The Firm is representing Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (KKR) in connection with the sale of its stake in music rights management company BMG to Bertelsmann, the international media group. KKR and Bertelsmann have jointly developed BMG into a leading global music company. Following closing, which is subject to satisfaction of regulatory and other customary conditions, Bertelsmann will have full ownership of the company.
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The Dubai office of international legal practice Norton Rose has advised Emaar Properties PJSC and Emaar Libadiye Gayrimenkul Geliştirme A.Ş. (Emaar Turkey) in relation to a US$500 million syndicated loan facility for the financing of the construction of Emaar Square – a US$2 billion mixed use residential and commercial development in the Űskűdar district in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Brown Rudnick LLP is pleased to announce that Tim Matthews has joined the Firm as a Partner in the London office. Mr. Matthews, formerly of WilmerHale, joins the Firm’s Corporate Practice.
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International law firm Pinsent Masons has advised on Ferrovial’s £385m acquisition of UK-based utilities and government services company Enterprise from private equity house 3i.
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Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, announced that Michael R. Gordon, Eli R. Mattioli and Andrew L. Morrison have joined the firm’s New York office as partners in the Litigation Division. They join from K&L Gates, where all three were litigation partners.
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The law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce the establishment of the Firm’s second California office with the addition of seven attorneys and other professional staff from San Francisco’s Ongaro Law Firm. Opening on March 1, the office will be led by longtime San Francisco litigator David R. Ongaro and will remain in its current Financial District location. Thompson & Knight opened a Los Angeles office in October 2012.
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International law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP represented Goldman Sachs Bank USA and Barclays Bank PLC as Joint Lead Arrangers, in the $640,000,000 refinancing of the Topaz Power Holdings, LLC (Topaz) power portfolio. The senior secured facilities included a $600,000,000 senior secured term loan facility, maturing in 2020, and a $30,000,000 senior secured revolving credit facility, terminating in 2017, the proceeds of which were used to refinance $527,000,000 of existing term construction loan and a $45,000,000 revolving credit facility of Topaz. Milbank also represented Goldman Sachs Bank USA as administrative agent for the senior secured facilities.
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Squire Sanders is pleased to announce the arrival of leading international corporate and technology partner, Richard Horton, who has joined the firm from DLA Piper. Mr. Horton will be resident in both the Sydney and Silicon Valley offices. His arrival coincides with Squire Sanders’ move to new permanent premises in Sydney, located in the Gateway building in the central business district.
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The global law firm Jones Day has announced thatCatherine Livingston, who has served as Health Care Counsel in the Internal Revenue Service’s Office of Chief Counsel since 2010, will join its Washington Office as a partner in the Health Care Practice, effective March 1, 2013.
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