Davis Polk Advises Crestview Partners on Its Sale of Shares in Charter Communications

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Davis Polk is advising Crestview Partners as member of an investor group in connection with the $2.617 billion sale of approximately 26.9 million shares and approximately 1.1 million warrants in Charter Communications, Inc. to Liberty Media Corporation. The investor group includes investment funds managed by, or affiliated with, Apollo Management, Oaktree Capital Management and Crestview Partners. The transaction is subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the first half of the second quarter of 2013.

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Pillsbury Advises Deutsche Bank in the Sale of Its Muni Bond Trustee Unit to U.S. Bancorp

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Pillsbury represented Deutsche Bank in U.S. Bancorp’s agreement to buy Deutsche Bank AG’s municipal bond trustee business. US Bancorp is the nation’s largest regional bank. The deal, expected to be completed in the third quarter, will add about $57 billion to the $3 trillion in assets under administration by U.S. Bancorp’s corporate-trust division. The transaction will build on US Bancorp’s trust business in California, Mississippi, New York, Tennessee and Texas.

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Jones Day Welcomes Two Atlanta Health Care Investigations and Litigation Partners

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Rebekah N. Plowman and Kristen Pollock McDonald have joined the Atlanta Office as partners in the Health Care Practice, where they will represent health care providers and life sciences companies in fraud and abuse investigations and litigation and regulatory compliance matters. Both were formerly partners in the Atlanta office of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, where Ms. Plowman chaired the national Fraud and Abuse Practice.

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Locke Lord Welcomes Partner Daniel Peters in Los Angeles as Member of Corporate and Transactional Department

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Daniel H. Peters has joined Locke Lord’s Los Angeles office as a Partner in the Corporate Practice, where his domestic and international M&A focus will help bolster the Firm’s California Corporate platform as well as contribute to the corporate team firm-wide. Peters is a seasoned international transactional attorney with extensive experience counseling strategic buyers and sellers in domestic and cross-border acquisitions, including both public and private target companies.

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Baker Botts – CenterPoint Energy Enters Into Midstream Joint Venture With OGE Energy, ArcLight Capital Partners

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

On March 14, 2013, CenterPoint Energy, Inc., OGE Energy Corp. and ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC announced that they have entered into an agreement to form a joint venture that will include CenterPoint Energy’s interstate pipelines and field services businesses and the midstream business of Enogex LLC, which is owned jointly by subsidiaries of OGE Energy and ArcLight.

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O’Melveny Represents BGI-Shenzhen in Acquisition of Complete Genomics

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

O’Melveny & Myers LLP represented leading international genomics organization BGI-Shenzhen (BGI) in its acquisition via all cash tender offer, followed by a short form merger, of Nasdaq listed Complete Genomics (Complete). The deal closed on March 18, 2013. It has been reported as the first time a Chinese company has successfully acquired a US public company.

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