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 ValleyThe 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 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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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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On April 25, it was announced that Brookfield Office Properties Inc. and its affiliates have entered into a definitive merger agreement with MPG Office Trust, Inc. pursuant to which a newly formed fund (“DTLA Holdings”) controlled by Brookfield will acquire MPG for a total equity value of about $426 million.
Tags: Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP | New YorkOn May 2, Willkie client W. R. Berkley closed on its offering of $350 million aggregate principal amount of 5.625% Subordinated Debentures due 2053.
Tags: Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP | New YorkThe law firm of Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP is pleased to announce that it has established an office in Miami. A fixture in Florida’s legal community since 1981, the firm’s newest office reflects its ongoing growth and commitment to serving clients in South Florida.
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Mark L. Perlis and Glenn S. Benson, two lawyers with extensive experience assisting energy clients with regulatory and other matters, have joined the Washington, D.C., office of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP as partners.
Tags: Davis Wright Tremaine LLPGerald F. George, a lawyer known nationally for handling major environmental litigation throughout the U.S., has joined the environmental group at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP as a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office.
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Sidley Austin has advised UBS as the sole global coordinator in connection with the recent follow-on offering by LT Group, a Philippine-listed conglomerate that raised approximately USD$912 million. The follow-on offering is the country’s largest ever equity sale, and is the second largest equity offering of any type in the Philippines.
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