The Firm recently represented eircom in an offering of €350 million of 9.25% senior secured notes due 2020 issued by eircom Finance Limited and guaranteed by eircom Holdings (Ireland) Limited and certain of its subsidiaries. The offering was conducted in reliance upon Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933.
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Cooley LLP announced today that it has further bolstered its national litigation practice with the admission of Ray Hartman. Hartman, who will be based in Cooley’s San Diego office, joins the firm from DLA Piper. Hartman brings to Cooley considerable experience in the areas of environmental, toxic tort, product liability and real estate litigation.
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Kramer Levin represented holders of notes in connection with an exchange offer by Clear Channel Communications, Inc., of new senior unsecured notes due 2021 for all $2.1 billion of outstanding senior unsecured LBO notes. The Kramer Levin team included Corporate partners John Bessonette and Abbe L. Dienstag, and associates Jeffrey Taylor, Amanda Webber, Steven Segal and Jennifer A. Wilen.
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Cahill represented the underwriters in connection with the secondary public offering by certain shareholders of Nielsen Holdings N.V. (NYSE: NLSN), valued at $1,409,152,500. The offering made available 40,250,000 shares of common stock, including the exercise of the underwriter’s over-allotment option. The selling stockholders received all of the proceeds of the sale.
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Winston & Strawn LLP has announced William (“Bill”) X. Lang has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the real estate practice. Mr. Lang, formerly a partner at Nixon Peabody, focuses his practice on commercial real estate transactions and financing matters. His arrival adds depth to Winston & Strawn’s real estate practice, which represents major domestic and international corporations, financial institutions, real estate funds, and other high-level market participants in connection with a wide range of investment, development, acquisition, and financing activities.
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A multi-office team of attorneys with international law firm Greenberg Traurig represented Hard Rock International (HRCAF: US) in a $640 million financing transaction that closed May 14. The transaction is comprised of $350 million Senior Notes due 2021 and a $290 million Senior Secured Term Loan. The Notes were issued in a Rule 144A/Reg. S private offering.
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Haynes and Boone, LLP Austin has welcomed David O’Brien as a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property (IP) and Technology Transactions Section.
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Sidley advised San Miguel Corporation (SMC) in its $800M overseas bond offering, which set a record as the largest U.S. dollar-denominated corporate bond issue out of the Philippines.
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Recognizing the opportunity to expand to one of the fastest growing metro areas in the Southeast – Columbia, South Carolina, the law firm of Adams and Reese LLP has announced a merger with Ellis Lawhorne, effective June 1, 2013. With the addition of 23 attorneys in Columbia, Adams and Reese will have over 340 attorneys and advisors resident in 16 offices in seven states throughout the Southern United States and Washington, D.C.
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is advising Laredo Petroleum Holdings, Inc. in the proposed sale of its interests in properties and assets in the Anadarko Basin to affiliates of EnerVest, Ltd. for $438 million. The transaction, subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close during the third quarter of 2013.
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