The Los Angeles office of O’Melveny & Meyers announced the recruitment of Mark Easton back to the firm’s Los Angeles office. Mr. Easton returns to the firm from Warner Bros. Entertainment where he was general counsel. Mr. Easton’s career focuses on mergers and acquisitions, with significant attention to media, sports and entertainment.
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Jones Day announced that William Prescott Mills Schwind, an oil and gas industry lawyer focused on cross-border transactions, has joined the Houston Office as a partner in the Firm’s Energy Practice.
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Bracewell & Giuliani LLP is representing Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (KMP) in its agreement to sell Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission, Trailblazer Pipeline Company, the Casper-Douglas natural gas processing and West Frenchie Draw treating facilities in Wyoming, and the company’s 50 percent interest in the Rockies Express Pipeline (REX) to Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP.
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Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that Taurie M. Zeitzer has joined the New York office as a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. Ms. Zeitzer joins the Firm from the New York office of Latham & Watkins LLP, where she was a partner in the corporate department.
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Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP (“Tallgrass”), announced today that it has entered into a purchase and sale agreement with Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: KMP) to buy Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission, Trailblazer Pipeline Company, the Casper-Douglas natural gas processing and West Frenchie Draw treating facilities in Wyoming, and KMP’s 50 percent interest in the Rockies Express Pipeline (“REX”)
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On August 10, 2012, Maple Group Acquisition Corporation (Maple) completed its $3.8 billion takeover bid for TMX Group Inc. (TMX Group). In accordance with the terms of the offer, Maple acquired 80 per cent of the outstanding TMX Group shares at $50 per share in cash. Maple was also formally renamed as TMX Group Limited.
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Baker Hostetler announced that Michael R. Stiff joined the firm’s Tax Group as Partner in its Denver office. He comes to Baker Hostetler from Stiff, Zisman & Ingraham, P.C.
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Davis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as joint book-running managers on an SEC-registered debt offering by Moody’s Corporation of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 4.5% senior notes due 2022.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkDavis Polk advised Sterling Financial Corporation in connection with its SEC-registered secondary offering of 5,738,637 shares of its common stock by the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) for proceeds of approximately $115 million. Treasury’s initial preferred stock investment in Sterling, made as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program’s (TARP) Capital Purchase Program (CPP), was exchanged for common stock on August 26, 2010, as part of a larger recapitalization of the company.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkDavis Polk is advising Aetna Inc. on its acquisition of Coventry Health Care, Inc. valued at $7.3 billion, including the assumption of Coventry debt. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including receipt of Coventry stockholder approval and antitrust and state regulatory approvals. The transaction is expected to close in mid-2013.
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