Cahill represented the joint book-running managers in connection with the Reg S/Rule 144A offering o €300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.125% Senior Notes due 2021 by Huntsman International LLC. More >>
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Covington Advises Tribune Company On $2.73 Billion Acquisition Of Local Tv Holdings
Covington & Burling served as communications regulatory counsel to Tribune Company in its $2.73 billion acquisition of Local TV Holdings, LLC. Completed today, the acquisition includes television stations in more than a dozen key markets. Debevoise & Plimpton served as deal counsel to Tribune Company.
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Bracewell & Giuliani Represents Kinder Morgan in Acquisition of Jones Act Shipping Tankers
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP is representing Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: KMP) in its acquisition of American Petroleum Tankers (APT) and State Class Tankers (SCT) from affiliates of The Blackstone Group and Cerberus Capital Partners, for $962 million in cash.
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Experienced Labor and Employment Lawyer Joins Morgan Lewis’s Paris Office
Morgan Lewis announced today that Sabine Smith-Vidal, a lawyer with more than two decades of experience handling multijurisdictional labor and employment matters for a wide array of clients, has joined the firm as partner in its Labor and Employment Practice, resident in Paris.
Tags: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPThe Wall Street Journal Covers Xyratex Deal for $374 Million
The Wall Street Journal and Yahoo! Finance reported on the announcement by data-storage companies Seagate Technology plc and Xyratex Ltd that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Seagate will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Xyratex for $13.25 per share in cash, or a total of approximately $374 million. Olshan attorneys Steve Wolosky and Michael Neidell represented Baker Street Capital Management, LLC, Xyratex’s largest shareholder owning over 22% of the outstanding shares, in negotiating a voting agreement in favor of the transaction that helped pave the way for the deal.
Forbes Hare targets international Private Client growth with Cayman partner hire
Forbes Hare’s international private client practice is expanding with the addition of Marcus Parker, who joins as a partner in the firm’s Cayman Islands office.
Greenberg Traurig Further Builds Top-Tier Patent Litigation Team, Adds 3 Attorneys from Weil Gotshal in Austin
Having recently added a top-flight patent litigation team from Weil Gotshal in Washington D.C., the international law firm Greenberg Traurig grew both its international technology practice and its Texas platform with the addition of Weil Gotshal senior patent litigators Kevin Kudlac and Amber Lee Hagy as shareholders and attorney Rene Anthony Treviño as of counsel. Kudlac joins the firm today; Hagy and Treviño have announced they will join on December 30. The three had worked closely together and will continue to do so at Greenberg Traurig. The move comes shortly after the firm celebrated its 10th anniversary in Texas, where it maintains a strong presence in Houston, Dallas and Austin.
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Paul Hastings Represents Underwriters in China Everbright International’s US$472 Million Top-Up Placement
Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc. and China Everbright Securities (HK) Limited as the placing agents on China Everbright International Limited’s (“China Everbright”) US$472 million (HK$3.66 billion) top-up placement.
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Simpson Thacher Represents JPMorgan in Amendment and Restatement of Arrow Electronics’ $1.5 Billion Revolving Facility
Simpson Thacher recently represented the arrangers, led by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, in connection with an amendment and restatement of Arrow Electronics, Inc.’s credit facility, extending its maturity to December 2018 and increasing commitments thereunder to $1.5 billion.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLPBRE Properties Advised in $15.4 Billion Merger with Essex Property Trust
Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ESS) and BRE Properties (NYSE: BRE) have announced a definitive agreement under which BRE Properties will combine with Essex, creating the only publicly traded West Coast pure play multifamily REIT. The combined company is expected to have a pro forma equity market capitalization of approximately $10.4 billion and a total market capitalization of approximately $15.4 billion. The transaction is expected to close during the first quarter of 2014.
