Cravath represented the underwriter, J.P. Morgan Securities, in connection with the US$2 billion registered debt offering of JPMorgan Chase & Co., a leading global financial services firm and one of the largest banking institutions in the United States. The transaction closed on May 15, 2013.
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Simpson Thacher represented Sirius XM Radio Inc. (“SiriusXM”) in connection with its offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 4.25% Senior Notes due 2020 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of 4.625% Senior Notes due 2023 in reliance on Rule 144A and Regulation S. SiriusXM intends to use the proceeds of this offering for general corporate purposes, including the repayment of all outstanding drawings under its existing credit facility.
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Herbert Smith Freehills announced today that it has recruited Nico Abel as partner to its newly opened Frankfurt office.
Tags: Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP | GermanyHerbert Smith Freehills is advising Metcash on its acquisition of the Australian Truck and Auto Parts Group (ATAP), which includes Auto Brake Service (ABS), for approximately $84 million, including transaction costs.
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Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Kate Spelman as a technology transactions partner in the firm’s Seattle office. Spelman joins K&L Gates from Cobalt LLP.
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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it is representing Nomura, Bank of Taiwan, Cathay United Bank, Co., LTD., ICBC International Capital Limited and Maybank Investment Bank Berhad, as mandated lead arrangers in connection with the US$330 million debt financing for AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc.’s take-private acquisition by a consortium led by Chinese private equity company CITIC Capital Partners in an all-cash deal valued at approximately US$890 million.
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Steptoe & Johnson LLP is again expanding its national intellectual property litigation practice and its growing Chicago office with the addition of three patent litigators. Joining as partners are James “Jay” Nuttall, John Abramic, and Glen Belvis.
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International law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP represented Constellation Brands, Inc., the world’s leading premium wine company, in its issuance on May 14, 2013 of $1.05 billion aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due 2023 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due 2021 in a public offering under a shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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A team of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP attorneys is advising CITIC PE in relation to the management buyout of AsiaInfo-Linkage by a consortium that would take the company private.
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A large group of institutional investors, comprising mostly US and UK hedge funds, appointed Bankruptcy & Restructuring Partners David von Saucken and Paul Atherton in Kaye Scholer’s London office to represent them as convertible bondholders in the restructuring of IVG Immobilien AG. IVG is a German-listed public company with approximately 550 employees at 19 locations in major German and European cities. It manages assets totaling over €21 billion with a particular focus on real estate and infrastructure.
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