Deal marks the largest-ever fully consensual lender-led restructuring in France
Willkie represented members of the ad hoc lender committee and anchor investors as part of the financial restructuring of the French fashion retailer Vivarte, marking the largest-ever fully consensual French restructuring. The restructuring involved a debt for equity swap/write off of €2 billion and a €500 million infusion of new money. More >>
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Simpson Thacher represented Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Merrill Lynch International and Wells Fargo Securities International Limited in connection with Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s first registered public offering of euro-denominated notes. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (“Berkshire”) offered €3 billion aggregate principal amount of debt securities, consisting of €750 million of 0.75% Senior Notes due 2023, €1.250 billion of 1.125% Senior Notes due 2027 and €1 billion of 1.625% Senior Notes due 2035. The offering closed on March 16, 2015. The notes will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. More >>
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Offit Kurman has opened a new office location in New York City. Located in the heart of Midtown Manhattan, the office occupies the 51st floor of One Grand Central Place, a historic skyscraper overlooking Grand Central Terminal. Financial institutions regulatory attorney Daniella Casseres will spearhead the expansion. More >>
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Strengthening the firm’s commitment to the entertainment industry, Fox Rothschild LLP is pleased to welcome David Aronoff and Lincoln Bandlow as partners to its Los Angeles (Century City) office.
“We are very excited to have Lincoln and David join our team,” said Los Angeles Office Managing Partner and Entertainment Department Chair Darrell D. Miller. “Their first class entertainment practice and strong backgrounds in IP law and First Amendment work, will make them valuable assets to our clients across the country, our entertainment department and the firm at large.” More >>
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DLA Piper announced today that Justice Henry duPont Ridgely, who retired on January 31, 2015 from the Delaware Supreme Court, will join the firm effective March 16, 2015. He will be a member of the firm’s Corporate and Litigation practices, based in the Wilmington, Delaware office.
Justice Ridgely has a distinguished record of more than 30 years of service on the Delaware bench. Before his tenure of more than a decade on the Delaware Supreme Court, Justice Ridgely was a judge on Delaware’s Superior Court for 20 years, including 14 years as President Judge with a full caseload and statewide responsibility for the court’s budget and personnel. During that period, the Delaware courts earned a number one ranking from the United States Chamber of Commerce, which Delaware has maintained for more than ten years. More >>
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Dentons advised The Islamic Development Bank (the IsDB) on the update of the IsDB Trust Services Limited US$10 billion Trust Certificate Issuance Programme (the Programme) completed on 24 February 2015. Dentons also advised the IsDB on the issue of US$1 billion Trust Certificates due 2020 under the Programme, completed on 12 March 2015. The Programme was listed on the London Stock Exchange and NASDAQ Dubai. More >>
Tags: Dentons | DubaiDentons announced today that it has added litigator Stephen J. Senderowitz as a partner and a leader in its securities, commodities and derivatives litigation and regulatory defense practice. Based in Chicago, Senderowitz focuses on defending complex civil, regulatory and criminal financial markets matters across the country. More >>
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Frederick Leech has joined Leech Tishman as a partner in the Pittsburgh office and a member of the Corporate Practice Group. More >>
Tags: Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl | PittsburghThe Firm represented the underwriters, led by Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint bookrunning managers, in connection with a public offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of debt securities of The Charles Schwab Corporation, consisting of $625 million aggregate principal amount of 1.5% Senior Notes due 2018 and $375 million aggregate principal amount of 3% Senior Notes due 2025. The offering closed on March 10, 2015. More >>
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