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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The global law firm Jones Day has announced that it has opened an office in Miami, the Firm’s first office in Florida, 16th in the U.S., and 40th in the world. Pedro A. Jimenez, a Miami native and partner in Jones Day’s Business Restructuring & Reorganization Practice, will serve as Partner-in-Charge. Enrique (Rick) Martin, who recently joined Jones Day as a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice, will serve as the Office’s Administrative Partner in Miami.
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Morgan Lewis announced today that John Dellaportas—a litigator with over 18 years of experience handling complex commercial litigation and arbitration matters, with an emphasis on securities litigation—has joined the firm as a partner in its Litigation Practice, resident in New York.
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Hunton & Williams (Thailand) Limited advised the Bank of Ayudhya Public Company Limited in a THB 20,833,200,000 (USD 717 million) bridge acquisition facility granted to the BTS Group Holdings Public Company Limited. This is the largest IPO in Thai history, the largest IPO in Asia this year, and the first-ever infrastructure fund in Thailand.
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In a move designed to enhance the tax and corporate practices at Baker Botts L.L.P., two major lateral hires were announced by firm management today — international tax lawyer Don J. Lonczak and capital markets lawyer Bonnie Barsamian.
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On May 8, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued its opinion and order in favor of firm client Chesapeake Energy Corporation, in its declaratory judgment action against Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, the trustee for a $1.3 billion bond offering – saving Chesapeake some $100 million in interest expense.
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