Milbank – US$ 12.5 Billion Financing for Sadara Integrated Chemicals Project

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).

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Jeffrey 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.

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Cooley 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.

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Travers 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.

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Willkie 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.

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