France's Bredin Prat joined Linklaters and Clifford Chance to advise on the €6bn merger of London-based International Power and French utility company GDF Suez.
The deal, set amid of a flurry of recent M&A activity, would join International Power with GDF’s units outside Europe and assets in the UK and Turkey. The proposed agreement would be a reverse takeover under London takeover rules and make GDF the majority shareholder in the enlarged company.