A&O has advised BAE Systems plc, the corporate sponsor of the BAE Systems 2000 Pension Plan, on a transfer of longevity risk arising from the Pension Scheme to Legal & General Assurance Society (LGAS). This longevity swap is the single largest pensions insurance transaction in the UK to date.
Cahill Represents Praxair in $900 Million Public Offering
Cahill represented Praxair, Inc. in connection with its public offering of $900,000,000 comprised of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.70% Notes due 2023 and $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 0.75% Notes due 2016. Proceeds from the offering will be used for general corporate purposes.
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Leon R. Barson Joins Blank Rome’s Business Restructuring & Bankruptcy Group
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Leon R. Barson has joined the Firm as Partner in the Business Restructuring & Bankruptcy Group. He is based in the Firm’s Philadelphia office.
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Government Contracts Group Joins Barnes & Thornburg’s Washington, D.C., Office
Three government contracts attorneys and a senior public policy advisor with federal procurement experience have joined Barnes & Thornburg LLP’s Washington, D.C., office, bolstering the firm’s capabilities in government procurement, defense programs, and homeland security.
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Squire Sanders Enhances Cross-Border Financial Services Capabilities with Addition of Partner Barbara P. Alonso
Squire Sanders is pleased to announce that Barbara P. Alonso has joined the firm’s Financial Services Practice Group as a partner in its Miami office. She joins from Greenberg Traurig where she was a partner.
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Another Leading Dealmaker Joins Corrs
In the second new partner announcement this week, premium independent law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth has appointed widely respected M&A specialist Jonathan Farrer as a partner.
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Freshfields Advises Shanghai Industrial Holdings on Its HK$3.9bn Bond Offering
International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised Hong Kong-listed Shanghai Industrial Holdings Ltd. (“SIHL”), a conglomerate whose core businesses include infrastructure facilities, real estate and consumer products, on its issuance of HK$3.9bn Zero Coupon Guaranteed Convertible Bonds due 2018. The bonds, issued through a wholly owned subsidiary of SIHL, are guaranteed by SIHL and are convertible into shares of SIHL.
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International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer worked alongside BT’s legal function to advise BT Group, one of the world’s leading communications services companies, on the acquisition of ESPN’s UK and Ireland television channels business. These primarily comprise the ESPN and ESPN America channels and their live sports rights portfolio, including the FA Cup, Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier League, UEFA Europa League, and the German Bundesliga.
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Simpson Thacher Represents Initial Purchasers in U.S.$500 Million Subordinated Debt Offering by Banco de Bogotá S.A.
The Firm represented Citi, HSBC and J.P. Morgan, as initial purchasers, in connection with an offering of U.S.$500 million aggregate principal amount of 5.375% Subordinated Notes due 2023 issued by Banco de Bogotá S.A. The offering was conducted in reliance upon Rule 144A and Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933.
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Jackson Lewis Adds Experienced ERISA Litigator to Growing Benefits Group
Jackson Lewis LLP, one of the country’s largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms, is pleased to announce that benefits litigator Charles F. Seemann, III has joined the firm’s New Orleans office as Partner. Mr. Seemann’s primary area of practice is the defense of complex ERISA fiduciary actions. Prior to joining Jackson Lewis, Mr. Seemann was a member of the ERISA Litigation practice group at Proskauer Rose LLP.
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