The Firm recently represented Team Health Holdings, Inc. (“TeamHealth”), Ensemble Parent LLC (an affiliate of The Blackstone Group), and certain management shareholders in the sale by the selling shareholders of 9,633,107 shares of TeamHealth common stock, resulting in gross proceeds of $319,915,483. Ensemble Parent LLC sold 9,588,990 shares, representing the remainder of its ownership of TeamHealth’s stock. Barclays and Citigroup acted as joint bookrunners for the offering.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkMonthly Archives: February 2013
Simpson Thacher Represents the Underwriters in $150 Million Preferred Stock Offering by Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.
The Firm represented the underwriters, led by Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and UBS Securities LLC, as joint book-running managers, in connection with a public offering of 6,000,000 shares of 5.375% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, $0.01 par value per share, with a liquidation preference of $25 per share, of Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. The offering closed on February 15, 2013.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkSimpson Thacher Represents Blackstone in Creation of Largest National Single-Family Rental Home Platform
The Firm represents affiliates of Blackstone Real Estate Partners in the formation of Invitation Homes, L.P., a national platform to purchase distressed single family homes and then refurbish, lease and maintain them in neighborhoods across the country. According to press reports, Invitation Homes has spent more than $2.5 billion on 16,000 homes to manage as rentals, making Invitation Homes the largest owner of single-family homes in the country. In connection with the formation of Invitation Homes, the Firm represented affiliates of Invitation Homes in a $600 million revolving credit facility with Deutsche Bank as administrative agent.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkMacfarlanes Expands Hedge Fund Offering with Fund Formation Partner Appointment
Macfarlanes has announced the appointment of alternative fund lawyer Simon Thomas as a partner in its investment funds group.
Tags: Macfarlanes LLPWeil Advises AMR in $11B Merger with US Airways
Weil advised AMR, the parent company of American Airlines, in connection with its proposed approximately $11 billion merger with US Airways Group—a merger that would create the world’s largest airline, offering 6,700 daily flights to 336 destinations in 56 countries. The transaction has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies and is expected to close in the third quarter of 2013.
Tags: Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP | New YorkWillkie Paris Office Represents French State in Obtaining EC Approval for €1.2 Billion PSA Group Aid
On February 11, the European Commission approved a State aid rescue package for the troubled PSA Peugeot Citroën group in the form of a temporary guarantee that the French State will grant to Banque PSA Finance, the group’s financial services entity. This State guarantee is capped at €1.2 billion and will allow Banque PSA Finance to issue, within a six-month period, notes with a maximum maturity of 36 months. Upon execution of the agreement between PSA, Banque PSA Finance and the French State, Banque PSA Finance will be permitted to refinance new loan production at a volume sufficient to support the automobile sales of the PSA group.
Tags: Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLPOlswang Advises Warner Music on £487m Acquisition of Parlophone
Kirkland & Ellis Strengthens West Coast Presence with Hires of Leading Corporate Attorneys in Los Angeles and San Francisco
Kirkland & Ellis LLP announced today that the Firm has expanded its West Coast corporate practice with the hiring of leading attorneys Michael S. Ringler and Rick C. Madden. Mr. Ringler will join the Firm as a partner in the San Francisco office and was previously a mergers and acquisitions partner in the San Francisco office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Mr. Madden will join as a partner in the Firm’s Los Angeles office and was previously a corporate partner in the Los Angeles office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
Tags: Kirkland & Ellis LLP | Los AngelesTroutman Sanders Adds Lending and Structured Finance Group in New York
Troutman Sanders continued the expansion of its Lending and Structured Finance practice, announcing today that it has added a three-member team to its New York office.
Tags: Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP | New YorkProminent New York Bankruptcy Attorney Joins Polsinelli Shughart
Polsinelli Shughart is pleased to welcome Edward M. Fox as a shareholder to the firm’s New York office where he will assist clients with bankruptcy and financial services needs. Fox comes to the firm with more than 25 years experience, and has served as partner and head of the bankruptcy departments at several major law firms.
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