Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to announce that leading international energy lawyer Peter Roberts will join the firm as a partner in the London office.
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Orrick Advises Iowa Fertilizer Company on $1.8 Billion Financing
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has advised Iowa Fertilizer Company LLC, a subsidiary of OCI N.V., in the $1.8 billion financing of a new nitrogen fertilizer production plant in Lee County, Iowa. This will be the first world scale natural gas-based fertilizer plant built in the United States in more than 20 years.
Tags: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP | New YorkThree More Patent Lawyers Join Firm’s Growing IP Practice
Miles & Stockbridge P.C. is pleased to announce that three more lawyers have recently joined the law firm’s growing Intellectual Property & Technology Practice. Barry S. Goldsmith, Adam M. Treiber and Keith Mullervy are all registered patent lawyers working in the firm’s Tysons Corner, Virginia, office. In April, Miles & Stockbridge announced that Michael Fleming, the former Chief Administrative Patent Judge of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, had joined the practice.
Allen & Overy Advises on the Global Offering of SINOPEC Engineering (Group) Co., Ltd.
Allen & Overy is advising SINOPEC Engineering (Group) Co., Ltd. (“SINOPEC Engineering”) on its landmark (approximately) USD2 billion initial public offering (IPO) and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Hong Kong’s largest IPO so far in 2012. The firm’s Hong Kong office has a strong track record in advising on sizeable IPOs for Chinese state-owned enterprises, having advised Agricultural Bank of China on its USD22.1bn IPO in 2010.
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Simpson Thacher Represents Blackstone in its $1.46 Billion Sale of a Portfolio of Prime Shopping Centers to DDR Corp.
The Firm is representing Blackstone Real Estate Partners VII (Blackstone) in connection with the sale of a portfolio of prime shopping centers to DDR Corp. from its existing joint venture with DDR Corp. for $1.46 billion. The joint venture between Blackstone and DDR currently owns 44 shopping centers. DDR has executed a purchase and sale agreement to acquire Blackstone’s 95% common equity ownership interest in 30 of these shopping centers. The 14 shopping centers not being acquired will remain in the venture owned 95% by Blackstone and 5% by DDR. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2013 and is subject to customary closing conditions.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkSimpson Thacher Represents Deutsche Bank Cayman Islands Branch in the Acquisition of Coinmach Service Corp.
The Firm represented Deutsche Bank Cayman Islands Branch as one of the controlling shareholders and a holder of senior notes of Coinmach Service Corp. in the $1.4 billion acquisition of Coinmach by Pamplona Capital Management LLP. Coinmach is the biggest laundry-equipment service provider in the United States. Pamplona also acquired Air-Serv Group LLC, which provides car-tire inflation services in North America, in connection with the transaction.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkSimpson Thacher Represents Seven Generations Energy Ltd. in $400 Million Senior Notes Offering
Simpson Thacher represented Seven Generations Energy Ltd. (“7G”) in connection with its Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of $400 million aggregate principal amount of 8.250% Senior Notes due 2020. 7G used the proceeds from the offering to fund its 2013 and 2014 capital development plans and for general corporate purposes.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkButler Snow Welcomes George Crawford III and David Lewis, Nashville Office Expands to 47 Attorneys
Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC (Butler Snow) is pleased to announce David Lewis and George Crawford III have joined the Nashville, Tenn. office.
Skadden – General Growth Properties Completes Secondary Offering
Skadden represented Citigroup Global Markets Inc. in connection with a $536.6 million registered underwritten secondary offering of common stock of General Growth Properties, Inc., a Delaware corporation (GGP), announced on May 7.
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Baker & McKenzie Advises BMW on Public ABS Transaction in Switzerland
Baker & McKenzie acted as a transaction counsel for German and Luxembourg law on behalf of BMW (Switzerland) AG in the first public lease receivables securitisation in Switzerland under the issuing platform Bavarian Sky Europe S.A. Swiss law firm Homburger AG advised BMW on Swiss law. The transaction is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange in Zurich and was rated with Class A notes by Fitch and S&P’s.
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