The Tokyo office of the Firm recently represented the initial purchasers, led by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. in an offering of $500,000,000 2.100% Senior Notes due 2018 by Japan Tobacco Inc. The notes were sold to international investors outside of Japan in reliance on Rule 144A and Regulation S. The notes are listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange.
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International law firm McDermott Will & Emery today announced the appointment of Anne Marie Turner as a partner in the Firm’s Government Strategies Practice Group, based in its Washington, D.C. office.
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International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company (Meiji Yasuda) on its 15% capital investment in Thailand based insurer Thai Life Insurance Public Company Limited (Thai Life).
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On Tuesday, July 23, 2013, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the State of Texas lodged in federal district court in San Antonio a proposed consent decree with the San Antonio Water System (SAWS) resolving claims regarding sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs). SAWS is a public utility owned by the City of San Antonio, providing sewage treatment and wastewater services to the city.
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Holland & Hart LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Jason Prince to the firm’s Commercial Litigation and Export Control/Trade Sanctions practices. Prince is a partner based out of the firm’s Boise office.
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The addition of Robert Rothstein, a shareholder in the firm’s Denver office, enhances the firm’s well established Litigation group. Robert is a trial lawyer focusing on intellectual property litigation who has substantial first and second chair trial experience. He brings significant expertise in patent litigation, trademark actions, and trade secret cases representing individuals, medium-sized companies, and Fortune 500 corporations. He also maintains a general commercial practice focusing on health care litigation and complex contract and employment disputes.
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Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC) and Publicis Groupe SA (Euronext Paris: FR0000130577) today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for a merger of equals, creating the world’s leading company in communications, advertising, marketing and digital services, with combined 2012 revenue of $22.7 billion / €17.7 billion. Based on closing prices on July 26, 2013, Publicis Omnicom Group will have a combined equity market capitalization of approximately $35.1 billion / €26.5 billion. The merged group of more than 130,000 employees will be exceptionally well positioned to serve clients’ evolving needs, helping them to build their brands and grow their businesses in the rapidly changing communications landscape.
Tags: Latham & Watkins LLP | New YorkLatham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Sven Völcker will join the firm’s Brussels office as a partner in the Litigation Department. Völcker’s broad practice encompasses counseling on EU antitrust rules, merger clearance, cartel and other behavioural cases.
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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm advised the Allbritton family in the sale of its equity interests in Perpetual Corporation, the parent company of Allbritton Communications Company, and Charleston Television, LLC, to Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., for $985 million.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLPPaul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented BMO Capital Markets Corp. as bookrunner and sole lead arranger, and Natixis, New York Branch, as the administrative agent in connection with a $175 million second lien term loan credit facility for Citrus Energy Appalachia, LLC.
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