Cooley LLP announced today that it advised Hot Topic in its proposed sale to Sycamore Partners. Sycamore Partners has agreed to acquire Hot Topic for $14.00 per share in cash, or a total of approximately $600 million.
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Perkins Coie Grows Environment, Energy & Resources Practice
Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that James W. McTarnaghan has joined the firm’s San Francisco office as a Partner in the Environment, Energy & Resources Practice Group. His clients include companies in the traditional energy, renewable energy and communications industries, as well as California-based municipalities and public agencies. McTarnaghan was most recently a partner at Duane Morris LLP.
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Cravath – Time Warner’s Proposed Separation of Time Inc.
On March 6, 2013, Time Warner Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has authorized management to proceed with plans for the complete legal and structural separation of Time Inc. from Time Warner. Cravath is representing Time Warner in connection with this transaction. Following the proposed transaction, Time Inc. would be an independent, publicly traded company. Time Warner aims to complete the proposed transaction by the end of the calendar year.
Tags: Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP | New YorkCravath – FCX’s $6.5 Billion Senior Notes Offering
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 Acts on Landmark Moment in Lehman Brothers Insolvency
Linklaters has advised on the latest major developments in the large scale and long running insolvency of Lehman Brothers.
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Polsinelli Shughart Expands Firm’s National Commercial Litigation Strength in D.C.
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 Advises on $3.5 Billion Financing for Deere & Company
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 Advises on First-Ever IPO of US REIT on Non-US Exchange by Non-US Entity
Shearman & 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 Advises on DFS Furniture Holdings plc’s £310 Million High-Yield Bond Offering and Refinancing of Existing Notes
Shearman & 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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Ambassador (Ret.) Laurie Fulton Rejoins Williams & Connolly
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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