International law firm Simmons & Simmons has appointed Rezah Stegeman as a Finance partner in Amsterdam. He joins the firm on 01 May.
Tags: Simmons & SimmonsField Fisher Waterhouse Advises Department for Transport on £1.6bn Search and Rescue Service Contract
European law firm Field Fisher Waterhouse has advised the Department for Transport on a £1.6bn contract to provide Britain’s ‘blue light’ helicopter search and rescue service.
Tags: Fieldfisher LLPCravath – Aviv REIT’s IPO
Cravath represented the underwriters, led by Morgan Stanley, BofA Merrill Lynch and Goldman, Sachs & Co., in connection with the US$264 million initial public offering of common stock of Aviv REIT, Inc., a self‑administered real estate investment trust specializing in the ownership and triple‑net leasing of post‑acute and long‑term care skilled nursing facilities. The shares were listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The transaction closed on March 26, 2013.
Tags: Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP | New YorkReed Smith Adds High-Profile Litigation Partner in Houston
Reed Smith LLP today announced the addition of Julie Hardin as a partner in the Life Sciences Health Industry and Energy and Natural Resources Groups. Julie, who joins from Fulbright & Jaworski, is the first lateral partner in Reed Smith’s new Houston office since the firm announced the initial group of 12 partners on February 26th. The office has expanded in the past month to 21 lawyers.
Tags: Reed Smith LLP | HoustonBracewell Represents Centrica in £10 Billion Deal with Cheniere Energy Partners
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP is representing Centrica, a British gas owner, in an agreement with U.S.-based energy company Cheniere Energy Partners to buy 1.75 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year. The 20-year agreement with Cheniere Energy Partners would allow Centrica to export enough LNG from the U.S. to supply 1.8 million British homes each year.
Tags: Bracewell LLP | New YorkSimpson Thacher Represents ARAMARK in $1,000 Million Senior Notes Offering, $1,400 Million Term Loan Credit Agreement Amendment and Tender Offers
Simpson Thacher recently represented ARAMARK Corporation (“ARAMARK”) in connection with its 144A/Regulation S high yield offering of $1,000 million 5.75% Senior Notes due 2020 and the amendment to its existing credit agreement providing for, among other things, $1,400 million of new term loans and the extension of a portion of the commitments under its revolving credit facilities. Simpson Thacher also represented ARAMARK and ARAMARK Holdings Corporation, the indirect parent of ARAMARK, in connection with cash tender offers for their outstanding senior notes.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkSimpson Thacher Represents KKR in the Sale of Intelligence Holdings
The Firm is representing Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (together with its affiliates, “KKR”) in the sale of Intelligence Holdings, Ltd. to Temp Holdings, Co. Ltd. Temp Holdings will acquire all outstanding equity of Intelligence from KKR and the management of Intelligence for an enterprise value of ¥68 billion ($716 million). The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | TokyoMichael Hastings Joins Whiteford’s Bankruptcy Practice
Whiteford Taylor & Preston is pleased to announce that Michael Hastings, formerly of LeClair Ryan, has joined the firm as a Partner.
Tags: Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLPBaker & McKenzie Advises on Ramsay Health Care A$500 million Hospital Joint Venture in Indonesia and Malaysia
Baker & McKenzie has acted for Ramsay Health Care Limited on its A$500 million (US$525 million) joint venture with Sime Darby Berhad in Asia.
Tags: Baker & McKenzie LLPWFW Advises Seaspan Corporation on a US$350m Facility
Watson, Farley & Williams (“WFW”), a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that it has advised Seaspan Corporation on a facility agreement between ICBC (Industrial and Commercial Bank of China) of up to US$350,000,000. The secured loan will be used to refinance Seaspan’s existing debt obligations for seven vessels, and will be split into two loan agreements.
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