Addleshaw Goddard is enhancing its Singapore practice with the appointment of energy, shipping and international trade expert Mike Melwood Smith. Mike will join the firm as a consultant as part of the firm’s ongoing investment in its international division in response to client demand.
Tags: Addleshaw Goddard LLP | SingaporeAddleshaw Goddard has strengthened its GCC offering with the appointment of corporate expert Ben Gillespie to its Dubai office. Ben joins the firm’s International Division as a partner on 4th November and is the latest in a series of strategic overseas investments targeting new income streams in high growth areas.
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Global law firm White & Case LLP has represented Finnish games company Supercell Oy on the strategic investment by SoftBank, a Japanese telecoms and internet company, and GungHo Online Entertainment, a Japanese games company, for a total of US$1.53 billion for a 51% interest in the company.
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Davis Polk advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as joint book-running managers on the SEC-registered offering by Altera Corporation of $600 million of its 2.5% senior notes due 2018 and $400 million of its 4.1% senior notes due 2023.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | Silicon ValleyDavis Polk advised Barclays Capital Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint book-running managers and representatives of the underwriters on a public offering by Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp) of $400 million aggregate principal amount of 2.5% senior notes due 2018 and $300 million aggregate principal amount of 4% senior notes due 2023.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkCollas Crill is expanding its London office to provide international legal advice direct to the financial services, private wealth and e-gaming markets in the capital.
On November 1, Willkie client Brookfield Property Partners L.P. announced that it has agreed to acquire additional shares and warrants of General Growth Properties, Inc. for total consideration of $1.4 billion. As a result of the acquisition, Brookfield will increase its fully-diluted ownership interest in GGP to 32%, assuming the exercise of all of the outstanding warrants or approximately 28% on an undiluted basis. Brookfield will continue to hold its interest in a consortium alongside institutional investors who, collectively with Brookfield, will own approximately 40% of GGP on a fully-diluted basis.
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DLA Piper announced today that Teri Donaldson has joined the firm’s Litigation practice as a partner in the Houston office.
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Ropes & Gray LLP announced today that Andrew N. Thomases has joined the firm as a partner in the intellectual property (IP) litigation group, adding another premier litigator to one of the strongest patent litigation teams in the country. He will be based in the firm’s Silicon Valley office. Mr. Thomases’ 20 years of experience as a successful trial attorney will benefit Ropes & Gray’s clients facing patent and trade secret disputes, particularly those in the technology sector.
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Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has represented underwriters Bank of America Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan Securities in a $1 billion bond offering by Banco Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica’s largest bank.
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