Hogan Lovells today announced the addition of Scot Anderson as a partner and David Brody as of counsel in the Energy and Natural Resources practice in the Denver office. Anderson joins from Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP and Brody arrives from Patton Boggs LLP.
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Sidley Austin LLP announced today that Andrew S. Auchincloss has joined the Firm as partner in its New York office. Mr. Auchincloss will be a member of the Firm’s Private Clients, Trusts and Estates group.
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Ropes & Gray advised Bitė Finance International B.V. (“Bitė”) in connection with its offering of €200 million in aggregate principal amount of senior secured floating rate notes due 2018. Bitė’s operating subsidiaries provide mobile telecommunications services in Lithuania and Latvia. The proceeds of the high- yield offering were used to redeem all of Bitė’s existing bonds, refinance its group credit facility and make a distribution to its parent to repay certain of its parent’s outstanding indebtedness.
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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Citigroup and Credit Suisse as dealer managers in connection with a $350 million exchange offer by a subsidiary of Mexican telecommunication company, Axtel, S.A.B. de C.V.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | New YorkPaul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm, represented Jefferies Finance LLC in connection with providing debt financing for Apax Partners, L.L.P.’s acquisition of Cole Haan LLC, a leading designer and retailer of premium footwear and related accessories, from NIKE, Inc. for $570 million in cash.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | New YorkPaul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, represented Santander, Credit Suisse and Evercore as initial purchasers in connection with Fibra Uno’s US$1.75 billion follow-on equity offering, which is the largest equity offering in Latin America this year. This oversubscribed offering marks the third equity offering by Fibra Uno, which has now issued almost US$3 billion in equity in less than two years. The issued stock was offered publicly in Mexico on the Mexican Stock Exchange and internationally pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | New YorkThe international law firm Chadbourne & Parke LLP today announced that it has expanded its Mexico City office with the hiring of a prominent energy lawyer and an employment attorney.
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Davis Polk is advising Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. in connection with its $1.2 billion acquisition of Metals USA Holdings Corp. The transaction is subject to approval by Metals USA stockholders, along with the receipt of regulatory clearances and the satisfaction of other customary closing conditions, and is expected to close in the second quarter of 2013.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | Silicon ValleyDavis Polk advised CVS Caremark Corporation in connection with its first ever international acquisition – Drogaria Onofre, a retail drugstore chain in Brazil. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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O’Melveny & Myers LLP advised Asia Growth Capital Advisors (“AGCA”) on the acquisition of a seasoned private equity investment portfolio in Asia from Credit Suisse Private Equity Asia Partners. AGCA worked with lead investor HarbourVest Partners LLC, who structured the transaction, and their co-investors Axiom Asia Private Capital. AGCA is a Singapore-based private equity advisor focused on managing private equity investments in Asia, specifically in India and South East Asia.
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