Cozen O’Connor, among the 100 largest U.S. law firms, announced today that Colin Roskey has joined the Philadelphia and Washington, DC offices as a member of the firm’s Health Care Group and Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies. The latter is a government relations firm with offices in Washington, New York, Harrisburg, Philadelphia and Wilmington.
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Shearman & Sterling represented ENCE Energıa y Celulosa, S.A. (“Ence”), a Spanish issuer listed on the Madrid Stock Exchange, in a high yield bond offering of €250 million Senior Secured Notes due 2020 and a revolving credit facility of €90 million. The Notes will be senior secured obligations of Ence and will be guaranteed on a senior secured basis by certain of Ence’s subsidiaries.
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Gowlings is pleased to welcome Beryl Green, a leading business and corporate/commercial lawyer, to the firm’s Business Law Group.
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Hughes Hubbard announced today that Jeffrey S. Tenen has joined its Aviation Practice as a partner and Israel I. Sanchez has joined the group as counsel in the firm’s Miami office. Both lawyers were previously shareholders at Greenberg Traurig, P.A. The addition of the aviation duo follows the expansion of the Litigation Department in Miami with partner Rafael Cruz-Alvarez, who joined the office in January.
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Cole Schotz is proud to announce that David Hurst has joined the firm as a member in the Bankruptcy & Corporate Restructuring practice. David will be resident in both the firm’s New York City and Wilmington, Delaware offices. David has represented numerous public and private companies in out-of-court restructurings, “prepackaged” bankruptcies and traditional chapter 11 cases. He has also represented creditor committees, lenders, secured and unsecured creditors and asset purchasers in a wide variety of bankruptcy and restructuring matters.
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The Firm recently represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representative of the several initial purchasers, in a $225 million offering of 6.0% Senior Notes due 2020 by Antero Resources Finance Corporation. The offering of notes was made to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The notes were issued under the issuer’s existing indenture pursuant to which $300 million aggregate principal amount of 6.0% Senior Notes due 2020 were issued in November 2012.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkSimpson Thacher represented Barclays Bank PLC, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch and The Royal Bank of Scotland, as initial purchasers, in connection with the offering of US$300 million 1.875% Notes due 2018 by Korea Southern Power Co., Ltd. The offering was conducted in reliance upon Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | Hong KongThe Firm is representing Silver Lake Partners in the announced $24.4 billion acquisition of Dell, Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL). This transaction represents the largest private equity buyout since 2007. As part of the transaction, Michael Dell and certain related parties, who collectively hold approximately 16% of the Company’s shares, have agreed to rollover their shares into the acquiring entity. The transaction will be financed through a combination of cash and equity contributed by Mr. Dell, cash funded by investment funds affiliated with Silver Lake, cash invested by MSD Capital, L.P., a loan from Microsoft, rollover of existing debt, as well as debt financing that has been committed by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Credit Suisse and Royal Bank of Canada, and cash on hand. The transaction is subject to the approval of a majority of the unaffiliated stockholders and to customary conditions. Dell, based in Round Rock, Texas, is a global information technology company that offers its customers a broad range of solutions and services delivered directly by Dell and through other distribution channels.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | Silicon ValleySimpson Thacher represented KKR in connection with the issuance of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.500% Senior Notes due 2043 by KKR Group Finance Co. II LLC, an indirect finance subsidiary of KKR & Co. L.P. KKR intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes.
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Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton today announced the opening of a Los Angeles office to be led by preeminent California intellectual property attorneys Larry McFarland, Dennis Wilson and other attorneys formerly with the highly-regarded firm Keats McFarland & Wilson (KMW). Kilpatrick Townsend was formed over two years ago by the combination of Kilpatrick Stockton and Townsend and Townsend and Crew.
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