Squire Sanders has announced the appointment of construction partner Avendra Singh, who has joined the firm from Colin Biggers & Paisley.
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Herbert Smith Freehills Advises Bank of Queensland on Its Acquisition of Virgin Money Australia
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Bank of Queensland Limited (BOQ) on the acquisition of Virgin Money Australia from the Virgin Group. The deal included an agreement with the Virgin Group for the exclusive use of the Virgin Money brand in Australia for up to 40 years.
Tags: Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLPHerbert Smith Freehills Advises Merrill Lynch on the $350 Million Sale of Compagnie Financiere de la Bred’s Stake in Bank of Queensland
Herbert Smith Freehills advises Merrill Lynch on the $350 million sale of Compagnie Financiere de la Bred’s stake in Bank of Queensland.
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E.D. Armstrong, III has joined Hill Ward Henderson as a Shareholder in the Real Estate Group. His practice is comprised of representing clients involved in complex land use matters and governmental relations. Mr. Armstrong has handled several highly contested zoning and land use hearings to a successful conclusion. He has represented clients in high profile interactions with local governments in the Tampa Bay area. Mr. Armstrong joins the firm from Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, LLP, where he served as a shareholder for 27 years.
Labor & Employment Attorney Peter Spanos Joins Barnes & Thornburg’s Growing Atlanta Office
Barnes & Thornburg LLP’s aggressive growth in Atlanta continues with the addition of Peter Spanos as a partner in the Labor & Employment Law Department.
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Simpson Thacher Represents Associated Materials, LLC in $100 Million Senior Secured Notes Offering
Simpson Thacher represented Associated Materials, LLC (“Associated Materials”) and its co-issuer in connection with an offering of $100 million aggregate principal amount of 9.125% senior secured notes due 2017. The notes were issued as additional notes under the same indenture governing $730 million of existing senior secured notes. Associated Materials used a portion of the net proceeds from the notes to repay all of the outstanding borrowings under its senior secured asset-based revolving credit facilities and intends to use the remaining net proceeds for other general corporate purposes.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkSimpson Thacher Represents Microsoft in €550 Million Euro-Denominated Debt Offering and $1.95 Billion U.S. Dollar-Denominated Debt Offering
The Firm represented Microsoft Corporation in connection with its inaugural offering of euro-denominated debt securities and its offering of U.S. dollar-denominated debt securities. The underwriters for both offerings were led by BofA Merrill Lynch and RBS.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | Silicon ValleySimpson Thacher Represents the Underwriters in an Offering of $275 Million of Preferred Stock by Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited
The Firm represented the underwriters, led by Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as joint book-running managers, in connection with a registered offering of 11,000,000 shares of 5.95% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Perpetual Non-Cumulative Preference Shares of Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited, representing $275,000,000 in aggregate liquidation preference. The offering closed on May 2, 2013.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkSimpson Thacher Represents JPMorgan in connection with Asset-Based Credit Facilities for Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. and Momentive Performance Materials Inc.
Simpson Thacher recently represented JPMorgan as a lead arranger and administrative agent in connection with a new $400 million senior secured asset-based credit facility for Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. (“MSC”) and $270 million senior secured asset-based credit facility for Momentive Performance Materials Inc. (“MPM”), each to replace all or part of its respective existing revolving credit facility. The MSC credit facility has US, Canadian, Dutch and English borrowers, and the MPM credit facility has US, Canadian and German borrowers.
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Leading M&A Lawyer Lutz Englisch Joins Gibson Dunn in Munich
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Dr. Lutz Englisch will join the firm’s Munich office as a partner. Englisch, who will continue his international mergers and acquisitions practice, was previously the Head of Corporate for Germany for Ashurst. Before that, he served as Head of the Corporate Legal M&A Group at Siemens AG.
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