Holland & Knight Represents Eletson Holdings in $700 Million Joint Venture

Holland & Knight represented Eletson Holdings, who with funds managed by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities, formed a new joint venture, Eletson Gas, a $700 million liquefied petroleum (LPG)/ liquefied ethylene (LEG) gas shipping company. Eletson Gas will have one of the world’s newest and largest LPG/LEG fleets, majority-owned by Eletson and operated and managed by Eletson Holdings subsidiaries.  New York partner Jovi Tenev led the Holland & Knight team in the representation.

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Domestic Relations Attorney Rejoins Frost Brown Todd

Elizabeth R. Murray has rejoined Frost Brown Todd’s Cincinnati office in the firm’s Personal and Succession Planning practice area. In her practice, Murray will serve clients in the area of domestic relations including divorce, dissolution, prenuptial agreements, adoptions, custody issues, post decree matters, child and spousal support, grandparents’ rights, visitation and collaborative law. She is also a certified mediator.

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Davis Polk – ServiceNow, Inc. $575 Million Convertible Senior Notes Offering

Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as joint book-running managers and representatives of the initial purchasers in connection with a Rule 144A offering by ServiceNow, Inc. of $575 million aggregate principal amount of 0% convertible senior notes due 2018, which included $75 million aggregate principal amount of notes from the full exercise of the initial purchasers’ over-allotment option. In addition, Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association and RBC Capital Markets, LLC as counterparties to convertible note hedge and warrant transactions in connection with the convertible notes offering.

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Former California State Assembly Majority Leader Dario Frommer Joins Akin Gump

Akin Gump today announced that Dario J. Frommer has joined the firm as a partner in its public law and policy practice in Los Angeles. Mr. Frommer is a former majority leader of the California State Assembly and has held a variety of high-level state government positions. He comes to Akin Gump from Mayer Brown and will lead the firm’s California public law and policy practice.

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Simpson Thacher Represents Underwriters in $2 Billion Debt Offering by Philip Morris International Inc.

The Firm represented the underwriters, led by Barclays, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, HSBC and J.P. Morgan as joint book-running managers, in connection with an offering by Philip Morris International Inc. of $750 million of 1.875% Notes due 2019, $500 million of 3.600% Notes due 2023 and $750 million of 4.875% Notes due 2043. The notes were sold in a public offering and will be listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

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