Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Agricultural Bank of China Limited Hong Kong Branch, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited, CCB International Capital Limited, China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited, Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited and J.P. Morgan Securities Plc as joint lead managers on the Regulation S international offering of US$400 million 6.00% senior notes due 2023 by China Taiping New Horizon Limited.
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Davis Polk advised CSX Corporation on its SEC-registered offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 3.700% notes due 2023. Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC acted as joint book-running managers for the offering.
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McCarthy Tétrault is pleased to welcome new partner David F. Blair, and associates Pierre-Olivier Ménard Dumas, Anne-Marie Dupont and Joelle Briand-Diguer, to its Business Law Group in Québec City. The addition of these lawyers, whose practices are focused on transportation and other infrastructure, serves to bolster the firm’s expanding national projects practice.
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Troutman Sanders LLP is pleased to announce that Richard P. O’Leary has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the business litigation practice.
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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC announced today the expansion of its data security practice with the launch of its Cybersecurity and Data Protection Practice Group. With the addition of Jack Tomarchio, former intelligence officer for the Department of Homeland Security, the practice advises clients advice about assessing and responding to cyber security threats, developing company and industry specific policies, procedures to meet customer and government requirements, employee training, and investigation/litigation defense.
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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that it represented Kaydon Corporation (NYSE: KDN), a leading designer and manufacturer of custom engineered, and performance-critical products, in its closed acquisition by SKF, a manufacturer and supplier of ball and roller bearings, linear motion products, precision bearings, spindles and seals, for $35.50 per share in an all-cash transaction that valued Kaydon at approximately $1.25 billion, including debt.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | New YorkPaul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that it represented BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (Nasdaq:BMRN), a pharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes innovative biopharmaceuticals for serious diseases and medical conditions, in connection with its underwritten offering of $375,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 0.75% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2018 and $375,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 1.50% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2020.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | San FranciscoWhite and Williams LLP is pleased to welcome Earl M. Forte as a partner located in the Philadelphia office. He will be a member of the General Commercial Litigation group as well as the Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy group.
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. is pleased to announce that Jeffrey S. Gleason has joined the firm’s Minneapolis office as a Principal in the firm’s Business Litigation Group.
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DLA Piper advised SNF Floerger, the world’s leading producer of flocculants for water treatment, oil and gas applications (including enhanced oil recovery), and mineral extraction, on the refinancing by its holding company SPCM SA. This half a billion US$ transaction was successfully completed, notwithstanding volatile market conditions.
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