O’Melveny & Myers LLP represented the independent directors of TRI Pointe Homes, Inc. (NYSE: TPH) in connection with TRI Pointe’s definitive agreement to combine with the homebuilding division of Weyerhaeuser Company in a Reverse Morris Trust transaction valued at US$2.7 billion. The deal will give TRI Pointe access to key markets in California and Texas and make it one of the largest US homebuilders.
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The national law firm of Epstein Becker Green is pleased to announce that Bethany J. Hills, a seasoned FDA and corporate compliance attorney, has joined as a Member of the Firm in the Health Care and Life Sciences practice, in the New York office.
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Global law firm Baker & McKenzie is further enhancing its employment practice in Germany with the hire of one of the country’s leading labour lawyers.
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Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised joint bookrunners, Maybank Investment Bank Berhad, CIMB Investment Bank Berhad, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs and Standard Chartered, on the international law aspects of the listing of UMW Oil & Gas Corp. Bhd. on Bursa Malaysia.
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The Firm represented the underwriters, led by Goldman, Sachs & Co., Morgan Stanley, RBS and Scotiabank, in connection with a public offering by Altria Group, Inc. of $1.4 billion aggregate principal amount of its 4.000% Notes due 2024 and $1.8 billion aggregate principal amount of its 5.375% Notes due 2044. The offering closed on October 31, 2013.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkSimpson Thacher advised Brixmor Property Group Inc., a Blackstone portfolio company, on its $948.8 million initial public offering of common stock. BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, J.P. Morgan and Wells Fargo Securities were the joint bookrunners and representatives of the underwriters for the offering. The common stock began trading on The New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “BRX” on October 30, 2013. Brixmor owns and operates the nation’s largest wholly-owned portfolio of grocery-anchored community and neighborhood shopping centers, with more than 520 properties aggregating approximately 87 million square feet of gross leasable area located primarily across the top 50 U.S. metropolitan statistical areas.
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Addleshaw Goddard is expanding its Corporate and Litigation capability in Greater China with the arrival today of Nigel Francis, former Head of Litigation and Employment at Minter Ellison, as head of its associated Hong Kong law firm operations, and the appointment of five additional senior hires.
Tags: Addleshaw Goddard LLP | Hong KongAddleshaw Goddard is enhancing its Singapore practice with the appointment of energy, shipping and international trade expert Mike Melwood Smith. Mike will join the firm as a consultant as part of the firm’s ongoing investment in its international division in response to client demand.
Tags: Addleshaw Goddard LLP | SingaporeAddleshaw Goddard has strengthened its GCC offering with the appointment of corporate expert Ben Gillespie to its Dubai office. Ben joins the firm’s International Division as a partner on 4th November and is the latest in a series of strategic overseas investments targeting new income streams in high growth areas.
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Global law firm White & Case LLP has represented Finnish games company Supercell Oy on the strategic investment by SoftBank, a Japanese telecoms and internet company, and GungHo Online Entertainment, a Japanese games company, for a total of US$1.53 billion for a 51% interest in the company.
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