The Tokyo office of the Firm recently represented Seibu Holdings Inc. in connection with its initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and global offering to institutional investors pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act.
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Shearman & Sterling represented Irish Residential Properties REIT plc (IRES REIT) on its €200 million initial public offering and Irish Stock Exchange listing. The transaction closed on 16 April 2014. Investec Bank plc acted as sponsor to IRES REIT and Investec Bank plc and TD Securities Inc. acted as joint bookrunners for the offering.
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Global legal practice Norton Rose Fulbright advised a syndicate of lenders on a limited recourse financing to PT Hoegh LNG Lampung for the purpose of financing the construction of one LNG Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) under construction in Korea and the procurement of a tower yoke mooring system.
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Milbank represented ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG on a new comprehensive group financing, comprising a corporate bond of EUR 600 million and a syndicated loan agreement of EUR 2 billion. Both instruments were heavily oversubscribed and the bond size increased from EUR 500 to EUR 600 million due to strong investor demand.
Tags: Milbank LLPGlobal legal practice, Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Investec Bank plc and TD Securities Inc. as joint bookrunners in relation to the €200 million initial public offering of Irish residential property investment company, Irish Residential Properties REIT plc (IRES REIT), and its admission to trading on the regulated market for listed securities of the Irish Stock Exchange. Investec Bank plc, acting through its Irish Branch, was sponsor.
Tags: Norton Rose FulbrightOn 18 April 2014 in Paris, Global Telecom Holding (GTH), VimpelCom Ltd’s listed Egyptian subsidiary, signed a USD 2.643 billion contract with Fonds National d’Investissement (FNI), the Algerian National Investment Fund, for the transfer of a 51% share in Orascom Telecom Algérie (OTA), the leading Algerian mobile telephony operator.
Tags: Gide Loyrette NouelThe Firm represented the underwriters, led by Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co., in connection with the public offering of 9,284,337 shares of class A common stock of Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc. (“Artisan Partners”), inclusive of the shares sold pursuant to the underwriters’ full exercise of their option to purchase additional shares, in each case at a price to the underwriters of $59.675 per share, or approximately $554.0 million in the aggregate. The offering closed on March 12, 2014.
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Skadden is advising Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. in its $46 billion proposed merger with Allergan, Inc., announced April 22. More >>
Tags: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPChadbourne & Parke represented the Bank of Cyprus Public Company Ltd on the sale of its Ukrainian subsidiary, PJSC “Bank of Cyprus,” and associated debt to Alfa Group, Russia’s largest privately owned banking group, for €202.5 million (US$280 million). The transaction was signed on February 5, 2014 and closed on April 17, 2014.
