Osborne Clarke has announced the opening of an office in New York, USA.
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James F. Kamp Joins Honigman’s Intellectual Property Department
James F. Kamp has joined Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP as a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Department’s IP Litigation Practice Group. He will be located in Honigman’s Oakland County office. Honigman’s IP practice serves clients locally, nationally and internationally.
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Paul Hastings Advises on the Financing for the Partial Acquisition of Syncreon Ireland B.V. by Centerbridge
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that it advised Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and UBS Investment Bank in connection with the financing of the acquisition by private equity firm Centerbridge Partners, L.P. of a 40% interest in, and the related recapitalization of, syncreon Ireland B.V., a specialized provider of integrated logistics services to global industries, which, following the consummation of such transactions, will be indirectly controlled by a fund affiliated with GenNx360 Capital Partners, L.P., investment funds sponsored by Centerbridge and certain other investors.
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Pirkey Barber Announces New Additions
Austin IP Boutique Pirkey Barber PLLC is pleased to announce the addition of Chris Kindel, Rebecca Younger and Megan Myers. Founded in 2006 by Louis Pirkey, Bill Barber and Steve Meleen, Pirkey Barber has grown to 18 attorneys and supports some of the most recognizable and valuable brands nationally and abroad.
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Davis Polk Advises Arrangers on McKesson’s $5.5 Billion Bridge Facility
Davis Polk advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Goldman Sachs Bank USA as joint bookrunners and joint lead arrangers and Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent, in connection with a $5.5 billion senior bridge term loan credit facility for McKesson Corporation. The financing is being provided on a “funds certain” basis in accordance with German takeover rules to support McKesson’s takeover offer for Celesio AG.
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Hogan Lovells Advises Kokuyo on Its Strategic Acquisition in India
Hogan Lovells in conjunction with Indian firm Phoenix Legal has advised Japan’s largest stationery maker KOKUYO Co., Ltd., (Kokuyo) on its acquisition of Riddhi Enterprises (Riddhi), a Mumbai-based notebook manufacturer. The acquisition is anticipated to be made through Kokuyo’s subsidiary KOKUYO S&T Co., Ltd. (Kokuyo S&T) and will result in the creation of KOKUYO Riddhi Paper Products Limited, a new wholly-owned entity based in Mumbai. The transaction was announced on 6 September 2013 and is expected to close in October 2013.
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King & Spalding Advises SunTrust in $750 Million Senior Notes Offering
King & Spalding advised SunTrust Banks, Inc. in an offering of $750 million of 2.35% senior notes due 2018. SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., Barclays Capital Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co. acted as joint bookrunners for the offering.
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Cravath – HAECO’s Acquisition of TIMCO Aviation Services, Inc.
On October 23, 2013, Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Limited (“HAECO”) announced that it has entered into a conditional stock purchase agreement for the acquisition of TIMCO Aviation Services, Inc. (“TIMCO”) for cash consideration of US$388.8 million, subject to closing adjustments. Cravath represented HAECO in connection with this transaction. TIMCO is a U.S.‑based provider of aircraft maintenance, repair and other services. The acquisition is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2014, subject to satisfaction of the conditions contained in the stock purchase agreement.
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Dentons Advises RAK Capital on US$500 Million Sukuk Issuance
Mayer Brown Continues Expansion of Banking & Finance Group with Addition of Two Partners
As part of ongoing plans to develop its core practice groups, leading global law firm Mayer Brown announced today that it has recruited Trevor Wood and Mayank Gupta as partners to its Banking & Finance team in London.
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