Allen & Overy has advised Dutch development bank Nederlanse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden (FMO), as part of a consortium comprising Hong Kong, Taiwanese and Korean banks, on a USD90 million loan facility (subject to the exercise of a greenshoe option) to China Singyes Solar Technologies Holdings (Singyes).
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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 (the “Company”), in a $175 million offering of floating rate senior notes (the “Series HH Senior Notes”) to qualified institutional buyers in a private offering pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. The Series HH Senior Notes mature on August 19, 2016 and pay interest at a rate of 3-month LIBOR plus 1.25% per annum. The transaction closed on August 22, 2013.
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Vedder Price is pleased to announce that Robert C. MacKichan, Jr. has joined the firm’s Government Contracts practice today as Shareholder in the firm’s Washington, DC office.
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Herbert Smith Freehills is advising Catalyst Investment Managers and the founder and management shareholders of EziBuy in connection with the sale of the EziBuy Group to Woolworths, EziBuy is a leading multi-channel retailer of apparel and home décor in Australia and New Zealand.
Tags: Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLPOn November 7 2012, a proposal to set up an office in Mongolia was approved at the forty-eighth gathering of Dacheng management committee, which also designated senior partner Lu Hada to lead and coordinate the establishment of the office. After months of intense preparation, Dacheng Mongolian Office, registered No. 9011256017, was officially launched on May 20, 2013. The newly established office is located at 7/F Peace Mansion, No.54 Peace Road, Chingeltei District, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
We are very pleased to announce that Kennedys is merging with leading Scottish law firm Simpson & Marwick. The merger is expected to go live on 1 November 2013.
New Orleans-based Phelps and Dunbar, a firm with a 150+ year history in the South, has expanded into Dallas. The move continues the pattern of expansion the firm has established over the past 30 years and is the 11th office location.
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Cassandra Mott has been hired by international law firm Thompson & Knight, according to a press release this week. The partner will join the firm’s Houston finance practice group.
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International law firm Simmons & Simmons has advised ONGC Videsh Limited (“OVL”) on the US$2.64 billion acquisition of the ten percent participating interest (“Acquisition”) in the Rovuma Offshore Block in Mozambique (“Area 1”), from Anadarko Moçambique Area 1 Limitada (“Anadarko”), a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation.
Tags: Simmons & Simmons | Hong KongPaul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it advised China International Marine Containers (Group) Co. Ltd. (“CIMC”) on its wholly-owned subsidiary, China International Marine Containers (Hong Kong) Ltd. (“CIMC Hong Kong”) entering into a sale and purchase agreement (the “SPA”) with the Singapore-listed Pteris Global Limited (“Pteris”) on July 29, 2013, pursuant to which CIMC Hong Kong will sell the 70% equity interests in Shenzhen CIMC-TianDa Airport Support Ltd. (“CIMC-TianDa”) to Pteris and as consideration, Pteris will issue new shares to CIMC Hong Kong (or its nominee). Following the completion of the SPA, the equity interests of CIMC in Pteris are expected to increase from approximately 14.99% to approximately 63.88% (up to approximately 65.80%, subject to certain adjustment mechanisms). As a result, the Singapore-listed Pteris will become a subsidiary of CIMC.
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