Davis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc, Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch, The Korea Development Bank, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and UBS AG, Hong Kong Branch as underwriters in connection with a Schedule B debt offering by Korea Finance Corporation of $500 million in aggregate principal amount of its 2.875% notes due 2018.
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Squire Sanders announced today that Adam Colvin has joined the firm as a partner in the Healthcare Practice Group. He will be resident in the firm’s Cincinnati office.
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The Firm recently represented the underwriters, led by Barclays Capital Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, in connection with the public offering by Boston Scientific Corporation (“Boston Scientific”) of $1.05 billion of debt securities, consisting of $600 million of 2.65% notes due 2018 and $450 million of 4.125% notes due 2023. Boston Scientific will use the net proceeds from the offering, together with borrowings under its recent $400 million term loan facility, to redeem all or a portion of its 5.45% notes due June 15, 2014 and 4.50% notes due January 15, 2015, and to pay related fees, expenses and premiums.
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Holland & Knight, one of the largest law firms in the United States, announced today that it will open a new office in Mexico City. The decision to open its own office in Mexico City represents a new direction for the firm in Mexico. The firm previously operated in Mexico through a joint venture established in 1998.
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TMS International Corp. (NYSE:TMS) and The Pritzker Organization, LLC (TPO) announced earlier today a definitive merger agreement under which business interests of certain members of the Pritzker family will acquire TMS in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1 billion, including refinanced third-party debt. Kaye Scholer is advising TMS on legal matters related to the transaction.
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Troutman Sanders is pleased to announce that Brooks Smith, a top-ranked environmental and administrative lawyer, has joined the firm’s Environmental and Natural Resources practice in the Richmond office. He previously served as co-chair of the environmental practice at Hunton & Williams. Smith will help the firm execute various strategic initiatives focused on environmental markets, sustainability, coal, energy, water, and compliance assurance.
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On Aug. 26, Gordon & Rees opened a Raleigh, N.C., office led by longtime partner Thomas A. Packer, who serves as its managing partner.
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On August 23, Darling International Inc., a leading provider of rendering, recycling and recovery solutions to the food industry, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the assets of Rothsay, a division of Maple Leaf Foods Inc., for approximately $614 million in cash. Willkie represented BMO Capital Markets Corp., financial advisor to Darling, in the transaction.
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The law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce the expansion of its Finance Practice Group with the addition of Cassandra Mott as a Partner in the Firm’s Houston office.
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Cravath represented Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC in connection with its US$1.5 billion registered debt offering. Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC is a holding company engaged primarily in freight railroad transportation through its ownership of its principal operating subsidiary, BNSF Railway Company, which operates one of the largest railroad networks in North America. The transaction closed on August 22, 2013.
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