TORONTO, July 19, 2007—The $6 billion purchase of Novelis, Inc. by Hindalco Industries Ltd., announced last February, ranks as one of the top 10 deals in Canada in the first half of 2007, according to The Globe and Mail. King & Spalding was adviser to Novelis.
The deal ranked seventh on The Globe and Mail’s list.
The combination of Hindalco, India’s largest non-ferrous metals company, and Toronto-based Novelis, a global leader in aluminum rolled products and aluminum can recycling, creates the world’s largest aluminum rolling company.
The King & Spalding legal team advising Novelis was led by partners John J. Kelley III and C. William Baxley.
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