Cravath represented the initial purchasers, led by BofA Merrill Lynch and J.P. Morgan Securities, in connection with the US$6.5 billion senior notes offering of Freeport‑McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., a leading international mining company. The proceeds of the offering will be used to fund the Plains Exploration & Production Company and McMoRan Exploration Company acquisitions. The transaction closed on March 7, 2013.
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Linklaters has advised on the latest major developments in the large scale and long running insolvency of Lehman Brothers.
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National law firm Polsinelli Shughart welcomes commercial litigation attorney Noam B. Fischman as a shareholder in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. Highly recognized and experienced in his field, Fischman has represented corporate and individual clients in complex commercial disputes before federal and state courts, regulatory agencies and Congress.
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Shearman & Sterling advised Deere & Company, John Deere Capital Corporation and John Deere Bank S.A. as borrowers under a $1 billion 364-day facility and a $2.5 billion five-year credit facility agented by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New YorkShearman & Sterling advised BMO Capital Markets and CIBC, as co-lead underwriters, in connection with the initial public offering of Milestone Apartments Real Estate Investment Trust. The IPO raised gross proceeds of $200 million.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New YorkShearman & Sterling has advised private equity firm Advent International Corporation and DFS Furniture Holdings plc on the high yield bond offering of DFS’s £200 million 7⅝% Senior Secured Notes due 2018 and £110 million Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2018.
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Williams & Connolly LLP is pleased to announce the return of Ambassador (Ret.) Laurie S. Fulton as a partner practicing in the areas of privacy and data security, class actions, arbitration, internal investigations, congressional investigations, products liability and white-collar criminal defense.
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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it represented Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd. (“Mapletree”), a leading real estate development, investment and capital management company based in Singapore, as Sponsor and Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust Management Ltd. as Manager in the US$1.3 billion initial public offering of Singapore-based REIT Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust (“MGCCT”). The successful closing of this transaction marks the largest-ever REIT initial public offering in Singapore.
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HWL Ebsworth has acted for NewSat Limited (ASX:NWT) on its placement of A$105 million and convertible note issue of US$30 million to institutional and sophisticated investors. Credit Suisse and Baillieu Holst acted as joint lead managers in respect of the placement.
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Sparke Helmore Lawyers is pleased to announce the appointment of Tim Castle as a partner in its Commercial & Projects Group in its Sydney office.
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