Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Leighton Properties on its sale of 567 Collins Street in Melbourne to the ASX-listed Investa Office Fund (IOF) and Investa Commercial Property Fund (ICPF) for approximately A$462 million.
Tags: Herbert Smith Freehills LLPHerbert Smith Freehills has advised Growthpoint Properties Australia on the disposal and settlement of its office and warehouse facility located at 134 Lillkar Road, Goulburn, New South Wales to a private investor for A$72.25 million.
Tags: Herbert Smith Freehills LLPHerbert Smith Freehills has advised Blue Star Group Australia, jointly owned by Wolseley Private Equity and Caxton, on its acquisition of print assets from the GEON Group.
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The Firm represented Cedar Fair, L.P. (“Cedar Fair”) in restructuring its secured bank and high yield debt profile. The concurrent refinancing transactions by Cedar Fair included (i) the termination of its existing senior secured credit facilities and the entry into a new $630 million senior secured term loan credit facility and a new $255 million senior secured revolving credit facility; and (ii) a private placement, including registration rights for the investors, of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 5.25% Senior Notes due 2021 conducted in reliance on Rule 144A and Regulation S.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkThe Firm recently advised the underwriters, led by Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co., on the initial public offering of Class A common stock of Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. Artisan Partners’ shares are now listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “APAM”.
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Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced today that Joel Moss has joined the firm in New York as a partner in the Restructuring, Bankruptcy & Insolvency practice. Previously, Mr. Moss was a director at Barclays in New York, where he handled bankruptcy and restructuring matters in the US.
Tags: Mayer Brown LLP | New YorkMayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced today that Stephen Baskin has joined the firm in Washington, DC as a partner in the Intellectual Property practice. He joins from Kilpatrick Townsend, where he focused primarily on patent litigation and was also managing partner of that firm’s Washington, DC office.
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The Cayman Islands and Irish offices of international law firm Maples and Calder (“Maples“) are delighted to have advised Silver Lake Partners on the Cayman Islands and Irish law aspects of the recently announced $24.4 billion acquisition of Dell, Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL).
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Morrison & Foerster today announced that David M. Walsh, a prominent consumer class action litigator, has joined the firm as a partner in its Los Angeles office.
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King & Wood Mallesons has advised Melbourne IT on the sale of its Digital Brand Services (DBS) division to US-based Corporation Services Company for A$152.5 million.
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