Morgan Lewis today announced that Merri Jo Gillette—who served as Director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Chicago Regional Office from 2004 to 2013—will join the firm as a partner in its Litigation Practice beginning in September, resident in Chicago.
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On June 27, 2013, Bowie Resources, LLC (“Bowie”) entered into a purchase agreement with Arch Coal, Inc. (“Arch”) under which Arch will sell to Bowie its wholly-owned subsidiary, Canyon Fuel Company, LLC (“Canyon Fuel”), for $435 million in cash, subject to customary adjustments for working capital and other items.
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The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Michelle Taylor and her team have joined the Firm’s Banking & Finance Practice. Formerly Asia Managing Partner and China Office Leader with Orrick, Michelle will be based in the Firm’s Hong Kong Office.
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King & Spalding added David J. Farber, a life sciences and healthcare regulatory litigation specialist, as a partner in its Food and Drug Administration, life sciences and healthcare practices in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. Farber was a partner at Patton Boggs.
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The Firm represented OHL México, S.A.B. de C.V. in connection with its Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of an aggregate of 209,700,401 Series I shares of common stock, which raised approximately Ps. 5.90 billion (approximately US$458.5 million) in net proceeds. OHL México, S.A.B. de C.V. is a leading transportation infrastructure concession operator in the private sector in Mexico. The Series I shares of common stock of OHL México, S.A.B. de C.V. are listed on the Mexico Stock Exchange. UBS and BBVA acted as the global coordinators and joint bookrunners, Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan acted as joint bookrunners and Societe General acted as co-manager.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkThe Firm recently represented J.P. Morgan, HSBC, Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, Itaú BBA, Banca de Inversión Bancolombia and Valores Bancolombia, as initial purchasers, in connection with the first ever simultaneous offering in the Colombian and international markets of 209,300,000 preferred shares issued by Cementos Argos S.A. The offering was made to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. A total of approximately $880 million in net proceeds was raised in the offering.
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Foley announced today that Marc T. Morley has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property Department and Chemical, Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Practice as a partner in the San Diego/Del Mar office.
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Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP today announced that Monica L. Holland will join the firm in New York as a partner in its Credit Group. The addition of Ms. Holland, who is highly experienced in corporate and leveraged finance, further strengthens Davis Polk’s distinguished banking and finance practice, widely recognized as among the best in the nation.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkDavis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as joint book-running managers in connection with the $54 million initial public offering of 5,400,000 shares of common stock of NanoString Technologies, Inc. at $10.00 per share. The common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “NSTG.”
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Goodwin Procter recently advised client Forest City Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: FCEA and FCEB) on its joint venture with QIC, one of Australia’s largest institutional investment managers. According to terms of the transaction, Forest City will contribute its ownership interest in eight regional retail shopping malls, valued at $2.05 billion, to the joint venture while QIC will acquire 49% of those interests for cash.
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