Deals include $1.1bn Murphy Oil joint venture and $1.4bn sale of African oil unit

Linklaters has advised Petrobras, Brazil’s state-controlled oil company, on two transactions totaling US$2.5 billion during the month of October.

International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised long-standing client the Maple Syrup Group (the owners of Quidco and Shoop) and its key shareholders on a transaction with Top Online Partners Group (the owners of TopCashback) to create a prominent, global group within the money-saving industry.

Hogan Lovells represented Gilead Sciences, Inc. in a strategic collaboration with Tango Therapeutics, Inc., a company focused on the discovery and development of novel cancer therapies, on a global strategic collaboration to discover, develop and commercialize a pipeline of innovative targeted immuno-oncology treatments for patients with cancer.

Ropes & Gray represented Alibaba Group in its strategic partnership with Richemont to bring the retail offerings of YOOX Net-A-Porter Group to Chinese consumers. Under the partnership, YNAP and Alibaba will establish a joint venture to launch two mobile apps for the Net-A-Porter and Mr Porter retail brands for consumers in China. The joint venture will also see Net-A-Porter and Mr Porter stores launch online on Alibaba’s Tmall Luxury Pavilion, an exclusive platform dedicated to the world’s leading luxury brands. The transaction was announced on October 26.

Stuttgart – Fluxys, a Belgium-based gas infrastructure group, and the Russian natural gas group NOVATEK have agreed to create a joint venture for the design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of a planned Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) storage terminal in the seaport of Rostock. The terminal will serve the purpose of storage and transhipment of LNG. For this purpose, natural gas is planned to be converted into LNG in a liquefaction terminal near Saint Petersburg and shipped to Rostock.