Monthly Archives: May 2013

Kirkland & Ellis Represents Joint Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners in Global Offering of SINOPEC Engineering (Group) Co., Ltd.

Monday, May 13, 2013

Kirkland & Ellis represents J.P. Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Limited, CITIC Securities Corporate Finance (HK) Limited, UBS AG, Hong Kong Branch, and Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. as joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners and China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Haitong International Securities Company Limited, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited, Merrill Lynch International, Merrill Lynch Far East Limited, Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch, BOCOM International Securities Limited, CMB International Capital Limited and BOCI Asia Limited as the other joint bookrunners in a global offering, including the initial public offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, of SINOPEC Engineering (Group) Co., Ltd., the leading oil refining, petrochemical and new coal chemical engineering company in China.

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Herbert Smith Freehills Advises Macquarie Capital on Mirvac Group’s A$400 Million Institutional Placement

Monday, May 13, 2013

Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Macquarie Capital (Australia) Limited (Macquarie) in relation to its role as sole bookrunner, lead manager and underwriter for Mirvac Group’s (Mirvac) A$400 million fully underwritten institutional placement, announced on Friday, 10 May 2013. Mirvac has also announced an intention to launch a non-underwritten security purchase plan for up to $15,000 per eligible securityholder. The proceeds from the issue will be used to fund Mirvac’s acquisition of a select portfolio of office assets from GE Real Estate Investments Australia.

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Herbert Smith Freehills Advises on a A$400 Million Acquisition of Moomba to Adelaide Pipeline System (MAPS)

Monday, May 13, 2013

Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Citibank N.A., Sydney Branch, on the financing of QIC Global Infrastructure’s $400.6 million acquisition of Epic Energy South Australia Pty Ltd (Epic SA), which owns the Moomba to Adelaide Pipeline System (MAPS) and the South East Pipeline System (SEPS). Completion of the transaction occurred on 1 May 2013.

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Experienced Oil and Gas Lawyer Joins Stoel Rives’ Alaska Office

Monday, May 13, 2013

Stoel Rives LLP, a leading U.S. business law firm, is pleased to announce that Tina Grovier has joined its Anchorage office as a partner in the firm’s Environment, Land Use and Natural Resources group. Grovier is recognized as a leading oil, gas and mining lawyer. During her 15-year career she has helped secure federal and state permits for the first non-conditional state right-of-way for a North Slope natural gas pipeline, Alaska’s first heap leach facility, Alaska’s first third-party natural gas storage facility and Anchorage’s first commercial-grade wind farm. Grovier regularly represents pipeline and telecommunication carriers and other public utilities before the Regulatory Commission of Alaska and state courts. In addition, she has broad appellate, litigation, arbitration and commercial transaction experience.

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Cravath – PNC’s Preferred Stock Offering

Monday, May 13, 2013

Cravath represented the underwriters, led by J.P. Morgan Securities, Citigroup and PNC Capital Markets LLC, in connection with the US$500 million offering of depositary shares representing preferred stock of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., one of the largest diversified services companies in the United States. The transaction closed on May 7, 2013.

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Simpson Thacher Represents Blackstone in Secondary Offering of General Growth Properties Common Stock

Monday, May 13, 2013

The Firm represents funds affiliated with The Blackstone Group in connection with an underwritten public offering of 23.4 million shares of common stock of General Growth Properties, Inc. The Blackstone affiliates received proceeds of approximately $536 million from the offering. The shares represent the remaining portion of the equity Blackstone acquired as part of the restructuring of General Growth and its emergence from bankruptcy in 2010. The Firm represented Blackstone in the restructuring.

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