Cahill represented the initial purchasers in connection with the Rule 144A/Reg S offering of $1,625,000,000 of notes, comprised of $825,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.5% Senior Notes due 2020 and $800,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.5% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2020 by Biomet, Inc. Proceeds from the offering will be used to refinance existing indebtedness.
Tags: Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP | New YorkCahill – Nielsen Completes $800 Million Notes Offering
Cahill represented the initial purchasers in connection with the Rule 144A/Reg S offering of $800,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.5% Senior Secured Notes due 2020 by Nielsen Finance LLC and Nielsen Finance Co.
Tags: Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP | New YorkCahill – Cannery Casino Resorts Completes $590 Million Credit Facility
Cahill represented Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as administrative agent and the lead arrangers in connection with the $590,000,000 credit facility, comprised of a $385,000,000 Term B Loan, a $165,000,000 Second Lien Loan, and a $40,000,000 Revolving credit facility for Cannery Casino Resorts, LLC and Washington Trotting Association. Proceeds from the facility will be used to refinance existing indebtedness.
Tags: Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP | New YorkSteptoe Expands International Arbitration Practice with Pieter Bekker
Steptoe is pleased to announce that Pieter Bekker has joined the firm’s International Arbitration Group as a partner. Dr. Bekker, who brings 20 years of experience in all aspects of cross-border dispute resolution, is based in the firm’s Brussels office, but will regularly work out of Steptoe’s London, Washington and New York offices.
Tags: Steptoe & Johnson PLLC | New YorkSquire Sanders Adds Top M&A and Outsourcing Talent to Corporate Practice: New Partners Boost NYC, London Presence
Squire Sanders is pleased to announce that Eric W. Cowan and Glynna K. Christian have joined its global legal practice as partners in the Corporate Transactions, Finance & Governance Practice Group. The new partners will be resident in both the New York and London offices.
Tags: Squire Patton Boggs | New YorkShearman & Sterling Represents American Axle Manufacturing in $550 Million Notes Offering and Concurrent Debt Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation
Shearman & Sterling represented American Axle Manufacturing, Inc. (AAM), along with its parent and subsidiary guarantors, in connection with its shelf takedown of $550 million aggregate principal amount of 6.625% Senior Notes due 2022 and in connection with its concurrent tender offer and consent solicitation for all of the outstanding $250 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.25% Senior Notes due 2014.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New YorkShearman & Sterling Advises on HudBay Mineral Inc.’s $500 Million Notes Offering
Shearman & Sterling represented Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as sole bookrunning manager and representative of the several initial purchasers in connection with HudBay Minerals Inc.’s (“HudBay”) offering of $500,000,000 of its 9.50% Senior Notes due 2020.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New YorkPaul Hastings Advises BAML in Financing for Midstates Petroleum Company, Inc.’s Acquisition of Mississippian Lime Oil Properties
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Bank of America Merrill Lynch as joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner, in connection with the $600 million in financing for independent exploration and producer, Midstates Petroleum Company, Inc.’s (NYSE: MPO) acquisition of Mississippian Lime oil properties in Oklahoma and Kansas from Eagle Energy Production, LLC, an independent energy business engaged in exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas.
Tags: Paul Hastings LLP | New YorkDavis Polk – GT Advanced Technologies Inc. $220 Million Convertible Senior Notes Offering and Convertible Note Hedge and Warrant Transactions
Davis Polk advised UBS Investment Bank, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC as joint book-running managers in connection with an SEC-registered offering by GT Advanced Technologies Inc. (GTAT) of an aggregate principal amount of $220 million of 3% convertible senior notes due 2017, which included $15 million aggregate principal of notes from the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional notes. In addition, Davis Polk advised certain financial institutions, including several affiliates of the underwriters, as counterparties to convertible note hedge and warrant transactions with GTAT in connection with the convertible senior notes offering.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell | New YorkDavis Polk Advises Indeed on Its Acquisition by Recruit
Davis Polk advised Indeed, Inc. in connection with its acquisition by Recruit Co., Ltd.
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