Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP advised York Capital Management in the proposed acquisition by certain of its affiliates of Primus Telecommunications Group, Incorporated’s (PTGi) North American retail telecommunications operations in the United States and Canada for approximately $129 million.
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The Hong Kong office of the Firm represented the underwriters in the US$350.8 million registered follow-on offering of 79,719,958 American Depositary Shares by AU Optronics Corp. (“AUO”). Citigroup Global Markets acted as the Global Coordinator for the offering, and Citigroup Global Markets and UBS AG acted as joint bookrunners for the offering. ANZ, ING Bank, Mizuho Securities and Standard Chartered Securities acted as the Co-Managers of the offering.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | Hong Kongsubsidiaries in connection with Toll Brothers Finance Corp.’s public offering of $300 million aggregate principal amount of 4.375% Senior Notes due 2023. An additional $100 million was issued on May 13, 2013, increasing the total offering to $400 million. Toll Brothers Finance Corp. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Toll Brothers, Inc.
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Leading global law firm Mayer Brown represented Wepa Hygieneprodukte GmbH, a leading, family-owned producer and supplier of tissue products in Europe, on the inaugural offering of €275 million of its 6.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2020 and on a new €90 million Senior Revolving Credit Facility. The notes were listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. The proceeds of the offering, which closed on 13 May 2013, together with drawings under the Senior Revolving Credit Facility, will be used primarily to refinance existing indebtedness.
Tags: Mayer Brown LLPBingham McCutchen LLP expanded its 75-lawyer Tokyo office and bolstered its global cross-border capabilities in Japan and Asia with the addition of Christopher Wells and Tomoko Fuminaga as partners in Bingham’s Investment Management Group along with five additional lawyers, including Carol Tsuchida and Koji Yamamoto.
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Sidley Austin LLP announced today that Timothy C. Langenkamp, a capital markets lawyer with extensive experience in energy transactions, has joined the firm as a partner. He is resident in the firm’s Houston office and a member of its Securities/Capital Markets practice group. This addition continues the expansion of Sidley’s Houston office and further enhances the firm’s energy-focused capital markets team.
Tags: Sidley Austin LLP | HoustonTrue Religion Apparel, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with TowerBrook Capital Partners L.P., the New York and London-based investment management firm, in a transaction valued at approximately $835 million.
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On April 25, a Jenner & Block team representing Obagi Medical Products closed a $441 million cash tender offer for Obagi by Montreal-based Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. Obagi is a California-based specialty pharmaceutical company that develops, markets and is a leading provider of proprietary topical aesthetic and therapeutic prescription-strength skin care systems in the physician-dispensed market.
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The global law firm Jones Day has announced that J. Andrew Jackson has joined the Washington Office as a partner in the Firm’s Government Regulation Practice. Formerly a partner in Dickstein Shapiro LLP’s Washington office, Mr. Jackson has served as a U.S. Department of Justice trial lawyer in False Claims Act and government contract litigation.
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Kirkland & Ellis represents J.P. Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Limited, CITIC Securities Corporate Finance (HK) Limited, UBS AG, Hong Kong Branch, and Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. as joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners and China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Haitong International Securities Company Limited, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited, Merrill Lynch International, Merrill Lynch Far East Limited, Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch, BOCOM International Securities Limited, CMB International Capital Limited and BOCI Asia Limited as the other joint bookrunners in a global offering, including the initial public offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, of SINOPEC Engineering (Group) Co., Ltd., the leading oil refining, petrochemical and new coal chemical engineering company in China.
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