Cooley LLP announced today that Michael R. Faber has joined the firm as a partner in its tax practice. Faber, who will be based in Cooley’s New York office, joins Cooley from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he focused his practice on mergers and acquisitions, as well as general corporate and partnership tax matters.
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On March 1, 2013, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (“KMP”) closed the acquisition of 50% of the outstanding equity interests in El Paso Midstream Investment Company, L.L.C. (“EPMIC”), and 50% of the outstanding equity interests in El Paso Natural Gas Company, L.L.C. (“EPNG”) from Kinder Morgan, Inc. (“KMI”).
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A cross-border team of lawyers at international law firm Dechert LLP advised OCI Solar Power, an emerging leader in the solar sector and an indirect subsidiary of Korean chemicals company OCI Company Ltd., on the financing of the first phase of its 400MW solar power plant development project in the City of San Antonio. Debt financing for the first phase, comprised of a 41MW solar power plant on more than 700 acres in the southern part of San Antonio, was arranged by Korean Finance Corporation and the Korea Development Bank acting as joint financial arrangers.
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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it is representing Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor solutions, on its 10.4 billion yen (approximately US$110 million) investment – or 3 percent equity interest – in Sharp Corporation, the Japanese manufacturer of electronics goods and components, including liquid crystal displays. The parties entered into a definitive agreement on March 6, 2013 and expect to close the transaction, which marks the first capital tie-up between the two major consumer electronics makers, after satisfying regulatory procedures.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | TokyoPaul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented UBS Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and General Electric Capital Corporation, as lead arrangers, and UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as administrative agent, in connection with the amendment of the existing amended and restated first lien credit agreement and the second lien credit agreement for Pharmaceutical Research Associates, Inc., to, among other things, permit the incurrence of first lien incremental term loans and second lien incremental term loans for the purposes of, among other things, the payment of a shareholder dividend and the acquisition of ClinStar, LLC.
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Ulmer & Berne LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Laura C. McBride as a partner in the firm’s Litigation Department. Based in the firm’s Cleveland office, Ms. McBride will be the co-chair of the firm’s Energy, Natural Resources and Utilities Practice Group.
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Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Energy Development Corporation (EDC), affiliate of First Gen Corp, on conditional contracts for the construction of the 87 MW Burgos Wind Farm in Ilocos Norte, Philippines – the largest wind farm in the Philippines that will generate electricity for more than a million households.
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Davis Polk advised Digicel Limited (Digicel) in connection with the offering by Digicel of an aggregate of $1 billion of Digicel’s 6% senior notes due 2021 and a concurrent cash tender offer by Digicel for any and all of its 12% senior notes due 2014. The notes were sold pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933. The tender offer consideration was funded from the net proceeds of the offering.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkDavis Polk advised Equinix, Inc. on its SEC-registered offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.875% senior notes due 2020 and $1 billion aggregate principal amount of its 5.375% senior notes due 2023. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. acted as joint book-running managers for the offering.
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