Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it represented Future Land Development Holdings Limited (“Future Land”), a leading Chinese property developer focused on developing quality residential and mixed-use projects and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, in a CNH high yield bond offering of senior notes (“Notes”) with an aggregate principal amount of RMB1.5 billion, due 2016.
Tags: Paul Hastings LLP | Hong KongPaul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Avalon Ventures, a San Diego-based venture capital fund, in its $495 million collaboration with global healthcare company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to fund and launch up to ten early-stage life sciences companies. While the technologies for the companies may come from anywhere in the world, the companies and their management and scientific teams will all be located in San Diego.
Tags: Paul Hastings LLPPaul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented GE Capital as joint lead arranger and sole administrative agent in connection with the repricing of a $416 million term loan credit facility for Waupaca Foundry, Inc.
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Alejandro Sotelo, an international business attorney licensed in Mexico, has joined the ScottHulse PC as an attorney and shareholder. Mr. Sotelo will lead the firm’s Mexico Law practice and play a key role in the development of the firm’s International Trade and Cross-Border Business practice group.
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Davis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as joint book-running managers of the several underwriters in connection with the initial public offering of 15,789,474 shares of common stock of Taminco Corporation at $15.00 per share for net proceeds to Taminco of approximately $223.8 million. The common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “TAM.”
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell | New YorkDavis Polk is advising the senior management of Strategic Partners, Credit Suisse’s dedicated secondary private equity business, on the sale of Strategic Partners to Blackstone. The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close by the end of the third quarter of 2013.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell | New YorkShoosmiths’ corporate team – on a hot-streak of deals success – aims to maintain its run with the recruitment of a new partner.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will not oppose the proposed acquisition by Virgin Australia of 60% of Tiger Australia.
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Paul, Weiss client Oak Hill Advisors. L.P., as portfolio manager of OHA Intrepid Leveraged Loan Fund, Ltd., a cash flow Collateral Loan Obligation (CLO) fund, completed a precedent-setting refinancing transaction in which $318 million of three classes of secured notes issued by the CLO were simultaneously redeemed and refinanced with proceeds from the issuance of new secured notes. The transaction is one of the few CLO refinancings to be completed in the market and allowed the client to obtain a significantly lower cost of capital.
Tags: Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP | New YorkPaul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Gislar Donnenberg has joined the firm as a partner with the Securities and Capital Markets practice in Houston. Mr. Donnenberg joins from Andrews Kurth LLP, where he was a partner. He is one of the leading legal experts in master limited partnerships (MLP), with a strong base of energy clients. His arrival coincides with the one-year anniversary of the firm’s Houston office opening.
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