Law Firms Lining Up for Mammoth French M&A Deal
The proposed megamerger between French energy giants Gaz de France and Suez has cleared yet another obstacle now that a council of French labor unions has issued a long-awaited opinion on the deal. Nine law firms -- from Britain, France and the U.S. -- have their hands in the $157.5 billion transaction that, if completed, will create one of Europe's largest natural gas producers and the world's third-largest utility.
