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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm advised Vista Land & Lifescapes, Inc. (“Vista Land”), the largest homebuilder in the Philippines, on its issuance of US$225 million 7.45% guaranteed notes due 2019 and a tender offer whereby it purchased US$104 million of its outstanding 8.25% guaranteed notes due 2015. More >>

Shearman & Sterling represented Barclays Bank PLC, HSBC Bank plc and Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc as joint lead managers and joint bookrunners in connection with an issuance of €1,000,000,000, 3.75% notes due 2026 of Petróleos Mexicanos (“Pemex”) and guaranteed by its wholly owned subsidiaries Pemex-Exploración y Producción, Pemex-Refinación and Pemex-Gas y Petroquímica Básica.

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Hunton & Williams LLP advised Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc., as joint book-running managers on an SEC-registered offering by Appalachian Power Company (“APCo”) of $300 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2044.

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Herbert Smith Freehills has advised State Grid Corporation of China, the world’s largest public utilities company, on its US$3.5 billion Rule 144A/Regulation S senior guaranteed notes issuance in Hong Kong.

The issuer’s notes were offered in three tranches— US$1.25 billion 2.750% guaranteed senior notes due 2019, US$1.6 billion 4.125% guaranteed senior notes due 2024 and US$650 million 4.850% guaranteed senior notes due 2044.

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On April 29, 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a final greenhouse gas emission permit to FGE Texas LLC for the construction of two natural gas-fired combined-cycle electric generation plants near Westbrook in Mitchell County, Texas. The total investment will be $1.2 billion. More >>

DLA Piper has acted for the Nuevo Metro de Lima consortium on its winning bid for the US $5 billion Lima Metro Line 2 project in Peru. The consortium will be responsible for the design, finance and construction of the Metro, as well as the operation and maintenance of the project.

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Shearman & Sterling advised Eurobank Ergasias S.A., one of the four systemic banks in Greece, on its €2.864 billion capital increase led by Barclays, Deutsche Bank and J.P. Morgan as Joint Global Coordinators.

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Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised a syndicate of banks led by Banco Santander, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Morgan Stanley, Natixis and Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking, acting as global coordinators and joint bookrunners, on PSA Peugeot Citroën’s €3 billion capital increase. More >>

Herbert Smith Freehills has advised on a US$300 million bond offering by India’s largest automobile manufacturer, Tata Motors Ltd. The Mumbai-based company’s latest offering marks its first U.S. dollar denominated bond issuance in the international debt capital markets.

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