Procopio, San Diego’s largest law firm, announced the addition of two new partners and one associate to their Silicon Valley office. The Southern California-headquarted firm continues its significant push in Silicon Valley, adding Jon Gonzales and Bob Sloss as partners in their Menlo Park office. Associate Aiko Yamakawa also joined the office, relocating from San Diego.
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Watson, Farley & Williams (“WFW”), a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that its London, Paris and New York offices have advised long-standing WFW client, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (“RCL”), in connection with RCL’s contracting for the construction and purchase of a third mega-cruise vessel of its Oasis class at STX France S.A. in St Nazaire and, also, in connection with the obtaining of ECA-supported post-delivery financing of such vessel.
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Cahill represented BofA Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank Securities as joint book-running managers and the co-managers in connection with Rule 144A offering of $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 8% Senior Notes due 2020 by Playa Resorts Holding B.V. Proceeds from the offering, together with proceeds from an investment from Hyatt Hotels Corporation, were used to fund the acquisition of various all-inclusive resorts in Mexico, Dominican Republic and Jamaica as well for general corporate purposes and to refinance existing indebtedness.
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Duane Morris LLP is pleased to announce that Steven M. Cowley has joined the firm’s Trial Practice Group as a partner in the firm’s Boston office. Cowley’s arrival further strengthens Duane Morris’ trial capabilities, particularly in the area of complex business litigation, including antitrust litigation, trademark and copyright disputes. Cowley joins the firm from Edwards Wildman. He is the fourth lawyer to join the Boston office in the past two months.
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Norton Rose Fulbright advised Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) on the registration of its €23 billion global covered bond programme under the new Canadian covered bond legislation, and on approximately US$5.5 billion worth of benchmark international covered bond deals in the past month.
Tags: Norton Rose FulbrightOn Wednesday, August 14th, World Point Terminals, LP completed its initial public offering of 8,750,000 common units representing limited partner interests at the public offering price of $20.00 per common unit. World Point sold 3,871,750 common units and a subsidiary of the sponsor sold 4,878,250 common units in the offering. World Point also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 1,312,500 additional common units. After a six-day road show, the offering priced on August 8th, and the common units began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “WPT” on Friday, August 9th.
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Leech Tishman recently welcomed Heather S. Heidelbaugh and Christopher S. Channel to its Pittsburgh office. Both partners have joined the firm’s Litigation Practice Group.
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The Firm represented the underwriters, led by Robert W. Baird & Co., William Blair & Company, L.L.C. and Piper Jaffray & Co., in connection with the underwriting of the initial public offering of common stock by Fox Factory Holding Corp. (“Fox”). The offering of 9,857,143 shares, which includes the shares that were sold pursuant to the option exercised by the underwriters, raised approximately $148 million in aggregate gross proceeds for Fox and the selling stockholders. The shares are now listed on the Nasdaq Global Select under the ticker symbol “FOXF.”
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | Silicon ValleyThe Firm recently represented Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as underwriters, in connection with a public offering by Web.com Group, Inc. (“Web.com”) of $258,750,000 aggregate principal amount of its 1.00% Senior Convertible Notes due 2018. The offering closed on August 14, 2013.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkDan Friedberg and Ryan Straus joined Riddell Williams on August 14, 2013 from the law firm of Graham & Dunn. Dan and Ryan are members of the firm’s Corporate Finance and Securities practice group, and bring their financial services expertise that includes dealing extensively with issues related to electronic payments and regulatory compliance, among other things, to add depth and breadth to this area of practice.
