Davis Polk advised Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as joint book-running managers in connection with a public offering by Best Buy Co., Inc. of $500 million principal amount of 5% notes due 2018.
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Ben Patrick, a national authority and leading author on intellectual property rights in the construction industry, has joined Wilson Elser as a partner.
Tags: Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP | MiamiDykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that Brian Melendez and Timothy Kelly have joined the firm, resident in the Minneapolis office. The two attorneys, both accomplished litigators, are the newest additions to Dykema’s Business Litigation group.
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented BMO Capital Markets and Madison Capital Funding LLC, as joint lead arrangers, and Bank of Montreal, as administrative agent, in connection with a $125 million senior secured first lien term loan and revolving credit facility for ANCILE Solutions, Inc.
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Hunton & Williams LLP advised Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), Costa Rica’s largest power and telecom provider, in connection with the Rule 144A and Regulation S offering and sale in the international markets of $500 million of 6.375 percent Senior Notes due 2043.
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Dinsmore & Shohl is pleased to announce Penina Lieber has joined the firm’s Pittsburgh office as a Partner in the Corporate Department and member of the Taxation Group.
Tags: Dinsmore & Shohl LLPBond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC is pleased to announce that Sharon M. Porcellio has joined the Firm as a Member of the Litigation Department, resident in the Buffalo and Rochester offices.
Fasken Martineau, a leading international business law and litigation firm, is pleased to announce today that Mariella Lo Papa joined its Montréal office as a partner in the Real Estate Practice Group.
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A team from Clifford Chance’s Amsterdam capital markets department advised ING on a securitisation of a portfolio of EUR 2.2bn Dutch residential mortgage loans originated by WestlandUtrecht Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of ING Bank N.V. The portfolio of mortgage loans backs the six classes of notes issued by Orange Lion 2013-10 RMBS B.V. All notes (including the subordinated notes, which can be considered to be a new market development) are placed with investors and are listed on NYSE Euronext. The Class A Notes have received the PCS-label. The lead managers are ING Bank N.V. and JP Morgan Securities Limited.
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The Firm is representing Embotelladora Andina S.A. (“Andina”) as well as its Brazilian subsidiary, Rio de Janeiro Refrescos Ltda., in connection with the announced acquisition of Companhia de Bebidas Ipiranga for a purchase price of approximately US$539 million. The closing of the transaction is subject to receipt of certain regulatory and other approvals. Andina is among the ten largest Coca-Cola bottlers in the world, servicing franchised territories with 36 million people, delivering over 7.8 million liters of soft drinks, juices, and bottled waters on a daily basis. Andina is the second bottler of the Coca-Cola System in South America and the seventh globally. It is also the largest producer of soft drinks in Chile and Argentina and the second largest soft drink producer in Brazil. Andina is listed on the Santiago Stock Exchange (Bolsa de Comercio de Santiago) and on the New York Stock Exchange.
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