Watson, Farley & Williams (“WFW”), a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that it has advised a syndicate of banks led by Nordea Bank Finland PLC (“Nordea”) as administrative agent on a US$525 million term loan and revolving credit facility for Scorpio Tankers Inc (“Scorpio”).
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Bracewell & Giuliani LLP announced that Heather M. Corken has joined the firm’s Houston office as a partner in the environmental strategies practice. Corken focuses on energy-related environmental issuessuch asadvising clients on regulatory requirements, assisting them in the evaluation and negotiation of corporate and real estate transactions and representing them in environmental litigation and enforcement matters.
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International law firm Simmons & Simmons has advised Mainstream Renewable Power on its joint venture with pan-emerging markets investor Actis for delivering 600 megawatts of wind and solar projects in Chile.
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The Singapore office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Lian Yok Tan and Nicholas Hanna as partners in the firm’s energy and corporate/M&A practices, respectively. Tan arrives from White & Case LLP, while Hanna joins from Watson, Farley & Williams LLP.
Tags: K&L Gates LLP | SingaporeGlobal law firm K&L Gates has added three new partners in its Australian offices. In Melbourne, Nick Ruskin joins the labor, employment and workplace safety practice from DLA Piper, while both Edward Nixey and Glenn Hughes join the firm’s Sydney office as partners in the corporate and transactional practice, arriving from Ashurst and Henry Davis York, respectively.
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The Firm recently represented Wells Fargo in connection with an aggregate $1.3 billion of revolving credit facilities including the $715.0 million revolving credit facility for EnerVest Preferred Holdings XIII, L.P., the $10.0 million revolving credit facility for EnerVest Energy Institutional Fund XIII-WIC, L.P., and the $575.0 million revolving credit facility for EnerVest Institutional Fund XIII-A, L.P. EnerVest is one of the 25 largest oil and gas companies in the United States, with more than 27,000 wells across 16 states, 5.4 million acres under lease and more than $6 billion in proved and probable reserves.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | HoustonSimpson Thacher is representing Hellman & Friedman in the acquisition of Hub International Limited in a transaction that values Hub International at approximately $4.4 billion.
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Walter Keneally has joined Haynes and Boone, LLP as a partner in the firm’s Energy Practice Group.
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Morrison & Foerster today announced that Mark Wojciechowski, a highly regarded finance lawyer with more than three decades of experience handling complex financing and M&A transactions for commercial and investment banks, investment funds and public and private companies, has joined the Financial Transactions Group in New York as a partner.
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Davis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as underwriters in connection with an SEC-registered offering of $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 8.5% notes due 2020 by AngloGold Ashanti Holdings plc, fully and unconditionally guaranteed by AngloGold Ashanti Limited (AngloGold Ashanti).
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