Monthly Archives: August 2012

Kaye Scholer Brings on Partner Annette Bödeker to Head Corporate Practice in Frankfurt

Friday, August 17, 2012

Kaye Scholer announced that Dr. Annette Bödeker shortly will join as a Partner and head of the Corporate Department in the Firm’s Frankfurt office. An accomplished corporate lawyer with a broad client base covering German and international corporations, Bödeker focuses on corporate governance and compliance matters, cross-border M&A, international joint ventures, reorganizations and restructurings and finance. Representative clients include Citigroup Global Markets, Qioptiq Group, Bosch and Levi Strauss & Co., among others.

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Davis Polk Advises El Paso Electric in Offering of Pollution Control Revenue Bonds

Friday, August 17, 2012

Davis Polk advised El Paso Electric Company in connection with the issuance of an aggregate of $82.5 million of pollution control refunding revenue bonds. One series of $33.3 million was issued by the City of Farmington, New Mexico, relating to the Four Corners Generating Station, a coal-fired steam electric power plant in San Juan County, New Mexico. The other series of $59.235 million was issued by the Maricopa County, Arizona Pollution Control Corporation and related to the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station near Phoenix, Arizona. The City of Farmington bonds bear interest at 1.875% and mature in 2032 and are being remarketed by U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. The Maricopa County, Arizona Pollution Control Corporation bonds bear interest at 4.5% and mature in 2042 and are being underwritten by U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated.

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Shearman & Sterling Advises Initial Purchasers in Broadcom’s $500 Million Offering of Senior Notes

Friday, August 17, 2012

Shearman & Sterling represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as representatives of the initial purchasers in connection with Broadcom Corporation’s offering of $500 million of its 2.500% Senior Notes due 2022. Broadcom Corporation is a California-based company that develops semiconductors for wired and wireless communications

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Shearman & Sterling Represents LMA International on Acquisition by Teleflex

Friday, August 17, 2012

Shearman & Sterling advised LMA International N.V. (LMA), a Curaçao limited liability company listed on the Singapore Exchange, on its acquisition by Teleflex Incorporated in a transaction valued at approximately $276 million. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2012 and remains subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals, as well as other customary closing conditions.

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Stoel Rives Welcomes Labor and Employment Attorney Renea Saade

Friday, August 17, 2012

Stoel Rives LLP, a leading U.S. business law firm, is pleased to announce that Renea Saade has joined its Anchorage office as a partner in the firm’s Labor & Employment group. Renea has more than a decade of experience counseling clients on labor and employment issues. She assists clients on a broad range of employment matters including noncompetition/nonsolicitation enforcement, wrongful termination, requests for accommodation, workplace investigations and discipline.

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Cahill – First Data Corporation Completes $1.3 Billion Notes Offering

Friday, August 17, 2012

Cahill represented Deutsche Bank Securities, Citigroup, Wells Fargo Securities, Credit Suisse, HSBC, and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey as joint book-running managers and the co-managers in the Rule 144A/Reg S offering of $1,300,000,000 6 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2020 by First Data Corporation. Proceeds from the offering will be used to prepay term loans under the company’s senior secured credit facilities.

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