Davis Polk is advising J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as financial advisers to Verizon Communications Inc. in connection with its $130 billion acquisition of a 45% interest in Verizon Wireless from Vodafone Group Plc. The transaction, which is expected to close in the first quarter of 2014, is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals and the approval of both companies’ shareholders.
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Husch Blackwell is proud to announce the arrival of six new attorneys to its Government Compliance and Investigations team. Attorneys joining the St. Louis office on Sept. 3 are Partners Catherine Hanaway, Jeff Jensen and Matthew Schelp; Senior Counsel Lisa Ottolini; and Associate Matt Diehr. Partner Cynthia Cordes will join the Kansas City office on Sept. 30.
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Anderson Mori & Tomotsune is pleased to announce that we opened our Shanghai Office on September 1, 2013 with the approval of the Ministry of Justice of China.
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The Firm recently represented CPFL Energias Renováveis S.A. (“CPFL”) in connection with its R$914.7 million (US$375.6 million) initial public offering of common shares on the São Paulo Stock Exchange. The common shares were offered to the public in Brazil, to qualified institutional buyers in the United States under Rule 144A and to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | Sao PauloThe Firm represented Abril Educação in the follow-on offering of 11,313,499 units, each representing one common share and two preferred shares, without par value, of Abril Educação S.A. The units were offered to the public in Brazil, to qualified institutional buyers in the United States under Rule 144A and to non-U.S. persons under Regulation S. Abril Educação is one of the largest primary and secondary education companies in Brazil in terms of revenue, focused on the primary, secondary and pre-university education sectors. Abril Educação is controlled by the Abril Group, one of the largest traditional media groups in Latin America, responsible for the publication of highly-respected magazines and web portals in Brazil.
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White and Williams LLP is expanding its comprehensive insurance practice with the addition of two well-known and respected partners whose practice focuses on the representation of insurance companies in insurance regulatory and transactional matters.
Tags: White and Williams, LLP | New YorkEckert Seamans Cherin and Mellott, LLC, a full-service national law firm, today announced that Michael A. Montgomery, a trial attorney with more than 15 years of experience handling a wide array of commercial litigation matters, has joined the firm in Richmond as a Member (partner).
Allen & Overy has advised ING Group on the KRW1.84 trillion (approximately USD1.7bn) sale of its South Korean life insurance business, ING Life Korea, to private equity firm MBK Partners, South Korea’s largest private equity group.
Tags: Allen & Overy LLP | Hong KongAllen & Overy has advised Dutch development bank Nederlanse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden (FMO), as part of a consortium comprising Hong Kong, Taiwanese and Korean banks, on a USD90 million loan facility (subject to the exercise of a greenshoe option) to China Singyes Solar Technologies Holdings (Singyes).
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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company, a closed-end investment company (the “Company”), in a $175 million offering of floating rate senior notes (the “Series HH Senior Notes”) to qualified institutional buyers in a private offering pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. The Series HH Senior Notes mature on August 19, 2016 and pay interest at a rate of 3-month LIBOR plus 1.25% per annum. The transaction closed on August 22, 2013.
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