Vinson & Elkins advised the successful sponsor consortium partners Malakoff Corporation Berhad, Sumitomo Corporation, and Cadagua S.A. on the development and financing of the Ghubrah seawater desalination project (IWP) in Oman. The key financing documents were executed last week and financial close is expected imminently. The project is the second IWP in Oman and will supply water for daily use equivalent to the amount consumed by approximately 800,000 people.
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Loeb & Loeb LLP represented Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) in the sale of a music publishing catalog, comprised of music from SPE’s film and television releases between 1993 and 2012, to ole Music Publishing LLC.
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Prince Lobel Tye LLP is pleased to announce that John Markey has joined the firm. Markey’s practice focuses on internal investigations and corporate compliance, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. He is a veteran trial attorney in both white collar and complex civil litigation in state and federal courts.
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Latham & Watkins is pleased to announce that Dean Naumowicz has joined the firm’s London office as a partner in the Corporate Department. Naumowicz has extensive experience advising on a wide range of derivatives and structured products including credit, equity and commodity transactions. He has particularly well-developed expertise advising on Sharia-compliant derivatives transactions and he has advised on innovative financial structures in emerging markets covering all asset classes.
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Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Banco BTG Pactual S.A. – Cayman Branch as joint book-running managers of the several underwriters in connection with the initial public offering by Graña y Montero S.A.A. of 19,534,884 American Depositary Shares, each representing five of its common shares, at a price per ADS of US$21.13. The offering raised gross proceeds of US$412.8 million. The ADSs are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “GRAM.”
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkDavis Polk advised RBC Capital Markets, LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as lead managers on an SEC-registered offering by Royal Bank of Canada of $2 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.2% senior notes due 2018 under its $25 billion medium-term notes program.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkDavis Polk acted as special product counsel for J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. as representatives of the underwriters on a registered public offering by American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. of $300 million aggregate principal amount of 3% convertible senior notes due 2018.
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Baker & McKenzie Warsaw strengthens its Infrastructure practice with the hire of leading Public-Private Partnership (PPP) lawyer, Agnieszka Ferek, as partner in Warsaw.
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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to welcome Daniel R. Begian as a shareholder in its St. Louis office. Begian, a veteran labor and employment attorney with more than 30 years of practice in St. Louis, will bolster the firm’s Traditional Labor Relations, Employment Law, and Workplace Safety and Health practice groups. Begian joins Ogletree Deakins from The Lowenbaum Partnership and is reconnected with his former colleagues, including shareholders Bob Stewart, Stan Schroeder and Bill Lawson, who joined the firm in January, as well as Burt Garland and others.
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The Firm is representing Barclays Bank PLC and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. in connection with $4.35 billion of committed bridge financing to Perrigo Company in its announced $8.6 billion acquisition of Elan Corporation, PLC for $6.25 in cash plus 0.07636 shares of a newly formed Perrigo holding company for each Elan share, valuing each Elan share at $16.50 based on the closing price per Perrigo share on July 26, 2013. The proceeds of the bridge facilities will be available to finance a portion of the cash consideration for the acquisition, to repay certain indebtedness of Perrigo and to pay fees and expenses related thereto.
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