Global law firm K&L Gates has advised Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc. on its successful initial public offering and listing on the Philippine Stock Exchange. The offering, which closed on November 11, raised US$622 million (prior to the exercise of the over-allotment option) and is one of the largest-ever IPOs in the Philippines.
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Phelps Dunbar LLP announces that five lawyers have joined the firm’s Jackson, Mississippi office. Partners Calvin Wells, Suzanna “Suzie” Baker and A.M. “Eddy” Edwards III, as well as counsel Richard A. Montague, Jr. and associate Laura M. Glaze started at Phelps Dunbar on November 18.
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Davis Polk advised China Merchants Securities (HK) Co., Limited, J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch, Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited and UBS AG, Hong Kong Branch as initial purchasers of a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by Evergrande Real Estate Group Limited of $500 million aggregate principal amount of the company’s 8.75% additional senior notes due 2018. The additional notes will be consolidated and form a single series with the 8.75% senior notes due 2018 issued by the company on October 30, 2013.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | Hong KongRader, Fishman & Grauer is pleased to announce that Barbara Mandell has joined its Bloomfield Hills, MI office as a partner.
Cahill represented the joint book-running managers and co-managers in connection with the Rule 144A offering of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.875% Senior Notes due 2018 by IAC/InterActiveCorp, leading media and Internet company. Proceeds from the offering are to be used for general corporate purposes.
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Global law firm Hogan Lovells and leading South African law firm Routledge Modise have announced the approval of their respective partnerships to combine their firms.
Tags: Hogan LovellsFinnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, one of the world’s largest intellectual property law firms, has launched in London with the relocation of two partners and a third set to join in January.
Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Benjamin Carale has joined the firm’s Hong Kong office as counsel in the Corporate Department. Carale has extensive experience in corporate and finance transactions, including international capital markets transactions. He has represented issuers and underwriters in international bond and equity issuances, including MTNs, IPOs, top-up equity placements, rights offerings and block trades.
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Winston & Strawn LLP has announced that two attorneys have joined the firm’s transactional practice from Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy. Edward V. Kayukov and Laurae Rossi, both project finance attorneys, join Winston & Strawn as partners in the Los Angeles office. The firm has now welcomed approximately 20 attorneys in the last 12 months to its Los Angeles office. The recent hire comes on the heels of the firm’s opening of an office in Silicon Valley, which brings Winston & Strawn’s presence on the West Coast to three offices.
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