On April 22, 2013, IBM announced it has acquired UrbanCode Inc. Cravath represented IBM in connection with this transaction. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, UrbanCode automates the delivery of software, helping businesses quickly release and update mobile, social, big data, cloud applications.
Tags: Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP | New York
Global law firm Reed Smith has announced the appointment of Claude Brown to its partnership. Claude will join the firm’s structured finance team from Clifford Chance, where he is Head of Structured Solutions.
Tags: Reed Smith LLPHeenan Blaikie acted as Canadian competition counsel to ARRIS Group, Inc. in its US$2.35 billion acquisition of the Motorola Home Business from Google Inc.
Porzio, Bromberg & Newman is pleased to announce that Deirdre R. Wheatley-Liss has joined the firm as a principal. Ms. Wheatley-Liss brings to Porzio a new elder law practice area that complements the firm’s current trust and estates and tax compliance practices. At Porzio, she will continue representing families and closely held businesses in tax, estate, business, asset protection and elder law issues.
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Jackson Walker L.L.P. has significantly expanded its Bankruptcy practice with the addition of partners Michael S. Held from Hunton & Williams L.L.P. and Monica S. Blacker from Andrews Kurth LLP. Mr. Held and Ms. Blacker bring significant experience and expertise to the firm, adding strength to a practice group distinguished by its sophisticated, solution–oriented approach to serving clients in all types of bankruptcy and workout matters.
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A multi-disciplinary and global team of Dechert lawyers is representing Buckeye Technologies in its sale to Georgia Pacific LLC. The two companies announced today that they have reached a definitive agreement for Georgia-Pacific to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Buckeye Technologies’ common stock for $37.50 per share in cash. The transaction, subject to completion, is valued at approximately $1.5 billion, including debt. Under the terms of the agreement, which has been unanimously approved by both companies’ boards of directors, stockholders of Buckeye Technologies will receive $37.50 in cash per share, representing a premium of approximately 29 percent based on the average closing price of Buckeye Technologies’ common stock over the last week.
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Covington & Burling advised Sura Asset Management S.A. and AFP Integra S.A., affiliates of the Latin American financial group Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana, in a joint acquisition with Profuturo AFP S.A., an affiliate of The Bank of Nova Scotia, of 100 percent of the shares of AFP Horizonte, S.A., the Peruvian pension fund manager, from the Spanish bank Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. and other shareholders.
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International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Hong Kong listed company Yingde Gases Group Company on its issuance of US$300 million 8.125% unsecured senior notes due 2018. The notes, issued through its wholly-owned subsidiary, have received ratings from various credit rating agencies and are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Yingde Gases Group Company engages in the production and sales of industrial gases and was China’s largest independent on-site industrial gas supplier in terms of revenue in 2012.
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The Firm recently represented Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as initial purchasers, in a US$1.0 billion offering of 5.875% Amortizing Notes due 2024 issued by The Dominican Republic. The sovereign debt offering was conducted in reliance on Rule 144A and Regulation S and was the largest bond offering to date by the Dominican Republic.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkSimpson Thacher is representing Blackstone in connection with its acquisition of Strategic Partners, Credit Suisse’s dedicated secondary private equity business with $9 billion in assets under management. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close by the end of the third quarter 2013. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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