As part of ongoing plans to develop its core practice groups, leading global law firm Mayer Brown announced today that it has recruited Trevor Wood and Mayank Gupta as partners to its Banking & Finance team in London.
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Global legal practice Norton Rose Fulbright advised Banque Misr and National Bank of Egypt as the Mandated Lend Arrangers on the EGP 3 billion (approximately US$441 million) syndicated financing for the Mall of Egypt project developed by Majid Al Futtaim (MAF).
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King & Spalding advised General Electric Company in the sale of its power rental business to power solutions provider APR Energy plc in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $314 million. In addition, GE and APR Energy entered into a supply and services agreement to provide support to current and future clients of APR Energy.
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Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has advised underwriters in structuring $797 million in enhanced equipment notes issued by Virgin Australia Holdings Limited. The offering represents the Australian carrier’s first foray in the global debt markets.
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Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C. is pleased to announce that attorneys Thomas S. Rue, David C. Hannan, and J. Ben Segarra have joined the Firm’s Mobile office as part of the Admiralty and Maritime practice.
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Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Agricultural Bank of China Limited Hong Kong Branch, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited, CCB International Capital Limited, China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited, Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited and J.P. Morgan Securities Plc as joint lead managers on the Regulation S international offering of US$400 million 6.00% senior notes due 2023 by China Taiping New Horizon Limited.
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Davis Polk advised CSX Corporation on its SEC-registered offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 3.700% notes due 2023. Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC acted as joint book-running managers for the offering.
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McCarthy Tétrault is pleased to welcome new partner David F. Blair, and associates Pierre-Olivier Ménard Dumas, Anne-Marie Dupont and Joelle Briand-Diguer, to its Business Law Group in Québec City. The addition of these lawyers, whose practices are focused on transportation and other infrastructure, serves to bolster the firm’s expanding national projects practice.
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Troutman Sanders LLP is pleased to announce that Richard P. O’Leary has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the business litigation practice.
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