Simpson Thacher recently represented Equatorial Energia S.A. in connection with its R$1.3 billion (US$622 million) follow-on equity offering. The offering was registered in Brazil, with international placement efforts to qualified institutional buyers and other non-U.S. persons in reliance on Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act. A substantial portion of the net proceeds from the offering will be used for the financial restructuring of Equatorial’s recently acquired subsidiary, Centrais Elétricas do Pará – CELPA.

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Shearman & Sterling advised Minera Frisco, S.A.B. de C.V. (“Minera Frisco”) in connection with a $1.1 billion financing related to its acquisition of AuRicoGold de México, S.A. de C.V. Minera Frisco is majority owned by Carlos Slim, the world’s richest person according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Minera Frisco, which was spun off from Slim’s holding company Grupo Carso S.A.B. at the beginning of 2011, is his biggest holding behind wireless carrier America Movil S.A.B. and financial-services company Grupo Financiero Inbursa S.A.B.

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Shearman & Sterling advised The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., New York Branch (BTMU) in connection with the financing of InterGen’s 205 MW natural gas-fired San Luis de la Paz project in Guanajuato, Mexico. Concurrently, the firm also advised BTMU in connection with the financing of the InterGen’s Altamira Compression Station in Tamaulipas, Mexico.

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Allen & Overy advises Trinidad based CL Financial Limited (CLF) on the sale of its approximately 81.4% stake in Jamaica conglomerate Lascelles deMercado (LdM) to Davide Campari-Milano S.P.A. (Campari).

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Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP announced today that its client PBF Energy Inc. has priced its initial public offering of 20,500,000 shares of its Class A common stock at a price to the public of $26 per share. The shares began trading today under the ticker symbol “PBF” on the New York Stock Exchange.

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