Simpson Thacher recently represented the underwriters, led by Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd., as United States counsel in the initial public offering by Acucela Inc. of 9,200,000 shares of common stock. Acucela’s common stock is registered in the United States and Japan but listed solely on the Mothers market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The listing by Acucela on February 13, 2014 marked the first listing by a foreign issuer in Japan since 2007.
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Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP recently represented the issuer and affiliates of KKR Asset Management LLC (KAM) in the structuring and issuance of $384 million of collateralized loan obligation (CLO) notes in a transaction in which GreensLedge Capital Markets LLC acted as arranger and placement agent and KKR Capital Markets LLC acted as placement agent. The CLO notes are collateralized primarily by a diversified portfolio of senior secured corporate loan obligations selected by and to be managed for the CLO issuer by KKR Financial Advisors II, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of KAM. KAM was formed in June 2004 as a subsidiary of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., a leading global investment firm with a 37-year history of leadership, innovation and investment excellence.
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Cahill represented the lead underwriters in connection with the public offering of 31,625,000 shares of common stock of Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVHC), resulting in gross proceeds of $964,562,500. The selling stockholders receive all net proceeds from the sale of shares of common stock. More >>
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Alston & Bird represented the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Inland Diversified Real Estate Trust, Inc., in connection with Inland’s recently announced stock-for-stock merger with Kite Realty Group Trust. The merger has an announced transaction value of $2.1 billion and equity value of $1.2 billion. Alston & Bird also represented the Inland Special Committee in connection with Inland’s $503 million sale of certain real estate assets to Realty Income Corporation, which was announced in December 2013.
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Manx Telecom is the leading communication solutions provider on the Isle of Man offering a wide range of fixed line, mobile, broadband, data hosting and managed services to consumers, businesses and the public sector, as well as a growing portfolio of innovative solutions to offshore customers.
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Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised the joint lead managers and bookrunners on the issue of US$500 million 4.25 per cent credit-enhanced bonds due 2019 by China Shipping Overseas Finance 2013 Limited, an indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary of China Shipping (Group) Company. The joint global coordinators, joint lead managers and joint bookrunners include Bank of China, Deutsche Bank, BofA Merrill Lynch, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, Bank of Communications Co., Ltd., Hong Kong Branch, Barclays Bank PLC, DBS Bank Ltd and ING Bank N.V., Singapore Branch.
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