William W. Wales, who spent more than 30 years in the legal department of The Dow Chemical Company and Dow AgroSciences LLC, has joined Barnes & Thornburg LLP’s Indianapolis office as a partner in the firm’s litigation and corporate departments.
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Global law firm Eversheds has hired renowned corporate energy partner Greg Hammond. Greg joins the firm’s London office from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as a partner and Head of International Oil & Gas (Corporate).
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Simpson Thacher is representing J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as bookrunner and a lead arranger and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. as a lead arranger in connection with $1.2 billion in bridge financing to Total System Services, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of NetSpend Holdings, Inc. in an all cash transaction valued at approximately $1.4 billion. The proceeds of the bridge facility may be used, in part, to finance the acquisition, to repay certain indebtedness of NetSpend and to pay fees and expenses related thereto.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkThe Firm recently represented the international joint lead managers in connection with the initial public offering of Nippon Prologis REIT, Inc. on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, which included an international offering to institutional investors pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S. The offering raised approximately ¥97 billion (US$1.05 billion) for the issuer which was used together with bank financing to acquire an initial portfolio of logistics facilities from the sponsor, Prologis Group. Morgan Stanley, SMBC Nikko Capital Markets, Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan acted as international joint lead managers for the offering.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | TokyoThe firm recently represented Corp Group Banking S.A. (“Corp Group”) in an offering of US$500 million aggregate principal amount of 6.750% notes due 2023. The notes were offered and sold pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933.
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International law firm, Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), has been granted a licence to open a representative office in Beijing. The new office will be operational from May 2013 and will focus on advising Chinese clients on their offshore investments.
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The law firm of Michael Best & Friedrich LLP is pleased to announce Martin P. Tierney has rejoined the firm’s Labor and Employment Relations Practice Group as a partner in the Milwaukee office, effective February 18, 2013.
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Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP has advised Azercosmos, Azerbaijan’s space agency and first satellite operator, on a project worth USD 230 million to successfully launch the Azerspace/Africasat 1a satellite.
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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce it has been awarded a Qualifying Foreign Law Practice (QFLP) license by the Singapore Ministry of Law (MinLaw) to practice in permitted areas of Singapore law which include corporate work (M&A, private equity), project finance, banking & finance, capital markets, energy, international arbitration, intellectual property, fund formation and restructuring.
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King & Wood Mallesons has advised an international syndicate of 15 international lenders in connection with the successful sale of Griffin Power and Griffin Power 2, owners and operators of the Bluewaters power stations in Western Australia to Sumitomo Corporation and The Kansai Electric Power Company Inc. King & Wood Mallesons worked with Ferrier Hodgson to assist the syndicate.
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