Simpson Thacher recently represented the underwriter, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., in a public offering of 21,490,022 ordinary shares of Avago Technologies Limited by several of Avago’s shareholders for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $740 million.
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Pinsent Masons has strengthened its national planning and environment team with the recruitment of Mike Pocock as a partner.
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Cahill represented JPMorgan Chase as administrative agent and J.P. Morgan, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, BofA Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey as lead arrangers in connection with a credit facility comprised of a $300,000,000 Term B loan, a $250,000,000 Term A loan and a $200,000,000 revolving credit facility for MedAssets, Inc.
Tags: Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP | New YorkStamford Law is advising SGX Mainboard-listed Petra Foods Limited in respect of its sale of its cocoa ingredients division to Swiss Exchange-listed Barry Callebaut, for a cash consideration of approximately US$950 million. Petra Foods’ cocoa ingredients division is one of the world’s largest suppliers of cocoa ingredients to the food and beverage industry and comprises of six cocoa ingredients processing facilities (located in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Brazil, Mexico and Germany) and one cocoa butter factory (located in France).
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Genesis HealthCare (Genesis), one of the nation’s largest providers of skilled nursing and rehabilitation care, today announced that effective December 1, 2012 it completed the acquisition of Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. (Sun) (NASDAQ GS: SUNH). Based in Irvine, California, Sun is a healthcare services company serving primarily the senior population. Sun owns SunBridge Healthcare, LLC, which, directly and through affiliates, operates skilled nursing facilities, assisted and independent living centers, and behavioral health centers in 23 states. Sun also owns SunDance Rehabilitation, CareerStaff Unlimited, and SolAmor Hospice.
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International law firm Ince & Co advised the banks arranging a US$250 million loan facility to Hoegh LNG, financing the construction of a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) to be delivered for the Klaipedos Nafta FSRU project in Lithuania.
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To bolster the firm’s presence in the Midwest, national law firm Wilson Elser has joined forces with Milwaukee firm Leib & Katt, LLC to open the firm’s first office in Wisconsin. Opening its doors on January 1, 2013, the office will be the AmLaw 100 firm’s 24th U.S. office and the third opened in the past two years. More >>
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Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP announced today that Martin Rogers and James Wadham, leading litigators in Asia, will join the firm as partners in Hong Kong. Their arrival extends Davis Polk’s leadership among the elite corporate law firms in Asia with an outstanding litigation capability. Globally, this decision exemplifies Davis Polk’s strategic focus on delivering the best lawyers, providing the most critical advice, to the most sophisticated clients in the world’s major financial centers.
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As part of Russia’s largest ever takeover, international law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges advised Access Industries and Renova on the sale of their stake in the Russian oil joint venture, TNK-BP, to state-owned oil company Rosneft, which signed yesterday. The transaction price is set on the basis of the valuation of AAR’s TNK-BP stake at $28 billion. Completion is conditional on certain regulatory and other matters.
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Clifford Chance is advising QNB Group on the acquisition of Société Générale’s stake in National Société Générale Bank – Egypt (NSGB).
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