National law firm Polsinelli welcomes labor and employment attorney Lon R. Williams, Jr. as a shareholder in the firm’s Dallas office. A seasoned professional, Williams has successfully represented management clients in a wide variety of employment and traditional labor relationships in various industries, including energy, health care, education, financial services, defense contracting and temporary staffing.
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Simpson Thacher represented the initial purchasers, led by joint book-running managers, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., and by co-manager, CRT Capital Group LLC, in the sale of an aggregate principal amount of $500 million 3.375% Senior Notes due 2016 by Realogy Group LLC (“Realogy”). The notes are guaranteed on an unsecured senior subordinated basis by Realogy Holdings Corp., the indirect parent of Realogy, and on an unsecured senior basis by each of Realogy’s existing and future domestic subsidiaries that is a guarantor under Realogy’s senior secured credit facility and its existing secured notes or that guarantees certain other indebtedness in the future, subject to certain exceptions. Realogy intends to use the net proceeds from the offering, together with borrowings under its revolving credit facility, to redeem all of its outstanding 11.50% Senior Notes due 2017.
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Attorneys Scott B. Kitei and Chauncey C. Mayfield II have joined the Corporate Department at Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP in the firm’s Detroit office.
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SRZ represented Credit Suisse on the sale of Strategic Partners to Blackstone Group LP. Strategic Partners is the dedicated secondary private equity arm of Credit Suisse Group and has raised over $11.5 billion in capital commitments since the inception of its platform in 2000.
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Wendel, Rosen, Black & Dean LLP welcomes Dana C. Tsubota to the Construction Group and Timothy H. Smallsreed and Fatima Brunson Roberts to its Trusts and Estates Group.
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Hogan Lovells has advised Al Bayan Group Holding Company (Al Bayan or the Group), a Saudi-based conglomerate, on its RM200.0 million sukuk, issued on the 24th April 2013, out of its inaugural RM1.0 billion Sukuk Wakalah Programme (the Sukuk Programme) – the first Malaysian Ringgit Sukuk Programme to be established by a Saudi corporate issuer and the first issuance by a Saudi corporate issuer of Malaysian Ringgit denominated sukuk in the Malaysian debt capital market to date. The landmark sukuk has been issued via Al Bayan’s special-purpose vehicle incorporated in Malaysia, ABHC Sukuk Berhad.
Tags: Hogan LovellsHogan Lovells has advised the Trustees of the Kodak Pension Plan (KPP) on a comprehensive settlement of its claims against the Eastman Kodak Company (EKC), which includes the transfer of ownership of EKC’s Personalized Imaging business and Document Imaging business to the KPP, with a stated purchase price of US$650 million.
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Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Goldman Sachs International (Lead Manager) in relation to Drillsearch Energy Limited’s (Drillsearch) five-year Convertible Bond offer, announced today. The offering is to raise a minimum of US$100 million, with a US$25 million upsize option.
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Mark S. Cohen Chair of the Life Science Practice Group of Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer represents Prolor Biotec in its patent and licensing matters, and represented PROLOR on patent and licensing matters as related to the OPKO purchase of PROLOR.
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Bankruptcy attorneys Michael S. Held and Monica S. Blacker have been recruited by Jackson Walker to the firm’s Dallas office, according to a press release.
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