For background, read the CLEW piece Deal between utilities E.ON and RWE set to reshuffle German energy market and the article RWE and E.ON overhaul power sector - German reactions to
innogy deal.
Not exact matches
Deepa Venkateswaran, a senior analyst in European utilities at Bernstein, told CNBC that the
deal represented a reversal for RWE after the IPO of
Innogy.
Under the terms of the
deal, which has been agreed in principle and was announced Sunday, RWE will sell its 76.8 percent stake in
Innogy to German rival E.ON.
Among the largest
deals clinched this quarter were U.S. health insurer Cigna Corp's $ 67 billion
deal to acquire U.S. pharmacy chain Express Scripts Holding Co and German utility E.ON SE's $ 38.5 billion
deal to acquire RWE AG's renewable energy business
Innogy SE.
CNBC's Annette Weisbach reports on a
deal to break up
Innogy, Germany's largest energy supplier by market value.
Linklaters, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Hengeler Mueller are all advising on E.ON's $ 43bn (# 38bn)
deal to acquire a controlling stake in renewable energy business
Innogy from German rival RWE.