The national law firm of Epstein Becker Green (EBG) continues to expand its presence in Southern California and Washington, D.C., through the recent addition of Kim Tyrrell-Knott, a seasoned health care IT attorney. Tyrrell-Knott joins the Health Care and Life Sciences practice as a Member of the Firm in the Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., offices.
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Baker & McKenzie’s Securities team recently acted as Hong Kong, US and Japanese law counsel to the joint global coordinators, joint bookrunners and joint lead managers, Shenyin Wanguo Capital (H.K.) Limited, Piper Jaffray Asia Limited and CITIC Securities Corporate Finance (HK) Limited, on the USD200 milion global offfering by DYNAM Japan Holdings Co., Ltd, one of the biggest pachinko hall operators in Japan, with a presence in 46 out of 47 prefectures in Japan. The shares commenced trading on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited on 6 August 2012. More >>
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A Weil team, led by New York partner Morgan Bale, advised Goldman Sachs as joint lead arranger, joint bookrunner and administrative agent for a $3.5 billion senior unsecured bridge facility in connection the $6.7 billion strategic investment by Walgreen Co. (Walgreens), the largest drug store chain in the United States, in Alliance Boots GmbH, a Switzerland-based international pharmacy-led health and beauty group from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. The bridge facility and the investment closed on August 2, 2012.
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Offit Kurman is pleased to announce the addition of Brent T. Salmons as a new partner in our Business and Real Estate Group.
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Land O’Lakes, Inc., has finalized its acquisition of Kozy Shack Enterprises, Inc., a market leader in the chilled dairy desserts category in North America. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Nixon Peabody LLP served as Kozy Shack’s legal counsel. The deal team was led by global business & transactions partner Jeff LaBarge.
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Herbert Smith has advised long-standing FTSE 100 client BSkyB (‘Sky’) on two recent transactions, the acquisition of Parthenon Media Group, a leading independent international distribution and multi-media rights management company and its proposed buyback of up to £500 million shares.
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Shearman & Sterling is representing Richard Schulze, founder and former Chairman of Best Buy Co., Inc., in his proposal to the Best Buy Board of Directors to acquire all of the outstanding shares of the company that he does not already own. Schulze is Best Buy’s largest shareholder, controlling 20.1% of Best Buy shares.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New YorkThe law firm of Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP is pleased to announce that David W. Bogan, a highly regarded lawyer with an impressive utility and energy-regulatory practice, has joined the firm as a partner in Hartford.
Davis Polk advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, BMO Capital Markets Corp. and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. as joint book-running managers on a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by The Pantry, Inc. of $250 million aggregate principal amount of its 8.375% senior notes due 2020.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkDavis Polk advised BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as joint book-running managers on a public offering by PPG Industries, Inc. of $400 million aggregate principal amount of 2.7% notes due 2022.
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