On August 1, Willkie client Level 3 Communications, Inc.announced that Level 3 Financing, Inc., its wholly owned subsidiary, has agreed to sell $775 million aggregate principal amount of its 7% Senior Notes due 2020 in a Rule 144A offering to qualified institutional buyers. The offering was completed on August 6.
Tags: Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP | New YorkWillkie Represents Ventas in $275 Million Bond Offering
Willkie client Ventas, Inc., a leading healthcare Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), recently announced that it has priced a public offering of $275 million aggregate principal amount of 3.25% Senior Notes due 2022 at 99.027% of principal amount. The notes are being issued by the company’s operating partnership, Ventas Realty, Limited Partnership, and a wholly owned subsidiary, Ventas Capital Corporation.
Tags: Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP | New YorkKenneth A. Wright, Jr. Joins SNR Denton’s Capital Markets Practice in New York
Michael R. Barz Joins SNR Denton’s Corporate Practice in New York
Cozen O’Connor Announces Addition of Senior Corporate Attorney in New York, a Recognized Authority in In-Bound Investment from China
Cozen O’Connor, among the 100 largest U.S. law firms, announced today that corporate, business, and securities attorney Andrew M. Ross has joined the firm as a member of the Corporate Practice Group in the New York office. He formerly was a partner with Loeb & Loeb in New York and Chair of that firm’s national Mergers and Acquisitions Group.
Tags: Cozen O'Connor, P.C. | New YorkSimpson Thacher Represents KKR in Acquisition of A2A Coriance SAS
The Firm is representing Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (“KKR”) in connection with the acquisition from A2A S.p.A. (“A2A”) of A2A Coriance SAS (“Coriance”), a French société anonyme simplifiée specializing in the design, construction and operation of cogeneration, biomass, geo-thermal sources, and waste to energy plants in France, with an aggregate managed capacity of 790 MW of thermal power and 123 MW of cogeneration power.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkSimpson Thacher Represents Underwriters in $1.5 Billion Investment Grade Notes Offering by Texas Instruments Incorporated
Simpson Thacher represented the underwriters, led by Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, in connection with the public offering by Texas Instruments Incorporated of an aggregate of $1.5 billion in investment grade notes.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkMilbank Represents Initial Purchasers of $1.2 Billion of Pemex Notes in Deal Supporting U.S. Energy Suppliers
International law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, led by Global Transportation Finance partner Drew S. Fine and Global Securities partner Arnold Peinado, recently represented the initial purchasers in three separate offerings of notes by Pemex, Mexico’s national oil and gas company, totaling $1.2 billion. The joint book runners were Credit Agricole Securities, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan.
Tags: Milbank LLP | New YorkProskauer Broadens Biotech Patent Litigation Capabilities with New Partner in New York
Proskauer has expanded its biotechnology patent litigation capabilities with the addition of Mary S. Consalvi as a Partner in the firm’s Patent Law Group. Based in New York, Ms. Consalvi is the former president and general counsel of NetBio Systems, Inc., a leading provider of rapid DNA analysis solutions located in Waltham, MA.
Tags: Proskauer Rose, LLP | New YorkAndrew D. Shaffer Joins Butzel Long’s New York Office as Shareholder
Andrew D. Shaffer, an attorney who concentrates his practice on bankruptcy and restructuring, has joined the law firm Butzel Long as a Shareholder in its New York office.
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