Cooley LLP announced today that it represented DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. in the negotiations that culminated in its agreement to buy AwesomenessTV, a multi-channel YouTube subscription for teens.
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Prominent St. Louis Attorney Doreen Dodson Joins Polsinelli
Doreen D. Dodson, the first woman to serve as president of The Missouri Bar and a national leader in the field of employment and immigration law has joined the St. Louis office of Polsinelli. In her new role, she will serve as a senior partner in the firm’s labor and employment law practice group.
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WFW Advises SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad on the Debt Financing and Equity Placement for US$2.9 Billion Acquisition of Seadrill Tender Rigs Business
Watson, Farley & Williams Asia Practice LLP (“WFW”), a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that it has advised SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad (“SapuraKencana”), a major oil & gas services company headquartered in Malaysia, on the debt and equity financing of its acquisition of the entire issued share capital in Seadrill Tender Rig Ltd (“Seadrill”) and certain other related businesses and assets. The acquisition included purchasing 18 tender drilling rigs from Seadrill (6 semi-tenders, 9 tender barges and 3 newbuilds.
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KWM Advises Charter Hall on Strategic Real Estate Acquisition
King & Wood Mallesons has advised Charter Hall’s Core Plus Office Fund (Charter Hall) on its joint acquisition of FKP Property Group’s Gasometer 2 Brisbane office development with PSP Investments, one of Canada’s largest pension investment managers.
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Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP announces that Thomas C. Hildebrand, Jr. has joined the Firm as a Partner in the Charleston office. He will work in the Commercial and Construction Practice Group, which is part of Parker Poe’s Litigation Department.
King & Spalding Advises Gulf Capital, Gulf Related in Financing For Saudi Residential
King & Spalding has advised Gulf Capital and Gulf Related in obtaining a ground-breaking SAR 450 million financing facility from the National Commercial Bank. The proceeds of the facility will be used to develop a residential compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Paul Weiss – Elliott Successfully Advocates for BMC’s $6.9 Billion Acquisition
Paul, Weiss represented Elliott Management Corp. in a $6.9 billion acquisition of BMC Software by a consortium led by Bain Capital and Golden Gate Capital Corp. Elliott currently holds over nine percent of BMC’s common stock, making it the company’s second-largest shareholder. The transaction represents the culmination of an activist effort that began in the summer of 2012 with a successful proxy contest in which Elliott added two directors to BMC’s Board.
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Cahill Represents Initial Purchasers in $600 Million Notes Offering by Resolute Forest Products
Cahill represented BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup and BMO Capital Markets, as joint book-running managers, and Barclays, J.P. Morgan, and Wells Fargo Securities, as co-managers, in connection with the Rule 144A offering of $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.875% Senior Notes due 2023 by Resolute Forest Products Inc., a global leader in the forest products industry.
Tags: Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP | New YorkCahill Represents Initial Purchasers in $600 Million Notes Offering by LKQ Corp.
Cahill represented BofA Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo Securities, RBS, and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities, as joint book-running managers, and the co-managers in connection with the Rule 144A offering of $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.75% Senior Notes due 2023 by LKQ Corporation, a leading provider of alternate vehicle collision replacement products and recycled transmissions and remanufactured engines.
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Howard & Howard Expands Royal Oak Office
Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC is pleased to announce that Brian A. Kreucher has joined the firm. He will practice out of the firm’s Royal Oak Office.
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