Simpson Thacher recently represented the underwriters, led by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, in a public offering of $400 million in aggregate principal amount of 6.625% Senior Notes due 2021 by American Equity Investment Life Holding Company (“AEL”). This was the first high yield offering by AEL.
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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC announced today the addition of Brian S. Rauch as shareholder in its Labor and Employment Section. Previously with Proskauer Rose LLP, Brian has extensive experience representing employers in all aspects of employment law and litigation, union/management relations and collective bargaining. With significant experience in real estate, construction, transportation, retail and financial services industries, Brian has a reputation of providing practical, business-focused guidance to clients.
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The Irish office of international law firm Maples and Calder (“Maples”) is pleased to announce that John Breslin SC will join the Finance Group in Dublin. John will also head up the firm’s Advocacy Group.
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Fulfilling a long-term strategic goal for the Haynes and Boone, LLP San Antonio office, veteran real estate and business lawyer Frank Ruttenberg has joined as partner along with two experienced of counsel, Elizabeth Breazeale and Andrew Baumgardner.
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Squire Sanders announced today that financial restructuring lawyer Nava Hazan has joined the firm as a partner in the Restructuring and Insolvency Practice Group, resident in the New York office.
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Kirkland & Ellis LLP announced today that former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Enforcement Director Robert Khuzami has joined the Firm as a partner in the global Government, Regulatory and Internal Investigations Practice Group. Mr. Khuzami joins the Firm after leading the SEC’s Enforcement Division for four years, and will be based in Kirkland’s Washington, D.C., and New York offices.
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Cahill represented the underwriters in connection with the public offering of $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.5% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2016 and $375,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Floating Rate Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2016 by Ally Financial Inc. Proceeds from the offering will be used to redeem outstanding notes.
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Clifford Chance advised J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley which acted as global coordinators for the issuance of new shares in connection with a €660.6 million capital increase of Erste Group Bank AG. The new shares were issued as part of a subscription rights offer to existing shareholders of Erste Group Bank AG and in private placements to institutional investors in European countries, the United States of America and elsewhere.
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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, announced that Donna L. Wilson has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner in the Litigation Division. She joins from BuckleySandler LLP, where she led its West Coast litigation and privacy/data security practices.
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Wendy Kearns, a lawyer with extensive experience representing a wide variety of technology clients, has joined the growing technology transactional and M&A practice at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP.
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