Steptoe & Johnson LLP is again expanding its national intellectual property litigation practice and its growing Chicago office with the addition of three patent litigators. Joining as partners are James “Jay” Nuttall, John Abramic, and Glen Belvis.
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International law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP represented Constellation Brands, Inc., the world’s leading premium wine company, in its issuance on May 14, 2013 of $1.05 billion aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due 2023 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due 2021 in a public offering under a shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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A team of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP attorneys is advising CITIC PE in relation to the management buyout of AsiaInfo-Linkage by a consortium that would take the company private.
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A large group of institutional investors, comprising mostly US and UK hedge funds, appointed Bankruptcy & Restructuring Partners David von Saucken and Paul Atherton in Kaye Scholer’s London office to represent them as convertible bondholders in the restructuring of IVG Immobilien AG. IVG is a German-listed public company with approximately 550 employees at 19 locations in major German and European cities. It manages assets totaling over €21 billion with a particular focus on real estate and infrastructure.
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Davis Polk advised the French State in connection with the disposal of 1.5% of the total share capital of EADS, completed on April 16, 2013, through a share buyback for a total amount of €483 million, and a subsequent private placement by way of an accelerated book-building relating to 2.1% of the total share capital for a total amount of €707 million and completed on May 2, 2013.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkDavis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. as joint book-running managers in connection with the initial public offering of 20,000,000 units of Capitol Acquisition Corp. II, including 2,000,000 units purchased pursuant to the underwriters’ over-allotment option, for an aggregate of $200 million. Each unit consists of one share of common stock and one-half of one warrant to purchase one share of common stock of Capitol Acquisition Corp. II. The units, the shares and the warrants will be listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkDavis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as representatives of the several underwriters in connection with an SEC-registered offering of 9,000,000 shares of common stock of Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The gross proceeds from the offering were $171 million. The common stock is listed on The Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “ISIS.”
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | Silicon ValleyDavis Polk advised Goldman Sachs International, Merrill Lynch Far East Limited and BNP Paribas Securities (Asia) Limited as joint bookrunners and lead managers in connection with a Regulation S offering of $220 million zero coupon convertible bonds due 2018 by Asia Cement Corporation.
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Roetzel is pleased to announce that David C. Strosnider has joined the firm’s Business Services Group as a partner in the firm’s Chicago office.
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