A team led by Holland & Knight real estate partners Susan Booth and Martin Miner is representing Overseas Union Enterprise (OUE) with their recently announced plans to acquire the U.S. Bank Tower and related properties, Maguire Gardens and a car park facility, in downtown Los Angeles for $367.5 million. OUE is a Singapore-based diversified real estate owner, developer and operator.
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Simpson Thacher recently represented CBRE Group, Inc. in connection with the offering of $800 million aggregate principal amount of 5.00% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “Notes”). The Notes were issued by CBRE Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of CBRE Group, Inc., and are guaranteed by CBRE Group, Inc. and the subsidiaries that guarantee its senior secured credit facility. The Notes are being offered pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement that CBRE Group, Inc. previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | Silicon ValleyThe Firm represents affiliates of Blackstone Real Estate Partners and Invitation Homes, L.P. in connection with a $2.075 billion revolving credit facility to capitalize the purchase of distressed single-family rental homes. Invitation Homes is a national platform to purchase distressed single family homes and then refurbish, lease and maintain them in neighborhoods across the country and is the largest owner of single-family homes in the United States.
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Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP is pleased to announce that Theodore A. Penny and Shannon M. Blair have joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as partners in the Employment and Labor Practice Group.
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Herbert Smith Freehills has advised global private equity fund TPG International LLC on its acquisition of Ingham Group, the largest poultry supplier in Australia and New Zealand.
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International legal practice Norton Rose has appointed Christian Dargham as a partner in its Paris office.
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Aviva plc (“Aviva”) has announced the sale of Aviva Russia to Blagosostoyanie, a non-state pension fund in Russia, for a consideration of €35 million. This transaction is consistent with Aviva’s strategy to narrow the Group’s focus to businesses and markets where Aviva has leadership positions.
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Clayton Utz has appointed Andrew Leece as a partner in its Canberra office, reinforcing its reputation as a market leader in the ACT.
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Global law firm Mayer Brown advised a consortium of banks on the issuance and placement of a EUR 500m Mortgage Pfandbrief of Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG due 18 March 2020. The EUR 500m Mortgage Pfandbrief issued on 18 March 2013 has a fixed interest rate of 1.50 per cent. p.a. The syndicate of banks included Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank, Frankfurt am Main, Goldman Sachs International, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg and UniCredit Bank AG as Joint Lead Managers.
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Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy announced that Douglas Landy, one of the country’s leading banking and financial services regulatory lawyers, has joined the firm as a partner in the Leveraged Finance and Financial Regulations Group in Milbank’s New York office.
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