In a transaction announced November 19, 2012, Kirkland represented private equity firm American Industrial Partners in its acquisition of the U.S. subsidiaries of Hampson Industries PLC, a UK public company. The investment is comprised of five operating divisions with a total of approximately $210 million in sales, approximately 1,140 employees and 10 manufacturing facilities located in California, Michigan and Texas that have unique product offerings and capabilities to serve the global aerospace market. The subsidiaries are Odyssey Industries, LLC; Global Tooling Systems, LLC; Coast Composites, LLC; Composites Horizons, LLC and Texstars, LLC. The acquisition was made through a UK ‘pre-pack’, shortly after the appointments of Simon Kirkhope and Chad Griffin of FTI Consulting as administrators of Hampson Industries PLC.

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Funds advised by Apax Partners, a global private equity firm, today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Cole Haan LLC, a leading designer and retailer of premium footwear and related accessories, from NIKE, Inc. for $570 million in cash. The transaction is expected to close in early 2013.

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Simpson Thacher represented JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent in connection with a five year $5.5 billion senior secured revolving credit facility and a three year $5.5 billion senior secured revolving credit facility for General Motors Holdings LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Motors Company.

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The Firm recently represented Wells Fargo, as representative of the several initial purchasers, in a $300 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 and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act.

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