DLA Piper has advised a syndicate of banks consisting of ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Natixis and Société Générale on a US$195m prepayment facility for Xinjiang Zhaokun Trading Co. Ltd (“Zhaokun”), an aluminium producer in the Kashgar province of the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”), to finance the purchase and production of aluminium, and to refinance an existing prepayment facility provided by Zhaokun’s existing offtaker, Gerald Metals S.A.
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The national law firm of Epstein Becker Green is pleased to announce that Jeremy M. Brown has joined as a Member of the Firm in the Labor and Employment practice, in the Newark office.
Tags: Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.Lindquist & Vennum LLP is pleased to announce that Thomas E. Hoffman has joined the firm as a partner in the financial restructuring & bankruptcy practice group. His practice will focus on representing financial institutions, insurance companies and similar organizations in commercial workout and bankruptcy matters. He will also represent financial institutions in consumer regulatory and compliance matters.
Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Adrian M. Fenty has joined the firm’s Business Development department, where he will focus on expanding the firm’s Emerging Company & Venture Capital practice and supporting various firm and client strategic initiatives. Most recently Special Counsel at Klores Perry Mitchell P.C., Fenty rose to national prominence when he served as Mayor of Washington, D.C. from 2007 – 2011.
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International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges is representing Applied Materials Inc., a Santa Clara, California-based leader in semiconductor equipment manufacturing, in its merger with Japan-based Tokyo Electron Ltd., to create a new company with a combined market capitalization of approximately $29 billion (2.8 trillion yen).
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP served as legal counsel to Houlihan Lokey Capital, Inc., in its role as financial adviser to the special committee of the board of directors of Yongye International, Inc., which has announced its intention to be taken private.
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Husch Blackwell has bolstered its Transportation and Public Policy, Regulatory & Government Affairs teams with the addition of Charles D. “Chip” Nottingham as a Partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. As a nationally recognized leader in the transportation industry, he brings 20 years of government relations experience to Husch Blackwell clients.
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Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Robert J. Kenney Jr. has joined the Firm as Partner in the Corporate Litigation group. He is based in the Firm’s New York office.
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The Firm represented NXP Semiconductors N.V. (“NXP”) in connection with a $941 million registered secondary offering of 25,000,000 common shares by certain of its principal stockholders, including affiliates of funds managed or advised by AlpInvest Partners B.V., Apax Partners LLP, Bain Capital Partners, LLC, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. and Silver Lake Technology Management, LLC. The offering closed on September 18, 2013.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLPThe Firm represented the underwriters of the initial public offering in Hong Kong and Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by China Huishan Dairy Holdings Company Limited (Huishan Dairy). Huishan Dairy offered an aggregate of 3,787,596,000 ordinary shares, which raised approximately HK$10.1 Billion (US$1.3 billion) in gross proceeds for Huishan Dairy and the selling shareholders.
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