Akin Gump Advises Genesis Energy in $204 Million Public Offering of Securities

Akin Gump advised Genesis Energy, L.P., a master limited partnership or MLP, in an approximately $204 million underwritten public offering of common units representing limited partner interests. Genesis will use the net proceeds from that offering for general partnership purposes, such as funding acquisitions (including organic growth projects) or repaying a portion of the borrowings outstanding under its revolving credit facility More >>

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Ropes & Gray Advises on Towergate Restructuring and Acquisition of Majority Stake by Unsecured Noteholders

Ropes & Gray has advised the ad hoc committee of holders of Towergate Finance plc’s New York law-governed 10.5% senior unsecured notes in connection with the restructuring of the Towergate Group’s c. £1.05bn debt obligations and related acquisition by senior unsecured noteholders of more than 80% of the equity of the restructured Group. The members of the ad hoc committee were Highbridge Principal Strategies, LLC, KKR Credit Advisors (US) LLC and Sankaty Advisors, LLC. Towergate is Europe’s largest independently owned insurance intermediary More >>

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Freshfields Strengthens Asia Practice with Appointment of Thomas Ng

International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed leading Asian banking, finance and energy lawyer Thomas Ng to the firm’s partnership. He will be based in the firm’s Hong Kong office.
Mr Ng specialises in advising Chinese banks and companies on major banking, projects and energy transactions throughout Asia and around the world More >>

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