Shearman & Sterling represented BMO Capital Markets Corp., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as lead underwriters in connection with Bank of Montreal’s registered public offering of $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 0.80% Senior Notes due 2015 and $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.55% Senior Notes due 2022 under its US medium-term note program.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New YorkShearman & Sterling represented Caixa Econômica Federal, the largest fully government-owned bank in Latin America, in connection with the establishment of its US$5,000,000,000 Medium-Term Note Program and its first international issuances, consisting of U.S.$1,000,000,000 2.375% Notes due 2017 and U.S.$500,000,000 3.500% Notes due 2022 listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. acted as Dealers.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | Sao PauloShearman & Sterling advised Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) in connection with its $1.1 billion acquisition of the Air Distribution division of Tomkins (Air Distribution). Along with Onex, a leading private equity firm, CPPIB has jointly owned Tomkins since 2010.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New YorkChadbourne & Parke LLP represented OrPower 4 Inc., and its Ormat Technologies Inc. group affiliates, in connection with the financial closing and first disbursement under OrPower 4 Inc.’s loan agreement with Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), an agency of the U.S. Government.
BakerHostetler announced today that Geraldine E. Edens and Christopher H. Marraro have joined the firm’s Litigation Group as Partners in its Washington, D.C., office. Both come to BakerHostetler from McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP.
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Three leading law firms, Salans, Fraser Milner Casgrain (FMC) and SNR Denton, are recommending to their partners on Tuesday, November 13, that they become foundational members in the creation of a new top ten international law firm. The firms will bring together their unique strengths, experience and cultures across Europe, Canada, the UK, the US, the Middle East, Central and East Asia, and Africa to create a fully integrated global firm that will rank as the seventh largest law firm in the world, measured by number of lawyers and professionals.
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Bracewell & Giuliani LLP represented Ursa Resources Group II LLC (Ursa) in its purchase of pipeline and gas assets in Colorado’s Piceance Basin from Antero Resources Corp. Ursa agreed to pay approximately $325 million for the assets, which include 61,000 net acres of leasehold and 30 miles of gathering pipeline in western Colorado.
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Loeb & Loeb LLP announced today that litigator Livia M. Kiser has joined the firm’s Consumer Protection Defense Department as a partner in the Chicago office. Most recently, she was a partner at Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg LLP in Chicago.
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