Appleby acted as Bermuda counsel to the Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) group of companies in relation to its approximately US$470 million secured loan financing from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank).
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Arnold & Porter Advises the Republic of Azerbaijan on Its Debut US $1.25 Billion Eurobond Offering
The London office of Arnold & Porter recently advised the Republic of Azerbaijan in connection with its debut offering of US$1.25 billion 10-year Eurobonds. Barclays, Citigroup and Deutsche Bank acted as the joint lead managers.
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Addleshaw Goddard acts on £200m joint venture for Mount Anvil
Addleshaw Goddard has advised Mount Anvil, central London’s specialist residential property developer, on a £200 million partnership with leading global alternative asset manager Ares Management to purchase new sites and build more, much-needed homes in Central London. The Pears Family has participated in the refinancing of certain of the existing Mount Anvil facilities.
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Cooley Advises Horizon Pharma on $660 Million Acquisition of Vidara Therapeutics
Cooley LLP announced today that it advised Horizon Pharma, Inc. on its acquisition of Dublin-based Vidara Therapeutics International Ltd. for stock and cash valued at approximately $660 million. The resulting company, which will be organized under the laws of Ireland, has a portfolio of four products marketed primarily in the US. The transaction is expected to close by mid-2014.
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Hogan Lovells Advises Investindustrial on Disposal of Avincis
Hogan Lovells has advised Investindustrial Group on the disposal by Investindustrial Group and KKR of the Avincis Group to Babcock International Group PLC for an enterprise value of approximately €2 billion. More >>
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Shearman & Sterling Advises the Initial Purchasers on Global Ship Lease, Inc.’s $420 Million Inaugural High Yield Bond Offering and Revolving Credit Facility
Shearman & Sterling advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Evercore Group LLC, Global Hunter Securities, LLC and Pareto Securities AS, as initial purchasers, in the inaugural High Yield notes offering by Global Ship Lease, Inc. (“Global Ship Lease”) $420 million 10.000% First Priority Secured Notes due 2019. The notes are guaranteed on a senior basis by Global Ship Lease Services Limited and each of Global Ship Lease’s 17 vessel-owning subsidiaries. Global Ship Lease intends to use the net proceeds of the offering, primarily to repay existing indebtedness, to terminate its existing interest rate swap agreements and for general corporate purposes.
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Simpson Thacher Represents Kobe Steel, Ltd. in its ¥87 Billion Offering of Common Stock
The Firm recently represented Kobe Steel, Ltd. in connection with its offering of an aggregate of 632.5 million shares of common stock, which included an international offering to institutional investors pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S. The offering raised approximately ¥87 billion.
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Clifford Chance advises Volkswagen AG in connection with the issuance of EUR 3 billion in hybrid notes
Clifford Chance advised Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft in connection with the placement of two issues of undated subordinated notes subject to interest rate reset, consisting of EUR 1.25 billion of notes with a first call date in 2021 (NC7 Notes) and EUR 1.75 billion of notes with a first call date in 2026 (NC12 Notes).
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Eversheds advises on £400 million regeneration of Southampton’s Royal Pier Waterfront
Global law firm Eversheds has advised RPW (Southampton) Limited, a joint venture company owned by Morgan Sindall Investments Limited (“MSIL”) and funders Lucent Group (“Lucent”) on the signing of the conditional development agreement for the regeneration of the Royal Pier Waterfront in Southampton.
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Goodwin Procter Advises Investor Consortium in Oculus’s $2 Billion Sale to Facebook
Goodwin Procter attorneys recently advised a consortium of venture investors in Oculus VR, Inc. in connection with the company’s approximately $2 billion sale to Facebook. The investor group included Andreessen Horowitz, Matrix Partners and Spark Capital. The transaction includes $400 million in cash and 23.1 million shares of common stock and is expected to close in the second quarter of 2014. Additional terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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