Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, represented Atlas Resource Partners, L.P., an exploration & production master limited partnership, in a definitive agreement to acquire approximately 70 Bcfe of natural gas proved reserves in West Virginia and Virginia from GeoMet, Inc. (OTCQB: GMET) and certain of its subsidiaries (collectively, “GeoMet”) for $107 million, with an effective date of January 1, 2014. More >>

The Firm represented underwriters in 18 public offerings of debt securities by KfW in 2013:

·     $4,000,000,000 of 0.625% Global Notes due 2016 (which closed in October 2013);

·     €5,000,000,000 of 1.125% Global Bonds due 2018 (which closed in October 2013);

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Skadden is representing the board of directors of Time Warner Cable in its $45.2 billion merger with Comcast Corporation, announced on February 13. More >>

The Firm is representing J.P. Morgan Securities LLC in its role as financial advisor to Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) in connection with Time Warner Cable Inc.’s (NYSE: TWC) definitive agreement to merge with Comcast for a total enterprise value, based on yesterday’s stock closing price, of approximately $67 billion, including the assumption of Time Warner Cable’s net debt. The agreement is a stock-for-stock transaction in which Comcast will acquire all of Time Warner Cable’s shares for shares of CMCSA. The companies announced that the merger agreement is subject to shareholder approval at both companies and regulatory review and other customary conditions and is expected to close by the end of 2014.

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Global law firm Proskauer advised American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. (ARCP) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Clark Acquisition, LLC, in connection with a private offering of $2.55 billion aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes consisting of $1.3 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.000% senior notes due 2017, $750.0 million aggregate principal amount of 3.000% senior notes due 2019 and $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.600% senior notes due 2024. We have been advised that this offering constituted the second largest REIT capital markets transaction of any type ever consummated.

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Clifford Chance has advised UBS, UniCredit and HSBC acting as joint lead managers in connection with the issue of a EUR 500 million bond of O2 Telefónica Deutschland Finanzierungs GmbH. The bonds are guaranteed by Telefónica Deutschland Holding AG.

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A Hogan Lovells Corporate team advised Kite Realty Group Trust (KRG) on its proposed merger with Inland Diversified Real Estate Trust, Inc. (Inland Diversified). Under the terms of the merger agreement, Inland Diversified will merge into a wholly owned subsidiary of KRG in a stock-for-stock transaction valued at approximately US$2.1 billion. More >>

Kenyon & Kenyon LLP’s noted trademark lawyer Mimi K. Rupp advised The Washington Post Company, parent company of Kaplan, Inc., in all intellectual property aspects of the $250 million transaction with Nash Holdings LLC to sell its newspaper assets, including its flagship paper, The Washington Post, to Jeffrey P. Bezos.

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Thomas Cook Group plc announces today that it has entered into an agreement to sell Gold Medal, a UK-based distributor of long-haul scheduled flights, hotels and car hire, to dnata, the Dubai-based travel company that is part of the Emirates Group, for total consideration of £45m. The transaction is expected to complete on or about 27 February 2014.

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Cooley LLP announced today that it advised Celladon Corporation on its initial public offering. Celladon is a clinical-stage biotechnology company that targets SERCA enzymes to develop novel therapies for diseases with tremendous unmet medical needs. The company now trades on the NSADAQ Global Stock Market under the symbol, “CLDN.”

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