Shearman & Sterling advised the underwriters in connection with Sprint Nextel Corporation’s offering of $2.28 billion of 6.000% notes due 2022. BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank Securities, Goldman, Sachs & Co., and J.P. Morgan, acted as joint bookrunners.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New YorkShearman & Sterling represented The Dow Chemical Company in connection with a $2.5 billion underwritten public offering of debt securities, including $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 3.000% notes due 2022 and $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.375% notes due 2042.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New YorkShearman & Sterling represented the underwriters, led by Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as Global Coordinators and Joint Physical Book-Running Managers, and Goldman, Sachs & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and RBS Securities Inc. as Joint Book-Running Managers, in connection with Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.’s public offering of $650 million of its 5.250% Senior Notes due 2022.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New YorkShearman & Sterling advised the joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners in connection with a refinancing and one-time dividend for SumTotal Systems Inc., a portfolio company of private equity sponsor Vista Equity Partners, comprised of a $370 million first lien term loan, a $30 million revolving credit facility and a $140 million second lien term loan.
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King & Wood Mallesons’ market leading Environment, Planning & Native Title practice has attracted another prominent practitioner, partner Mark Beaufoy, who will join the firm’s Melbourne office this month.
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Saul Ewing LLP is pleased to announce that Stephen B. Ravin has joined the firm as a partner in the Bankruptcy and Restructuring Practice. Ravin, who has more than 30 years of experience as an insolvency and bankruptcy attorney, will be resident in Saul Ewing’s Newark, New Jersey office.
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King & Spalding has acted on a significant $73 million arbitration in the UK Commercial Court over a dispute between two Asian coal companies and the government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.
Tags: King & Spalding LLPThe law firm of Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard, P.A. is pleased to announce the addition of Marcie R. Horowitz as a Member of the firm’s environmental law practice, based in its Hackensack office. She is the latest addition to the firm’s highly regarded team of environmental law attorneys.
Simpson Thacher represented the initial purchasers, led by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, in the sale of an aggregate principal amount of $500 million 6.25% Senior Notes due 2022 of New Gold Inc., a British Columbia corporation (“New Gold”). The offering was conducted as a private offering in reliance upon Rule 144A and Regulation S. The notes are guaranteed by certain of New Gold’s direct and indirect subsidiaries. The transaction closed on November 14, 2012. The Firm also worked on an offering by New Gold of $300 million of 7.00% Senior Notes due 2020 earlier this year.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkKing & Spalding advised Haddington Ventures, L.L.C. on the closing of a $350 million private equity fund, Haddington Energy Partners IV, LP, for investments in midstream energy infrastructure.
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