Leading Real Estate Attorney Peter Sugden to Head Up Katten London Office

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP announced today that real estate attorney Peter Sugden will join the firm as the new managing partner for Katten Muchin Rosenman UK, the firm’s London affiliate. In addition, Peter will continue to oversee and develop his real estate practice, focusing on real estate investment, development, hospitality and leisure, joint ventures and structured real estate transactions.

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Four Attorneys Join Looper Reed & McGraw

Looper Reed & McGraw welcomes Chris Shea (Houston – Healthcare Law), Rand Lionberger (Houston – Oil & Gas Law), Rachel Crockett (Dallas – Employment Law), Jennifer Gurevitz (Dallas – Tax Law).

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Simpson Thacher Represents Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC and EFIH Finance Inc. in $800 Million Senior Secured Second Lien Notes Offering

Simpson Thacher recently represented Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC (“EFIH”) and EFIH Finance Inc., direct, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Energy Future Holdings Corp. (“EFH Corp.”), formerly known as TXU Corp., in their issuance and sale of $800,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 11.750% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2022.  The issuers intend to dividend a portion of the net proceeds from the offering to EFH Corp., and EFH Corp. intends to use the funds it receives from EFIH to repay a portion of certain inter-company demand notes.  The issuers intend to use the remaining net proceeds for general corporate purposes.

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Simpson Thacher Represents Underwriters in Offering of US$300 Million Principal Amount of Zero Coupon Convertible Bonds by Pegatron Corporation

The Hong Kong office of the Firm represented the underwriters, led by Citibank Global Markets Limited and DBS Bank Limited, in the offering of US$300 million principal amount of Zero Coupon Convertible Bonds (the “Bonds”) by Pegatron Corporation (“Pegatron”).

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Davis Polk Advises Limited Brands on Its $1 Billion Notes Offering

Davis Polk advised Limited Brands, Inc. in connection with its SEC-registered offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.625% senior notes due 2022. The notes are guaranteed by certain subsidiaries of Limited Brands, Inc. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. were the joint book-running managers.

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Shearman & Sterling Advises Crédit Agricole CIB and Natixis on Refinancing Labeyrie Fine Foods’ Indebtedness

Shearman & Sterling advised Crédit Agricole CIB and Natixis—coordinators of a bank pool including BNP Paribas, Société Générale CIB, CM-CIC, HSBC France and HSBC plc—on the creation of a €285 million senior credit facility for the refinancing of Labeyrie group’s current indebtedness, which coincided with the restructuring of the group’s capital ownership.

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Melody He-Chen Joins Morrison & Foerster’s Hong Kong Corporate Group

Morrison & Foerster is pleased to announce that Melody He-Chen, a leading corporate lawyer with broad experience in capital markets, securities regulation and corporate finance, has joined the firm’s Hong Kong office as a partner in the Corporate Group. Ms. He-Chen has an extensive background representing investment banks and Chinese, American, and international companies from a wide variety of industries in an array of transactional capacities, including public offerings, private placements, debt offerings, private equity, mergers & acquisitions, cross-border joint ventures and financings. She also advises on corporate governance and compliance matters. Her addition, coupled with the recent promotion of Gregory Wang to partner in Hong Kong, adds depth to the firm’s robust capital markets expertise.

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