Collas Crill is expanding its London office to provide international legal advice direct to the financial services, private wealth and e-gaming markets in the capital.
Willkie Represents Brookfield Property Partners in $1.4 Billion Investment in GGP
On November 1, Willkie client Brookfield Property Partners L.P. announced that it has agreed to acquire additional shares and warrants of General Growth Properties, Inc. for total consideration of $1.4 billion. As a result of the acquisition, Brookfield will increase its fully-diluted ownership interest in GGP to 32%, assuming the exercise of all of the outstanding warrants or approximately 28% on an undiluted basis. Brookfield will continue to hold its interest in a consortium alongside institutional investors who, collectively with Brookfield, will own approximately 40% of GGP on a fully-diluted basis.
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Former Federal Prosecutor and Environmental Regulatory Agency General Counsel Teri Donaldson Joins DLA Piper in Houston
DLA Piper announced today that Teri Donaldson has joined the firm’s Litigation practice as a partner in the Houston office.
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Patent Litigator Andrew Thomases Joins Ropes & Gray’s Silicon Valley Office
Ropes & Gray LLP announced today that Andrew N. Thomases has joined the firm as a partner in the intellectual property (IP) litigation group, adding another premier litigator to one of the strongest patent litigation teams in the country. He will be based in the firm’s Silicon Valley office. Mr. Thomases’ 20 years of experience as a successful trial attorney will benefit Ropes & Gray’s clients facing patent and trade secret disputes, particularly those in the technology sector.
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Milbank Represents Underwriters in $1B Offering by Banco Nacional de Costa Rica
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has represented underwriters Bank of America Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan Securities in a $1 billion bond offering by Banco Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica’s largest bank.
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Hogan Lovells Advises LabCorp® on $700 Million Offering of Senior Notes
Hogan Lovells today announced its corporate team helped a pioneer in commercializing new diagnostic technologies, Laboratory Corporation of America® Holdings (LabCorp®) (NYSE:LH), finance an offering of $700 million in senior notes. The proceeds will allow LabCorp to repay outstanding borrowings under its existing credit facility, and for general corporate purposes.
Tags: Hogan LovellsHogan Lovells Expands Corporate Practice with Addition of Former SEC Assistant Director Michael McTiernan
Hogan Lovells today announced that Michael McTiernan has joined its Corporate practice as a partner. For nearly a decade, McTiernan worked for the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in the Division of Corporate Finance, where he most recently served as Assistant Director of the Real Estate Group.
Tags: Hogan LovellsMichael N. Zachary, Leading Intellectual Property Litigator, Rejoins Kenyon & Kenyon
Kenyon & Kenyon LLP has announced that Michael N. Zachary has rejoined the firm as a litigation partner in the Palo Alto office. The addition of Mr. Zachary will further strengthen the already highly-ranked patent litigation practice at Kenyon, underscoring the firm’s commitment to providing a full complement of intellectual property legal services to its clients out of its Palo Alto office. Mr. Zachary will continue his practice advising clients on patent infringement, trade secret, trademark and other intellectual property litigation matters.
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Simpson Thacher Represents Chilean Telecommunications Company, Entel, in US$1 Billion Inaugural Offering of Senior Notes
The Firm recently represented Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones S.A. (“Entel”), one of Chile’s largest telecommunications providers, in a Rule 144A / Regulation S offering of US$1 billion of 4.875% Senior Notes due 2024. This transaction was Entel’s inaugural offering of securities in the international capital markets. HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. acted as representatives of the initial purchasers in the offering, which closed on October 30.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkSimpson Thacher Represents HCA and Its Principal Stockholder in $1.4 Billion Secondary Offering and $500 Million Concurrent Share Repurchase
Simpson Thacher recently represented HCA Holdings, Inc. (“HCA”) and its principal stockholder, an entity affiliated with Bain Capital Partners, LLC and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., in connection with a secondary offering of 30,000,000 shares of common stock of HCA by the principal stockholder for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $1.4 billion, and a concurrent share repurchase by HCA of 10,656,436 additional shares from the principal stockholder. The concurrent share repurchase resulted in additional gross proceeds of approximately $500 million.
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