Simpson Thacher Represents Underwriters in $2.3 Billion Initial Public Offering of DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Simpson Thacher recently represented a group of underwriters in connection with the initial public offering of DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund (the “Fund”). The offering raised $2.3 billion and represents one of the largest IPOs for any closed-end bond fund in the U.S. The Fund is a newly organized, non-diversified, closed-end management investment company which trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “DSL”. The lead underwriters in the transaction were UBS Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC.

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Leading Private Equity Partner Joins Latham & Watkins in London

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that David Walker has joined the firm’s London office as a partner in the Corporate Department. Walker is an M&A lawyer with a particular focus on all aspects of private equity work . Over the years, he has built a reputation as one of the most prominent private equity lawyers in the UK.

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Roetzel Welcomes Food and Drug Attorneys Edgar Asebey-Birkholm and James T. O’Reilly

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Roetzel is pleased to announce that veteran attorneys Edgar Asebey-Birkholm and James T. O’Reilly have brought their extensive food and drug practice to the firm. Mr. Asebey-Birkholm is a partner in the Fort Lauderdale office, where he will serve as the FDA Industry Group manager, and Mr. O’Reilly is Of Counsel, working from the firm’s Cincinnati, Ohio, office.

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