Cahill Represents Underwriters in $1.25 Billion Public Offering for ILFC

Cahill represented Barclays, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, and RBC Capital Markets as joint book-running managers and the co-managers in connection with the public offering of $1,250,000,000 comprised of $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.875% Senior Notes due 2018 and $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.625% Senior Notes due 2021 by International Lease Finance Corporation.

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Dechert Advises Sovereign Wealth Fund in Purchase of Hotel Assets from CNL/MSR Resorts

A multi-disciplinary team of Dechert attorneys recently finalized a long-standing matter allowing a sovereign wealth fund to purchase numerous hotel assets out of the high profile bankruptcy of CNL/MSR Resorts. The firm has represented this client since 2006 when it made its initial loan to CNL/MSR, which was indirectly secured by five high-end luxury resorts (including the iconic Arizona Biltmore and the Grand Wailea in Hawaii). CNL/MSR Resorts filed for Chapter 11 on February 1, 2011 and the firm worked with this client to make an offer to buy the assets owned by the Debtors within a week after the filing. That initial offer was rebuffed and so began a two-year process to gain control of the resorts.

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Paul Weiss – Swiss Re Completes $750 Million Offering

Paul, Weiss client Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd completed an offering of $750 million of subordinated contingent write-off loan notes with a scheduled maturity in 2024. The loan notes can be permanently written down to zero, and investors lose their principal if the solvency ratio of Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd falls below a predetermined threshold. The loan notes were issued through a so-called “repackaging vehicle.” The offering was Regulation S only.

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