Stamford Law bulks up its market-leading practice with the addition of Mr. Lim Sin Teck to its corporate practice.
Tags: SingaporeMonthly Archives: May 2013
Davis Polk Advises the French State on the Sale of a 3.6% Stake in EADS
Davis Polk advised the French State in connection with the disposal of 1.5% of the total share capital of EADS, completed on April 16, 2013, through a share buyback for a total amount of €483 million, and a subsequent private placement by way of an accelerated book-building relating to 2.1% of the total share capital for a total amount of €707 million and completed on May 2, 2013.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkDavis Polk – Capitol Acquisition Corp. II IPO
Davis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. as joint book-running managers in connection with the initial public offering of 20,000,000 units of Capitol Acquisition Corp. II, including 2,000,000 units purchased pursuant to the underwriters’ over-allotment option, for an aggregate of $200 million. Each unit consists of one share of common stock and one-half of one warrant to purchase one share of common stock of Capitol Acquisition Corp. II. The units, the shares and the warrants will be listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkDavis Polk – Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common Stock Offering
Davis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as representatives of the several underwriters in connection with an SEC-registered offering of 9,000,000 shares of common stock of Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The gross proceeds from the offering were $171 million. The common stock is listed on The Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “ISIS.”
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | Silicon ValleyDavis Polk – Asia Cement Corporation Zero Coupon Convertible Bonds Offering
Davis Polk advised Goldman Sachs International, Merrill Lynch Far East Limited and BNP Paribas Securities (Asia) Limited as joint bookrunners and lead managers in connection with a Regulation S offering of $220 million zero coupon convertible bonds due 2018 by Asia Cement Corporation.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | Beijing
David C. Strosnider Joins Roetzel’s Chicago Office
Roetzel is pleased to announce that David C. Strosnider has joined the firm’s Business Services Group as a partner in the firm’s Chicago office.
Tags: Roetzel & Andress LPAMarket Leading Oil & Gas Lawyer Peter Roberts to Join Andrews Kurth London Office
Orrick Advises Iowa Fertilizer Company on $1.8 Billion Financing
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has advised Iowa Fertilizer Company LLC, a subsidiary of OCI N.V., in the $1.8 billion financing of a new nitrogen fertilizer production plant in Lee County, Iowa. This will be the first world scale natural gas-based fertilizer plant built in the United States in more than 20 years.
Tags: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP | New YorkThree More Patent Lawyers Join Firm’s Growing IP Practice
Miles & Stockbridge P.C. is pleased to announce that three more lawyers have recently joined the law firm’s growing Intellectual Property & Technology Practice. Barry S. Goldsmith, Adam M. Treiber and Keith Mullervy are all registered patent lawyers working in the firm’s Tysons Corner, Virginia, office. In April, Miles & Stockbridge announced that Michael Fleming, the former Chief Administrative Patent Judge of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, had joined the practice.
Allen & Overy Advises on the Global Offering of SINOPEC Engineering (Group) Co., Ltd.
Allen & Overy is advising SINOPEC Engineering (Group) Co., Ltd. (“SINOPEC Engineering”) on its landmark (approximately) USD2 billion initial public offering (IPO) and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Hong Kong’s largest IPO so far in 2012. The firm’s Hong Kong office has a strong track record in advising on sizeable IPOs for Chinese state-owned enterprises, having advised Agricultural Bank of China on its USD22.1bn IPO in 2010.
Tags: Allen & Overy LLP | Hong Kong