Global law firm Proskauer announced today that Yong Ren has joined the firm’s global Private Investment Funds group as a partner, resident in the Beijing office. Mr. Ren’s extensive private equity fund formation experience, representing both general and limited partners throughout Asia, will further expand the reach of Proskauer’s preeminent private investment funds practice and presence in Asia.
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Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP announced that it has represented the underwriters in the largest corporate debt offering on record – Verizon Communication’s $49 billion bond sale to fund the company’s purchase of Vodafone Group PLC’s interest in Verizon Wireless.
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Davis Polk is advising Sterling Financial Corporation in connection with its $2 billion merger with Umpqua Holdings Corporation. The transaction, which is subject to approval by each company’s shareholders, regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions, is expected to close during the first half of 2014.
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Thompson Coburn has added two partners to its employee benefits practice. Mark S. Weisberg and Linda Lemel Hoseman joined the firm’s 62-attorney Chicago office from Winston & Strawn LLP on Sept. 3.
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Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Natixis as sole Bookrunner and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A., Barclays, Commerzbank and J.P. Morgan, together as Joint Lead Managers, on the issue by BPCE of its €1 billion, 4.625 percent subordinated notes due 2023.
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Simpson Thacher represented the Toronto-Dominion Bank (“TD Bank”) in its offering of $2.5 billion Floating Rate Senior Medium-Term Notes due 2016, $500 million 1.500% Senior Medium-Term Notes due 2016 and $750 million 2.625% Senior Medium-Term Notes due 2018.
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King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has advised Australian Agricultural Company Limited (AACo) on its $299 million capital raising, announced on Thursday 12 September 2013.
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King & Spalding advised FleetCor Technologies, Inc. in a secondary offering in which selling stockholders sold 2.75 million shares of the company’s common stock for an aggregate price to the public of approximately $289 million. Goldman, Sachs & Co. acted as sole underwriter for the offering. FleetCor did not sell any shares in the offering and did not receive any proceeds from the offering.
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Thomas F. Allen, Jr., has joined the Dallas Office of global law firm Jones Day as a partner in the Issues & Appeals Practice. Formerly a partner at Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, L.L.P., he has extensive experience representing clients before the Supreme Court of Texas, intermediate Texas courts of appeals, and federal courts of appeals.
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Shearman & Sterling advised on Sprint Corporation’s $6.5 billion high-yield bond offering—reportedly the largest-ever high-yield bond offering sold directly to investors. The firm represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., and RBC Capital Markets LLC as joint book-running managers; Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as senior co-managers; and The Williams Capital Group, L.P. as co-manager. The offering consisted of $2.25 billion of 7.250% notes due 2021 and $4.25 billion of 7.875% notes due 2023.
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