Sidley Austin has advised UBS as sole book runner for Philippine conglomerate GT Capital Holdings Inc. (“GTCAP”) on the largest-ever overnight equity transaction executed out of the Philippines to date. Grand Titan Capital Holdings, Inc (“Grand Titan”), which is GTCAP’s controlling shareholder, was the selling entity. The placement raised approx. Php10.1 billion (approx. US$249 million) for GTCAP and Php4.2 billion (approx. US$104 million) for Grand Titan.
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O’Melveny & Myers LLP represented Progenics Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: PGNX) in its acquisition of Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage specialty pharmaceutical company focused on critical unmet diagnostic and therapeutic needs of the prostate cancer patient.
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Day Pitney LLP is pleased to announce that prominent IP lawyer Andrew Riddles has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property group as a partner. He will divide his time between the firm’s Stamford and New York offices.
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Steptoe & Johnson has expanded its presence in the Utica shale with the opening of a new office in Canton, Ohio. The Canton office is the firm’s second Ohio location – along with an office in Columbus – and its twelfth overall.
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To better serve the needs of clients in the Great Lakes Bay Region, the law firm Warner Norcross & Judd LLP will open a new office in Midland in the first quarter of 2013.
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Strasburger & Price, LLP (Strasburger) is pleased to welcome Margaret Jones Hopson to its San Antonio office.
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International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Heathrow Airport Holdings Limited on an agreement to sell its 100% interest in Stansted Airport Limited to Manchester Airports Group for £1.5bn. The transaction is expected to close by the end of February 2013.
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The Firm recently represented the underwriters, led by Citigroup Global Markets Inc., in connection with registered public offerings of 6,000,000 shares of common stock of Solar Capital Ltd. (NASDAQ: SLRC) and 2,000,000 shares of common stock of Solar Senior Capital Ltd. (NASDAQ:SUNS). The gross proceeds from the offering to SLRC were $140,910,000 and to SUNS were $37,200,000.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkSimpson Thacher represented TPC Group Inc. (“TPC”) in connection with its Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of $100 million aggregate principal amount of additional 8.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2020. The deal closed on January 22, 2013. TPC used the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes, including for certain strategic capital projects.
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Jeh Charles Johnson, the former General Counsel of the Department of Defense, has resumed the private practice of law as a partner in Paul, Weiss’s litigation department, resident in Washington, D.C.
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