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 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 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 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 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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Leading media firm Harbottle & Lewis today announces the expansion of its Media and Information Group with the hire of John Kelly. John, who will join the firm as a Partner, is currently Head of Schillings International Practice and Sports Practice.
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Simpson Thacher represented the Toronto-Dominion Bank (“TD Bank”) in its offering of $1.5 billion 1.40% Senior Medium-Term Notes due 2018, $750 million Floating Rate Senior Medium-Term Notes due 2018 and $3 billion Floating Rate Senior Medium-Term Notes due 2015.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkSimpson Thacher represented the underwriters, led by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, in connection with the public offering by Texas Instruments Incorporated of an aggregate of $1.0 billion in investment grade notes.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkSimpson Thacher represented the underwriters, led by Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, in connection with the public offering by GAMCO Global Gold, Natural Resources & Income Trust by Gabelli (the “Fund”) of 4,000,000 shares of 5.00% Series B Cumulative Preferred Shares. The offering raised aggregate net proceeds of approximately $96.85 million.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkThe Firm represented Bond Mission Critical Services plc. in connection with its Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of £200 million aggregate principal amount of senior secured floating rate notes due 2019. Proceeds of the offering were used to refinance existing indebtedness and for general corporate purposes.
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