Paul, Weiss client TransAlta Corporation closed its public offering in the United States of $400 million of 1.900% senior notes due 2017. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated acted as joint bookrunning managers.
TransAlta is among Canada’s largest non-regulated electric generation and energy marketing companies and is focused on generating electricity in Canada, the United States and Australia through its diversified portfolio of facilities fuelled by coal, natural gas, hydroelectric and geothermal resources.
The Paul, Weiss team included corporate partner Andrew Foley; tax partner David Sicular; and environmental counsel William O’Brien.
