Cahill Represents Purchasers in $300 Million Notes Offering by Playa Resorts

Cahill represented BofA Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank Securities as joint book-running managers and the co-managers in connection with Rule 144A offering of $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 8% Senior Notes due 2020 by Playa Resorts Holding B.V. Proceeds from the offering, together with proceeds from an investment from Hyatt Hotels Corporation, were used to fund the acquisition of various all-inclusive resorts in Mexico, Dominican Republic and Jamaica as well for general corporate purposes and to refinance existing indebtedness.

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Duane Morris Boston Office Adds Trial Partner Steven M. Cowley

Duane Morris LLP is pleased to announce that Steven M. Cowley has joined the firm’s Trial Practice Group as a partner in the firm’s Boston office. Cowley’s arrival further strengthens Duane Morris’ trial capabilities, particularly in the area of complex business litigation, including antitrust litigation, trademark and copyright disputes. Cowley joins the firm from Edwards Wildman. He is the fourth lawyer to join the Boston office in the past two months.

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BofA Merrill Lynch Leads $175 Million IPO of World Point Terminals, LP

On Wednesday, August 14th, World Point Terminals, LP completed its initial public offering of 8,750,000 common units representing limited partner interests at the public offering price of $20.00 per common unit. World Point sold 3,871,750 common units and a subsidiary of the sponsor sold 4,878,250 common units in the offering. World Point also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 1,312,500 additional common units. After a six-day road show, the offering priced on August 8th, and the common units began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “WPT” on Friday, August 9th.

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Simpson Thacher Represents the Underwriters in the Initial Public Offering by Fox Factory Holding Corp.

The Firm represented the underwriters, led by Robert W. Baird & Co., William Blair & Company, L.L.C. and Piper Jaffray & Co., in connection with the underwriting of the initial public offering of common stock by Fox Factory Holding Corp. (“Fox”).  The offering of 9,857,143 shares, which includes the shares that were sold pursuant to the option exercised by the underwriters, raised approximately $148 million in aggregate gross proceeds for Fox and the selling stockholders. The shares are now listed on the Nasdaq Global Select under the ticker symbol “FOXF.”

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Simpson Thacher Represents Underwriters in Senior Convertible Notes Offering by Web.com Group, Inc.

The Firm recently represented Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as underwriters, in connection with a public offering by Web.com Group, Inc. (“Web.com”) of $258,750,000 aggregate principal amount of its 1.00% Senior Convertible Notes due 2018. The offering closed on August 14, 2013.

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Dan Friedberg and Ryan Straus Join the Corporate Finance and Securities Practice Group

Dan Friedberg and Ryan Straus joined Riddell Williams on August 14, 2013 from the law firm of Graham & Dunn. Dan and Ryan are members of the firm’s Corporate Finance and Securities practice group, and bring their financial services expertise that includes dealing extensively with issues related to electronic payments and regulatory compliance, among other things, to add depth and breadth to this area of practice.

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Cahill Represents Underwriters in Secondary Offering of Norwegian Cruise Line’s Ordinary Shares

Cahill represented UBS Investment Bank and Barclays as book-running managers and the other underwriters in connection with the secondary public offering of 23,000,000 ordinary shares of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NASDAQ: NCLH) by Star NCLC Holdings Ltd. and certain funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management, LLC and TPG Global, LLC, resulting in gross proceeds of approximately $684,250,000 to the selling shareholders. Norwegian did not sell any ordinary shares in the offering and did not receive any of the proceeds from the offering.

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Lowenstein Represents Tower International in Connection with $160 Million Secondary Offering and Repricing of Term Loan Facility

Lowenstein represented Tower International, Inc. (NYSE: TOWR) and Tower International Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P., in connection with a $160 million SEC-registered secondary offering of 7,888,122 shares of Tower International, Inc.’s common stock by Tower International Holdings, LLC, at a price to the public of $21.25 per share. The Lowenstein team was led by Robert G. Minion, Peter H. Ehrenberg and Michael J. Reinhardt and included attorneys Brian A. Silikovitz, Alison S. Fraser and Kate Basmagian.

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