Yearly Archives: 2012

Haynes and Boone Assists Fossil in Acquisition of Skagen Designs

Wednesday, January 11, 2012
A team of Haynes and Boone, LLP attorneys assisted Fossil, Inc. in its just-announced agreement to acquire Skagen Designs, Ltd. and certain of its international affiliates for approximately $225 million in cash and 150,000 shares of Fossil common stock. The acquisition, which is subject to certain conditions, including regulatory approval, is expected to be finalized in February.

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Simpson Thacher Represents the Underwriters in $800 Million Floating Rate Notes Offering by Kraft Foods Inc.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012
The Firm recently represented the underwriters, led by Citigroup, RBS, Barclays Capital, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan, in the public offering of $800 million of floating rate notes due 2013 of Kraft Foods Inc. (“Kraft”). The notes must be redeemed before Kraft spins off its North American grocery business.

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Tags:  Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New York

DLA Piper Adds Leading Energy Group to Washington, DC Office

Tuesday, January 10, 2012
DLA Piper announced today the addition of top energy lawyers Kevin Lipson, Lee Alexander, Stefan Krantz, Christopher Schindler and John Lilyestrom to the Energy practice group in the Washington, DC office. The group joins DLA Piper from Hogan Lovells, where Lipson served as the practice area leader of the firm’s Energy practice and co-leader of its Global Energy Industry Group.

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Clyde & Co to Support Middle East Infrastructure Projects Through Additional Partner

Tuesday, January 10, 2012
International law firm Clyde & Co LLP is strengthening its project finance capabilities in the region to support the burgeoning number of infrastructure projects planned and underway across the Middle East, in particular in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Qatar.  Projects worth more than $1.8 trillion are planned or underway across the GCC according to MEED.

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