Davis Polk advised Barclays Bank PLC, Citigroup Global Markets Limited and J.P. Morgan Securities plc, as joint bookrunners and representatives of several initial purchasers in connection with a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of notes by Myriad International Holdings B.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of Naspers Limited. The offering consisted of $750 million principal amount of 6% notes due 2020 and a tap issuance of $250 million principal amount of 6% notes due 2020. The notes are guaranteed by Naspers Limited.

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Hogan Lovells will be opening an office in Luxembourg on 1 August as part of its strategy to continue to grow its funds and tax practices and develop in markets that are key to the firm’s clients.

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Osborne Clarke has continued its rapid international expansion with the opening of its 15th office, in Paris. France is the 7th jurisdiction in which the international law firm has an office. The office is being opened by Béatrice Delmas-Linel who joins from De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés, where she was Partner. Béatrice has also held several senior roles in the legal team at Microsoft Corporation, and was managing Partner of August & Debouzy.

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company, a closed-end investment company, in an underwritten, overnight, public offering of 6,200,000 shares of common stock in the amount of $223 million which closed on March 15, 2013.

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Accomplished litigator Leslie D. Davis joins Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP today as a partner in the firm’s national Commercial Litigation Practice Group.  Leslie is the fourth lateral partner to join the firm’s Chicago office this year, following the arrival of former Assistant United States Attorney Daniel Collins to Drinker Biddle’s White Collar Team, and Theodore Becker and Frances LaFleur to the firm’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice Group.

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Law firm Winstead PC welcomes finance and banking attorneys Timothy R. Ryan and Will Walker. Previously partners at Mayer Brown, Ryan and Walker bring decades of experience serving both domestic and foreign banks and financial institutions in a variety of financing and syndicated loan transactions. Both Ryan and Walker are shareholders in Winstead’s reputable finance and banking practice group.

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