Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C. is pleased to announce the addition of eight associates in their new office in Birmingham, Ala. The attorneys are: Catherine Phillips Crowe, Joel M. Everest, Katie Kimbrell, W. Preston Martin, Gregg M. McCormick, Patrick Mulligan, Matthew I. Penfield, and Jaime H Scivley. They join the 11 partner team led by A. Inge Selden, III, Carole G. Miller and Stephen E. Brown who opened the office on February 3, located at the Wells Fargo Tower, 420 20th Street North, Suite 2200, Birmingham, AL 35203. Bressler also has offices in New York, New Jersey and Florida.  The attorneys joining were formerly in practice with Maynard Cooper & Gale PC.

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Cahill represented BofA Merrill Lynch and J.P. Morgan as joint book-running managers and Wells Fargo Securities, Barclays, and Morgan Stanley as co-managers in connection with the Rule 144A offering of $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.75% Senior Notes due 2019 by Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., a global semiconductor company offering primarily computing solutions and graphics and visual solutions. More >>

Cahill represented BofA Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan, and Wells Fargo Securities as joint book-running managers and Baird as co-manager in connection with the Rule 144A offering of $375,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 10.25% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2019 by Modular Space Corporation, a leading North American provider of modular buildings and related services fulfilling temporary and permanent space needs. More >>

Cooley LLP announced today that it advised Flexion Therapeutics on its $74.8 million IPO. Flexion is a clinical-stage specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel pain therapies. The company now trades on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “FLXN.”

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Edwards Wildman’s Istanbul office has advised the Privatization Administration, together with Burgan Yatirim Menkul Degerler A.S.and Mag Muhendislik Hizmetleri Ltd, in relation to the privatization project of the sole cruise port of İstanbul, Salıpazarı Port. The port is owned by Turkiye Denizcilik Isletmeleri A.S., as a result of the transfer of operating rights for 30 years. The privatization work started in 2010 and concluded with an auction in May 2013. Dogus Holding A.S. submitted the highest bid of US$702 million.

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Linklaters has advised Allianz Global Investors Europe and the European Investment Bank (EIB) on the £400m widening and improvement works to the M8, M73 and M74 motorways in Scotland. The project was 50% financed by debt financing provided by the EIB and 50% by a bond issuance wholly subscribed on a deferred payment basis by Allianz Global Investors which has been listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.

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Shearman & Sterling advised Deere & Company, John Deere Capital Corporation and John Deere Bank S.A. as borrowers under a $1 billion 364-day credit facility, a $2.5 billion four-year facility and a $2.5 billion five-year facility agented by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

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Simmons & Simmons is advising Jefferies International and JP Morgan Cazenove as Joint Sponsors, Joint Global Co-ordinators and Joint Bookrunners, and Numis Securities as Joint Bookrunner, on the initial public offering (IPO) of AO World plc (AO), the United Kingdom’s leading online retailer of major domestic appliances. AO’s sales activities are focused primarily on sales of appliances through the Group’s own branded websites, principally AO.com.

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Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised DX (Group) plc, a leading independent logistics operator in the UK and Republic of Ireland, on the successful pricing of its initial public offering and admission to the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.

The associated share placing values DX, a portfolio company of private equity firm Arle Capital Partners Limited since 2006, at around £200 million. The proceeds of the placing will be used to repay existing senior debt, shareholder loans and private equity investors. More >>