The second phase of the financing for the construction of Sadara Chemical Company’s integrated petrochemicals production complex in Jubail Industrial City II, Saudi Arabia was signed on 16 June, raising an aggregate of US$12.5 Billion. Sadara is a joint venture between The Dow Chemical Company and Saudi Arabian Oil Company. Milbank acted as international counsel to all of the lenders to the Project as well as to the joint lead managers of Sadara’s earlier US$2 billion Sukuk issuance (which was amongst the world’s largest project bonds).
Tags: Milbank LLPBaker & McKenzie Bogota Grows M&A/Private Equity Practice with New Partner
The Bogota office of Baker & McKenzie is pleased to announce that Juan Manuel de la Rosa has joined the Firm as a partner in the M&A/Private Equity Practice Group.
Tags: Baker McKenzieDilworth Paxson Welcomes Shawn Li to Its IP Practice
Dilworth Paxson LLP is pleased to announce that Dr. Shawn Shiqing Li has joined the firm as a partner and newest member of its intellectual property practice. He will work out of the firm’s Philadelphia office.
Tags: Dilworth Paxson LLPJeffrey Blumenfeld Joins Lowenstein Sandler to Chair Antitrust Practice
Lowenstein Sandler LLP announced that Jeffrey Blumenfeld has joined the firm as chair of its Antitrust & Trade Regulation practice focusing on antitrust litigation and counseling. He also will be a member of Lowenstein’s Tech Group, a national leader in representing venture-backed technology companies, where he will actively counsel Lowenstein’s clients and their investors on competition issues facing emerging technology companies, particularly at the intersection of antitrust and intellectual property.
Tags: Lowenstein Sandler LLP | New YorkIan Carleton Schaefer Joins Epstein Becker Green’s Labor and Employment Practice in New York
The national law firm of Epstein Becker Green (EBG) today announced that Ian Carleton Schaefer has joined the firm as a Member in the Labor and Employment practice, in the New York office.
Tags: Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. | New YorkCooley Advises Underwriters on Epizyme, Inc. Initial Public Offering
Cooley LLP announced today that it advised the underwriters on Epizyme, Inc.’s recent IPO. Epizyme, now trading on the NASDAQ Global Stock Market under the symbol “EPZM,” is a Massachusetts-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and plans to commercialize innovative personalized therapeutics for patients with genetically defined cancers.
Tags: Cooley LLP | San FranciscoTravers Smith Acts on £1.54bn IPO of Partnership Assurance Group Plc
A tax and corporate team, led by tax partner Kathleen Russ and corporate partner Edmund Reed, have advised Partnership Assurance Group Plc (“PAG”) and its management team on matters relating to management shareholders and option holders in connection with the company’s listing on the main market of the London Stock Exchange on 12 June 2013 and an IPO involving the sale of shares by the management team and funds managed by Cinven.
Tags: Travers SmithWillkie Advises Take-Two Interactive in $250 Million Bond Offering and Redemption of Outstanding Notes
On June 13, Willkie client Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. announced the pricing of $250 million of 1.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2018. Additionally, the company has granted the underwriters the option to purchase up to an additional $37.5 million of notes on the same terms and conditions to cover over-allotments. J.P. Morgan, Barclays and Wells Fargo Securities are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering, which is expected to close on June 18.
Tags: Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP | New YorkEdward Newsom Joins Miller & Martin’s Litigation Department
Miller & Martin PLLC is pleased to announce that Edward M. Newsom has joined the firm as a Member in the Atlanta office where he will continue his practice in product liability and toxic torts.








