Morgan Lewis announced today that Kevin O’Mara, a lawyer specializing in the representation of private equity and hedge funds in diverse industry sectors, has joined the firm as a partner in its Business and Finance Practice, resident in New York.
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Shearman & Sterling acted as counsel to Ecopetrol S.A. in connection with a public offering of $350 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.250% Notes due 2018, $1.3 billion aggregate principal amount of its 5.875% Notes due 2023 and $850 million aggregate principal amount of its 7.375% Notes due 2043. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC acted as underwriters. This transaction represented the first time in four years that Ecopetrol had accessed the international capital markets.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New YorkShearman & Sterling represented RBS Securities Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. as joint book-running managers and representatives of the several underwriters in connection with a shelf takedown of $425 million of 3.200% Senior Notes due 2018, $425 million of 5.000% Senior Notes due 2023 and $400 million of 6.200% Senior Notes due 2043, issued by ONEOK Partners, L.P. and guaranteed by ONEOK Partners Intermediate Limited Partnership.
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Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as underwriter in connection with the SEC-registered secondary offering of 25,000,000 shares of common stock of NXP Semiconductors N.V. The total gross proceeds to the selling stockholders was approximately $937 million. The common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “NXPI.”
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLPDavis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch, Goldman Sachs International, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Mizuho Securities USA Inc. and Samsung Securities Co., Ltd. as underwriters in connection with a concurrent SEC-registered Schedule B debt offering by KEXIM of $500 million aggregate principal amount of its floating-rate notes due 2016 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 2.875% senior notes due 2018.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | Hong KongDavis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch; KDB Asia Limited, Mizuho Securities USA Inc. and Standard Chartered Bank as underwriters in connection with a SEC-registered Schedule B debt offering by The Korea Development Bank of $750 million aggregate principal amount of its 3% notes due 2019.
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Latham & Watkins represented Citi, China Renaissance and UBS, as the initial purchasers, on the US$600 million convertible bond issuance by Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd. (“Qihoo 360”), a Chinese Internet and mobile security products and services provider, whose ADSs are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The bonds are convertible into the listed ADSs of Qihoo 360, based on an initial conversion rate of 9.0119 ADS per US$1,000 principal amount of bonds. This initial conversion rate represents an approximately 40% conversion premium over the last reported sale price of the ADSs at the time of pricing.
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Roetzel is pleased to announce that Christopher R. D’Amico has joined the firm’s Business Services group as a partner in the Orlando office.
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Polsinelli welcomes Dallas attorney John T. Duncan III as a shareholder in the firm’s strong national Real Estate Finance Practice. Duncan concentrates his practice on all aspects of commercial real estate finance and capital markets transactions involving commercial real estate assets located across the United States, with a particular emphasis on representing CMBS special servicers and other lenders in connection with restructuring complex commercial mortgage loans.
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