The International law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP said today that Fred W. Blakeslee II has joined its Chicago office as a shareholder in the Corporate & Securities Practice. Prior to joining the firm, Blakeslee was a partner with another Chicago law firm.
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Davis Polk is advising Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) in connection with the sale of the business process outsourcing businesses owned by its subsidiary SPi Global Holdings, Inc. (SPi) to an acquisition vehicle controlled by CVC Capital Partners. PLDT will reinvest a portion of the sale proceeds to acquire an approximate 20% interest in the divested businesses. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2013, subject to customary closing conditions.
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Hogan Lovells Warsaw banking and infrastructure team has advised the largest coal mining company in Europe, Kompania Węglowa S.A., on the private placement of secured bonds with a value of €317 million. These secured bonds will be used to finance current short-term bank debt, as well as financing the working capital of the company.
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Shearman & Sterling is advising Vivendi on the £487 million sale of Parlophone Label Group, by its subsidiary Universal Music Group, to Warner Music Group.
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Jackson Walker successfully represented Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc. (“Nationstar”), a Lewisville, Texas-based leading residential mortgage services company, in the acquisition of Equifax Settlement Services Holding, LLC, a leading provider of appraisal, title insurance and settlement services, from Equifax Inc. The transaction closed on February 6, 2013.
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The Firm represented the underwriters, led by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, in connection with the registered public offering by Denbury Resources Inc. (“Denbury”) of $1.2 billion aggregate principal amount of its 4 5/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2023. The net proceeds were used to fund a cash tender offer for all of Denbury’s outstanding 9½% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2016 and 9¾% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2016, to repay borrowings under Denbury’s bank credit facility and for general corporate purposes.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkSimpson Thacher represented Fondo Mivivenda S.A. in connection with its inaugural offering of US$500,000,000 3.50% Notes due 2023. The transaction was consummated pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkThe Firm recently represented BB Securities Limited, Banco Bradesco BBI S.A., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Santander Investment Securities Inc., as initial purchasers, in a sale of US$500 million of 6.25% Senior Notes due 2023 issued by ESAL GmbH and unconditionally guaranteed by its parent company JBS S.A., a Brazilian corporation, and JBS Hungary Holdings Kft., a wholly owned subsidiary of JBS S.A. The offering was conducted in reliance upon Rule 144A and Regulation S.
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Jones Walker continues to expand in Florida, announcing today the opening of our Tallahassee office with Marc W. Dunbar joining as a partner in the firm’s Gaming practice. Also joining the firm is Daniel Russell, an associate in the Gaming practice.
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Noted trusts & estates lawyer David Hirsberg has joined Kaye Scholer’s Tax & Private Clients department as a partner in its West Palm Beach office.
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