Leading global law firm Baker & McKenzie has acted for a consortium of three buyers – PGGM, APG Algemene Pensioen Groep (both Dutch pension funds) and an Australian superannuation investor, on the acquisition of 66.2% of the shares in Challenger LBC Terminal Jersey (LBC) from Challenger Infrastructure Fund for US$277.8 million. LBC is one of the world’s largest independent operators of tank storage facilities for Liquid Bulk Chemical products.
Tags: Baker McKenzieMonthly Archives: June 2012
Bingham Expands Antitrust Capabilities in New York
Bingham expanded its antitrust capabilities in New York with the addition of Stacey Anne Mahoney as a partner in the Antitrust, Competition and Trade Regulation Practice Group.
Tags: New YorkDaniel P. Raglan Joins Kelley Drye as a Corporate Partner in New York
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP is pleased to announce that Daniel P. Raglan has joined as a partner in the corporate department of the firm’s New York office.
Tags: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP | New YorkShearman & Sterling Advises on $1 Billion Financing for Integrys Energy Group
Shearman & Sterling advised U.S. Bank National Association, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd, Union Bank, N.A., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, KeyBank National Association, Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd and The Bank of Nova Scotia as lead arrangers and book managers in connection with a $1 billion aggregate financing, including a $635 million five-year credit facility for Integrys Energy Group, Inc., a $250 million five-year credit facility for The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company and a $115 million five-year credit facility for Wisconsin Public Service Corporation.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New YorkShearman & Sterling Advises on the Republic of Guatemala’s US$700 Million Rule 144A/Regulation S Offering of Notes
Shearman & Sterling advised Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. as sole lead manager and bookrunner in connection with the Republic of Guatemala’s Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of its 5.750% notes due 2022 for an aggregate principal amount of US$700 million.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New YorkShearman & Sterling Advises on $800 Million Financing for The Charles Schwab Corporation
Shearman & Sterling advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as joint lead arrangers and book managers in connection with a $800 million 364-day credit facility for The Charles Schwab Corporation.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New YorkBracewell & Giuliani Represents Kinder Morgan, Inc. in $2 Billion Sale of Stock
& Giuliani LLP is representing Kinder Morgan, Inc. in the sale of 63,000,000 shares of common stock offered by investment funds affiliated with Goldman, Sachs & Co., The Carlyle Group and Riverstone Holdings LLC. The stock is valued at approximately $2 billion.
Tags: Bracewell LLP | HoustonHilton Worldwide, Inc. Senior Vice President and In-House Counsel Joins Sutherland
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP announced today that Mark A. Robertson, previously senior vice president and assistant general counsel for Hilton Worldwide, Inc., has joined the firm as a partner in Washington DC.
Simpson Thacher Represents Dollar General Corporation and its Controlling Shareholder Buck Holdings, L.P., an Affiliate of KKR, in Secondary Offering of Common Stock
The Firm recently represented Dollar General Corporation (“Dollar General”) and its controlling shareholder Buck Holdings, L.P., an affiliate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., L.P., in connection with a secondary offering of 34,500,000 million shares (including the full exercise of the over-allotment option) of common stock. The secondary offering closed at a public offering price of $46.75 per share, resulting in gross proceeds to the selling shareholders (including KKR, other investors and certain members of management) of approximately $1.61 billion.
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