Attorneys with the law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP represented TEAK Midstream, L.L.C. (“TEAK”), a privately owned midstream natural gas company based in Dallas, in the execution of a $1 billion definitive agreement with Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. (“Atlas”). The transaction, announced on April 16, 2013, is awaiting regulatory approval and expected to close in the second quarter of 2013.
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The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP announced that David N. Morrison has joined the firm’s Naples office as a partner in the Real Estate Practice Group.
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Vinson & Elkins partner Kaam Sahely advised and continues to advise Dyno Nobel Inc., a subsidiary of Incitec Pivot Ltd. (IPL), on all aspects of the development of an $850 million anhydrous ammonia plant in Louisiana. The 800,000 metric ton per annum ammonia manufacturing plant will be situated on a brownfield site, which is part of Cornerstone Chemicals Company’s chemical complex in Waggaman, LA, situated on the industrial corridor along the Mississippi River.
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International law firm Pinsent Masons has boosted its international TMT practice with the appointment of leading partner Bryan Tan in Singapore. Bryan joins Pinsent Masons with a team of lawyers from Keystone Law Corporation, a boutique law firm in Singapore specialising in TMT, where he was Founding Partner and Director.
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Herbert Smith Freehills has acted as international counsel to Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, DBS Bank Ltd., The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and Standard Chartered Bank, as joint lead managers in relation to the issuance of S$250 million 4.25% notes (the “Notes”) due 2016 by Tata Communications (Netherlands) B.V., which were guaranteed by Tata Communications Limited.
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Skadden represented Eurasia Drilling Company, the largest provider of onshore drilling services in Russia, in connection with its debut seven-year, $600 million bond issue listed on the Irish Stock Exchange’s regulated market, which closed April 17.
Tags: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLPSkadden is representing Altimo Holdings & Investments Ltd. (Russia) in connection with its $1.8 billion tender offer for a 48 percent stake in Orascom Telecom Holding S.A.E. (Egypt), announced on April 16.
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Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised BBL Asset Management Company Limited (BBLAM), as the management company of BTS Rail Mass Transit Growth Infrastructure Fund (BTSGIF), on BTSGIF’s US$1.4 billion (Bt41.5 billion) IPO, the biggest listing ever in Thailand and the first IPO of an infrastructure fund in Thailand. BTSGIF sold 3.86 billion units at Bt10.80 each comprising 66.7% of the fund. BTS Group bought the remaining 33.3%, bringing the total fundraising to US$2.1 billion.
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Leading international law firm Osborne Clarke has hired IP litigation expert Lorna Brazell from Bird & Bird, where she has been a Partner since 2001.
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Simpson Thacher recently represented Bank of America, N.A., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and the other Joint Lead Arrangers in connection with a $2.175 billion Credit Agreement in connection with the acquisition by ARRIS Group, Inc. of the Motorola Home Business from a Subsidiary of Google Inc. ARRIS paid Google approximately $2.2 billion in cash and issued Google 10.6 million shares of ARRIS common stock in connection with the transaction. The cash portion of the consideration was funded through syndicated debt financing and the sale by ARRIS of 10.6 million ARRIS shares to Comcast Corporation. As a result of these securities transactions, Google and Comcast each hold approximately 7.7% of ARRIS’s currently outstanding shares. ARRIS is a video and broadband technology company.
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