Davis Polk advised Comcast Corporation on its SEC-registered debt offering of $750 million aggregate principal amount of 2.85% notes due 2023, $1.7 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.25% notes due 2033 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of 4.5% notes due 2043. The offering was made through an underwriting syndicate led by Barclays Capital Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., RBS Securities Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and UBS Securities LLC.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | Silicon ValleyDavis Polk – Royal Bank of Canada $1.25 Billion Notes Offering
Davis Polk advised RBC Capital Markets, LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as lead managers on an SEC-registered offering by Royal Bank of Canada of $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 1.5% senior notes due 2018 under its $25 billion medium-term notes program.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkK&L Gates Welcomes Portland Corporate Partner
The Portland office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Tae Rhee as a partner in the corporate practice. Most recently, Rhee served as executive vice president and general counsel with 20/20 Communications, Inc., in Dallas, Texas.
Tags: K&L Gates LLPJackson Walker Represents Prophet Equity in Its Acquisition of Hatch Stamping Company
Jackson Walker successfully represented Prophet Equity LP, a $300 million Texas-based private equity firm, in the acquisition of Hatch Stamping Company and its affiliated entities in a series of five acquisition transactions and two lending transactions. The deals were all closed on December 20, 2012.
Tags: Jackson Walker, LLP | DallasWillkie Advises Allstate in $500 Million Hybrid Securities Offering and Restructuring of Replacement Capital Covenants
On January 10, Willkie client The Allstate Corporation closed its $500 million offering of 5.100% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Debentures due 2053. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated served as joint book-running managers for the offering. The Subordinated Debentures received partial equity credit according to the rating agencies’ hybrid methodology.
Tags: Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP | New YorkDLA Piper Represents Eagle View Technologies in Merger with Pictometry International
DLA Piper represented Eagle View Technologies, Inc. in a merger with Pictometry International that created a combined new company valued at approximately US$400 million. The merger creates an entity that offers comprehensive and robust capabilities in aerial imagery collections, geospatial analytics and 3D measurement technologies.
Tags: DLA Piper | Silicon ValleyDick Sigal Joins McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (MLA) is pleased to announce that Richard “Dick” L. Sigal has joined the firm’s Public Finance group as a Partner. He will work out of the firm’s New York City office.
Tags: New YorkMacfarlanes Acts for 17Capital on Raising €208m Second Fund
Macfarlanes has advised investment firm 17Capital LLP on the raising of its second fund, which has closed with commitments of more than €208m. The fund will make preferred equity investments in European private equity situations.
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International law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP today announced that Andreas Kurtze has joined the Firm as a partner in McDermott’s recently opened Frankfurt, Germany office.
Tags: McDermott Will & Emery LLP | GermanyNorton Rose Advises Gatehouse Bank on UK Real Estate Based Sukuk
International legal practice Norton Rose has advised Gatehouse Bank, the London based Shariah compliant investment bank, on its UK real estate based sukuk, the first sukuk of its kind to be issued in the UK.
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