King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has advised Australian Agricultural Company Limited (AACo) on its $299 million capital raising, announced on Thursday 12 September 2013.
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King & Spalding Advises FleetCor in Secondary Offering by Selling
King & Spalding advised FleetCor Technologies, Inc. in a secondary offering in which selling stockholders sold 2.75 million shares of the company’s common stock for an aggregate price to the public of approximately $289 million. Goldman, Sachs & Co. acted as sole underwriter for the offering. FleetCor did not sell any shares in the offering and did not receive any proceeds from the offering.
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Jones Day Welcomes Appellate Partner Thomas Allen in Dallas
Thomas F. Allen, Jr., has joined the Dallas Office of global law firm Jones Day as a partner in the Issues & Appeals Practice. Formerly a partner at Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, L.L.P., he has extensive experience representing clients before the Supreme Court of Texas, intermediate Texas courts of appeals, and federal courts of appeals.
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Shearman & Sterling Advises on Sprint Corporation’s $6.5 Billion High-Yield Notes Offering
Shearman & Sterling advised on Sprint Corporation’s $6.5 billion high-yield bond offering—reportedly the largest-ever high-yield bond offering sold directly to investors. The firm represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., and RBC Capital Markets LLC as joint book-running managers; Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as senior co-managers; and The Williams Capital Group, L.P. as co-manager. The offering consisted of $2.25 billion of 7.250% notes due 2021 and $4.25 billion of 7.875% notes due 2023.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New YorkShearman & Sterling Advises Mori Seiki on Increase of Shareholding in Gildemeister
Shearman & Sterling advised Japanese company Mori Seiki Co., Ltd. on its increased shareholding in German machine tool manufacturer Gildemeister Aktiengesellschaft (“Gildemeister”) and the participation in a subsequent capital increase with subscription rights.
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Schiff Hardin Grows Private Clients, Trusts and Estates Group in San Francisco
Schiff Hardin welcomes Paula Leibovitz Goodwin as a partner in the Private Clients, Trusts and Estates Group in the firm’s San Francisco office. Ms. Goodwin has more than 30 years of experience in estate planning and decedent estate administration, with an emphasis on tax planning for both large and small estates.
Tags: Schiff Hardin LLP | San FranciscoKing & Spalding Establishes Six-Lawyer Energy Team in Paris Headed by Partner Mehdi Haroun
King & Spalding announced today that a five-lawyer team of energy lawyers from Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) joined King & Spalding’s Paris office, led by partner Mehdi Haroun, former head of the North Africa practice at HSF. The team includes Philippe Trosset and Ruxandra Lazar, both counsels, and associates Nora Djeraba and Marion Morvan, recently joined by Raphaële Bouniol, an associate from French law firm Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier. Their presence establishes a King & Spalding energy team on the ground in France with strong corporate and public law expertise, and significantly expands the energy practice’s capabilities across Europe and North Africa.
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Davis Polk – LyondellBasell Industries N.V. $1.1 Billion Block Trade
Davis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc. as the underwriter in connection with an SEC-registered block trade of 16,000,000 ordinary shares of LyondellBasell Industries N.V. by funds affiliated with Apollo Management Holdings, L.P. The net proceeds of the offering to Apollo were approximately $1.1 billion. The ordinary shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “LYB.”
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Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. Adds Former Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Eric Magnuson to Business Litigation Practice
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. is pleased to announce that Eric Magnuson has joined the firm’s Minneapolis office as a partner, focusing his practice on business litigation and appellate law.
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Fasken Martineau Provided Support to Gate Terminal in Developing an €850 Million LNG Receiving Facility in the Netherlands
Fasken Martineau, a leading international business law and litigation firm, provided on-going post-completion support to Gate terminal which built the first LNG import terminal in the Netherlands with access to northwest Europe.
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