David L. Burgert, a trial lawyer focused on patent disputes, has joined the Houston Office of global law firm Jones Day as a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice. He was formerly a partner at Houston’s Porter Hedges LLP.
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Norton Rose advised Standard Chartered Bank as coordinating bank and other lenders on the USD1.85 billion bridge financing to SapuraKencana Drilling Pte. Ltd. as part of the USD2.9 billion acquisition comprising of both debt and equity elements by SapuraKencana of the Seadrill tender rig business involving 18 offshore rigs in total.
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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, today announced that Steven R. Arnold has joined as a partner in the Financial Services and Banking Practice. Arnold comes to Manatt from Toyota Financial Services, where he served as managing counsel. He will be based in the firm’s Orange County office.
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP represented Kingston Technology Company, Inc. in an agreement with Powerchip Technology Corporation, a Taiwanese public company, to acquire certain assets of Powerchip in a deal valued at approximately $200 million. Kingston Technology Company, Inc. simultaneously entered into a transaction pursuant to which Powerchip will provide foundry services to Kingston Technology Company, Inc. for a two-year period in a deal valued at approximately $380 million.
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Davis Polk advised Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as the underwriters in an SEC-registered public offering of 8,744,850 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Webster Financial Corporation, sold by Warburg Pincus Private Equity X, L.P. and Warburg Pincus X Partners, L.P., as the selling stockholders. The net proceeds from the offering totaled approximately $196.8 million.
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Douglas M. Irvin, considered one of the most highly respected condominium lawyers in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, has joined Holland & Knight as a partner in the firm’s Washington office. Mr. Irvin was most recently a partner at Mulrenin & Associates and, prior to his affiliation with that firm, he ran the condominium practice at Linowes and Blocher.
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King & Wood Mallesons has advised EnergyAustralia on its proposed divestment of a majority share of the Waterloo wind farm to Palisade Investment Partners and Northleaf Capital Partners.
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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Morgan Stanley and other Joint Book-Running Managers in connection with a $300 million senior unsecured notes offering by CHC Helicopter S.A., a leading helicopter services company.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | New YorkPaul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, represented Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, HSBC and Morgan Stanley as underwriters in connection with an SEC registered issuance of debt securities of Grupo Televisa, S.A.B., the largest media company in the Spanish-speaking world and a major participant in the international entertainment business. The several times oversubscribed offering involved the issuance of Ps. 6.5 billion (approximately $540 million) of 7.25% Peso-denominated Senior Notes due 2043, Payable in Mexican Pesos, pursuant to a registration statement filed with the SEC. We understand from the parties to the transaction that this is the lowest coupon ever for a 30-year note in local currency by any corporate issuer in Latin America.
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Sherman & Howard L.L.C., a national law firm and one of the oldest and most successful firms headquartered in the Rocky Mountain region, today announced the addition of attorney David B. Wilson as a member in its Denver office. Mr. Wilson formerly was a partner in the Denver office of Bryan Cave HRO, and his practice focuses on preventing and solving business and employment disputes nationally and internationally, including both international litigation and arbitration.
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