Monthly Archives: November 2012

Stephen A. Tight Rejoins Fredrikson & Byron

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Stephen A. Tight has rejoined Fredrikson & Byron as an officer in the firm’s Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity and Venture Capital, and Life Sciences Groups. His experience includes representing public and private companies, private equity firms, and venture capital investors in a wide variety of merger and acquisition transactions and investment transactions, ranging in value from less than $50 million to billions of dollars, with a particular emphasis in the Life Sciences space. His transactional work includes domestic and cross-border acquisitions; tender and exchange offers; contests for corporate control; going-private transactions; asset acquisitions and divestitures; spin-offs; joint ventures; venture capital and strategic investments; securities offerings; private equity transactions; and Securities and Exchange Commission reporting and compliance.

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Tags:  Fredrikson & Byron P.A.

Loeb & Loeb’s Capital Markets and Corporate Teams Ramp Up Deal Activity in Asia

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Law firm Loeb & Loeb LLP, which opened an office in Hong Kong in October in association with Pang & Co., has already closed two significant Hong Kong initial public offerings for Pegasus Entertainment Holdings Limited and Sunley Holdings Limited. These transactions are two of just four IPOs that have closed in the region in the last two months.

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Tags:  Loeb & Loeb LLP | Hong Kong

Terence K. McLaughlin Joins Morrison Cohen as New Lateral Partner

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Morrison Cohen LLP has announced the admission to the Firm of its newest lateral partner,Terence K. McLaughlin. Mr. McLaughlin will join the Firm’s Business Litigation Department. Immediately prior to joining, Mr. McLaughlin was a partner in the Litigation Department of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.

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Simpson Thacher Represents Blackstone in Announced Partnership with LLOG Exploration Company to Invest in Offshore Energy Assets in the Gulf of Mexico

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

The Firm is representing Blackstone Energy Partners in the announced formation of a long-term, strategic partnership with LLOG Exploration Company L.L.C. (“LLOG”) to invest over $1.2 billion to expand and accelerate LLOG’s offshore operations in the Gulf of Mexico. The partnership will provide funds to expedite the development of LLOG’s four recent deepwater discoveries as well as the exploration and appraisal of its extensive prospect inventory, which includes over 110 offshore leases. This strategic partnership is the largest private equity financing executed in the Gulf of Mexico to date.

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Tags:  Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | Houston

Simpson Thacher Represents Initial Purchasers in Sale of $1.05 Billion Senior Notes by Laureate Education, Inc. and Related Tender Offer

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Simpson Thacher represented the initial purchasers, led by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. in the recent sale of an aggregate principal amount of $1.05 billion additional 9.250% Senior Notes due 2019 of Laureate Education, Inc. pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S. The firm also represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as dealer manager in connection with Laureate’s tender offers to purchase its existing 10.25%/11% Senior Toggle Notes due 2015 and 10% Senior Notes due 2015. Laureate will use the net proceeds from the note offering to fund the tender offers and for other repayments of outstanding indebtedness.

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