Shearman & 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.
Tags: King & Spalding LLP | HoustonSimpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced today that Joe Wayland has returned to the Firm as a Partner in the Litigation Practice. Mr. Wayland most recently served as the Acting Assistant Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, where he oversaw all of the Division’s criminal and civil matters and led the Division in achieving several major litigation victories.
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Barnes & Thornburg LLP announced today that Jordan S. Weinstein has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the Intellectual Property Department. Previously, Weinstein was a partner with Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
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Clayton Utz congratulates Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) and its sponsors on the successful close of the US$8.5 billion financing for APLNG’s liquefaction plant and facilities on Curtis Island.
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