Former U.S. prosecutor Eric Snyder joins Jones Day’s white collar practice in São Paulo and Washington

The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Eric Snyder, a former Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) for the Southern District of New York with significant experience in Latin America, has joined the Firm’s Investigations & White Collar Defense Practice, and will divide his time between Jones Day’s São Paulo and Washington Offices. Mr. Snyder joins from the United States Department of State, where he was Senior Counsel and has been leading the Department’s response to the Congressional investigation into the attack on an embassy facility in Benghazi, Libya. More >>

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Davis Polk Advises Elementia, S.A.B. de C.V. on Its Ps$3.93 Billion Initial Public Offering

Davis Polk advised Elementia, S.A.B de C.V. in connection with its initial public offering of 231,150,000 ordinary shares, including 30,150,000 ordinary shares from the full exercise of the initial purchasers’ overallotment options, for an aggregate amount of Ps$3.93 billion, consisting of an offering of 186,520,000 ordinary shares to the general public in Mexico and an international offering of 44,630,000 ordinary shares outside Mexico under Rule 144A and Regulation S. The ordinary shares trade on the Mexican Stock Exchange. More >>

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Simpson Thacher Represents Underwriters in Telefonica Brasil’s US$5.5 Billion Equity Offering

The São Paulo office of the Firm recently represented the underwriters, led by Itau BBA USA Securities, Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Santander Investment Securities Inc., in connection with the global offering of preferred shares of Telefonica Brasil, including preferred shares in the form of ADSs More >>

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Davis Polk – Springleaf Holdings, Inc. $1.435 Billion Common Stock Offering

Davis Polk advised the underwriters in connection with the SEC-registered offering of 27,864,525 shares of common stock of Springleaf Holdings, Inc., of which 19,417,476 shares were issued and sold by the Company and 8,447,049 shares were sold by Springleaf Financial Holdings, LLC on behalf of an affiliate of American International Group. The aggregate gross proceeds of the offering were approximately $1.435 billion. The underwriters have a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 4,179,678 shares of Springleaf Holdings, Inc.’s common stock from Springleaf Financial Holdings, LLC. The common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “LEAF.” More >>

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Simpson Thacher Represents Underwriters in US$5.5 billion equity offering of Telefonica Brasil

The São Paulo office of the Firm recently represented the underwriters, led by Itau BBA USA Securities, Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Santander Investment Securities Inc., in connection with the global offering of preferred shares of Telefonica Brasil, including preferred shares in the form of ADSs. The ADSs are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and the preferred shares are listed in Brazil on the BM&FBOVESPA stock exchange. The global offering raised net proceeds of approximately US$5.5 billion, which Telefonica Brasil intends to use to the fund the cash portion of the previously announced €7.2 billion acquisition of Brazilian telecommunication company GVT, repay certain GVT indebtedness following completion of the acquisition and improve its own liquidity. More >>

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Paul Hastings Continues Latin America Expansion with Proposed New Office in São Paulo and Addition of Three Top-Rated Finance and Capital Markets Partners

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today a proposed new office in São Paulo, Brazil and the addition of three prominent Latin America and Project Finance partners from Allen & Overy. The team includes Robert Kartheiser, who joins Paul Hastings as chair of the Global Project Finance practice; Bruno Soares, who has an extensive Brazil based project finance practice and will be in New York until final regulatory approval is granted for him to be based in São Paulo; and Cathleen McLaughlin, who headed Allen & Overy’s New York office International Capital Markets group and will continue to focus on Latin American capital markets transactions within Paul Hastings’ Corporate practice.

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Davis Polk Advises Israel Chemicals Ltd. on Its $800 Million Senior Notes Offering

Davis Polk advised Israel Chemicals Ltd. in connection with a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $800 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.500% senior notes due 2024. Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. acted as joint book-running managers for the offering. More >>

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