Hogan Lovells has expanded its Paris finance practice with the hire of a dedicated Business Restructuring and Insolvency (BRI) partner, Cecile Dupoux. Cecile, currently a partner at Linklaters, will join Hogan Lovells today, 1 November 2012.
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Clayton Utz has acted for National Australia Bank Limited as arranger and a syndicate of banks on a A$500 million financing for Mineral Resources Limited.
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Global legal practice Squire Sanders has advised on a €700 million financing and completion of a special purchase agreement between the State of Berlin and RWE AG, Germany’s leading power producer, regarding a 25% stake in Berliner Wasserbetriebe, the Berlin water supply company.
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Davis Polk advised Royal Bank of Canada Capital Markets, LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., and nabSecurities, LLC as lead managers on an SEC-registered offering by Royal Bank of Canada of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 0.8% senior notes due 2015 under its $25 billion medium-term notes program.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell | New YorkDavis Polk is advising MSCI Inc. in connection with its $125 million acquisition of IPD Group Limited, an English company. The transaction is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2012.
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Kirkland & Ellis LLP represented a consortium of investors led by Stephen A. Kaplan, principal, co-portfolio manager of the Global Principal Group and member of Oaktree Capital Management’s Board of Directors, as part of Robert J. Pera’s $377 million acquisition of the Memphis Grizzlies NBA franchise, a deal that was approved unanimously by the NBA Board of Governors.
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Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP advised the management of MVL, a division of the FCI Group (itself controlled by affiliates of Bain Capital), in relation to its sale by FCI to Delphi Automotive Connection Systems for an estimated value of 765 million euros on a cash and debt-free basis.
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