields advises Tesco on buyout of personal finance joint venture with RBS
6/6/2008	Freshfields advises on the debut of a leading Chinese sportswear retailer on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
9/5/2008	Freshfields advises Best Buy on new venture with Carphone Warehouse
11/3/2008	Product recall: getting it right isn’t easy
11/3/2008	Freshfields advises BAA on £546m sale of World Duty Free Europe
29/6/2007	Freshfields advises Sports Direct on acquisition of Everlast
11/6/2007	Freshfields advises Permira on securing stakes in Valentino and launch of tender offer for Hugo Boss
29/5/2007	Freshfields advises on the listing debut of China's largest ladies' shoe retailer
27/4/2007	Schieder Möbel agrees on €65m Super Priority Bridge Facility
13/4/2007	Freshfields advises PPR on acquisition of major stake in PUMA
4/4/2007	Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advises on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange debut of Intime Department Store
4/4/2007	Freshfields advises on VF Corporation's acquisition of The North Face® branded business in China
2/4/2007	Freshfields advises Cinven on acquisition of 64.5 per cent stake in Camaïeu
13/3/2007	SCA acquires Procter & Gamble's European tissue operations for €512m
20/2/2007	Freshfields advises Sports Direct on proposed IPO

Getting it right: product recall in the EU

What is driving the high level of consumer safety activity in the EU? This report answers this and other questions on the basis of a major international study into industry attitudes to product safety and recall in the EU. (March 2008)

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News

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Company administrations rocket by over 60% as credit crunch develops into 'consumer industries' crunch View

Briefings

European Commission: focus on food  View

Opportunities for foreign investment in China’s dairy sector  View

Awards

Private equity deal of the year - IFLR European Awards: Deals of the Year (2008)

Anheuser Busch's strategic alliance with Tsingtao - Asian Counsel: Deals of the year (2004)

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