Leading global law firm Mayer Brown has advised Standard Chartered Bank and BNP Paribas, on a five-year US$3 billion loan facility to Canadian-based First Quantum Minerals Limited, which has seven operating mines and five development projects around the world. More >>
Tags: Mayer Brown LLPGlobal law firm Proskauer represented long-time client Celgene Corporation in its offering of three tranches of investment grade unsecured senior notes in an aggregate principal amount of $2.5 billion.
Shearman & Sterling is representing Bank of America Merrill Lynch in its role as financial advisor to DirecTV in DirecTV’s merger with AT&T. More >>
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Cahill represented the joint book-running managers and the co-managers in connection with the Rule 144A offering of $1,300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.625% Senior Notes due 2022 by Crimson Merger Sub, Inc. to be merged with and into Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. upon consummation of the acquisition of Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics by The Carlyle Group from Johnson & Johnson. Proceeds from the offering were deposited into escrow pending closing of the acquisition. More >>
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Herbert Smith Freehills has advised the shareholders of Omer Telecom Ltd (parent company of Omea Telecom SAS which operates Virgin Mobile in France): Carphone Warehouse, Virgin and Financom (holding company of Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, CEO of Omer Telecom Ltd), on the offer for 100% of the French mobile group Virgin Mobile France, made by Altice’s subsidiary, Numericable Group, for an enterprise value of €325m.
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A team of lawyers from K&L Gates LLP has advised NEC Corporation on its acquisition of the electric grid storage division of electric battery maker A123 Energy Systems LLC. A123 was acquired by Wanxiang American Corporation last year in a 363 bankruptcy sale. In connection with the acquisition in the U.S., Wanxiang and NEC will enter into a joint venture to develop an electric grid storage business in the People’s Republic of China, with A123 retaining its automotive battery business. More >>
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King & Spalding has recruited Drew G.L. Chapman as a partner in the financial institutions practice in its New York office. Chapman joins King & Spalding from WilmerHale, where he was head of the alternative investment group. Chapman is the seventh financial institutions partner the firm has added in the past eight months.
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Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP (JMBM) is pleased to welcome Jonathan Bloch as a corporate partner in its Los Angeles office. Formerly of Manatt, Bloch’s law practice focuses on the needs of large institutional investors, including venture capital and private equity. He counsels clients in fund formation, operations, and legal and regulatory compliance. He has participated in raising capital for real estate, hospitality, technology and telecommunication companies, manufacturing facilities and Internet distribution centers.
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Ballard Spahr has significantly expanded its Phoenix office with the addition of prominent litigators known for their work in media and constitutional law, complex commercial litigation, and bankruptcy, firm Chair Mark Stewart announced. Joining the firm today as partners are David J. Bodney, a nationally recognized First Amendment litigator who will lead the firm’s Media Law Group, and Craig Solomon Ganz, who handles corporate restructuring, complex commercial litigation, and bankruptcy issues. Joining the firm as of counsel is Chris Moeser, who also practices media and constitutional law.
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