Kaye Scholer to Represent Convertible Bondholders in €4B Restructuring of IVG Immobilien AG

Thursday, May 16, 2013

A large group of institutional investors, comprising mostly US and UK hedge funds, appointed Bankruptcy & Restructuring Partners David von Saucken and Paul Atherton in Kaye Scholer’s London office to represent them as convertible bondholders in the restructuring of IVG Immobilien AG. IVG is a German-listed public company with approximately 550 employees at 19 locations in major German and European cities. It manages assets totaling over €21 billion with a particular focus on real estate and infrastructure.

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Davis Polk Advises the French State on the Sale of a 3.6% Stake in EADS

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Davis Polk advised the French State in connection with the disposal of 1.5% of the total share capital of EADS, completed on April 16, 2013, through a share buyback for a total amount of €483 million, and a subsequent private placement by way of an accelerated book-building relating to 2.1% of the total share capital for a total amount of €707 million and completed on May 2, 2013.

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Davis Polk – Capitol Acquisition Corp. II IPO

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Davis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. as joint book-running managers in connection with the initial public offering of 20,000,000 units of Capitol Acquisition Corp. II, including 2,000,000 units purchased pursuant to the underwriters’ over-allotment option, for an aggregate of $200 million. Each unit consists of one share of common stock and one-half of one warrant to purchase one share of common stock of Capitol Acquisition Corp. II. The units, the shares and the warrants will be listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market.

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Davis Polk – Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Common Stock Offering

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Davis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as representatives of the several underwriters in connection with an SEC-registered offering of 9,000,000 shares of common stock of Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The gross proceeds from the offering were $171 million. The common stock is listed on The Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “ISIS.”

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Three More Patent Lawyers Join Firm’s Growing IP Practice

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. is pleased to announce that three more lawyers have recently joined the law firm’s growing Intellectual Property & Technology Practice. Barry S. Goldsmith, Adam M. Treiber and Keith Mullervy are all registered patent lawyers working in the firm’s Tysons Corner, Virginia, office. In April, Miles & Stockbridge announced that Michael Fleming, the former Chief Administrative Patent Judge of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, had joined the practice.

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