Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Lottomatica Group S.p.A. on its placement of an aggregate amount of €500 million ($640.95 million) 3.500% unsecured notes due March 2020, to qualified investors outside of the United States. The notes are guaranteed by Lottomatica Group’s subsidiaries Invest Games S.A., GTECH Holdings Corp., GTECH Corp. and GTECH Rhode Island LLC.
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Shearman & Sterling represented Banca IMI S.p.A., Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, Merrill Lynch International and UniCredit Bank AG in connection with an issue of €500 million 3.500% guaranteed bonds due 5 March 2020 by Lottomatica Group S.p.A. The bonds were guaranteed by GTECH Corporation, GTECH Holdings Corporation, GTECH Rhode Island LLC and Invest Games S.A.
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Hogan Lovells has advised the Republic of Ecuador in the execution of an approximately US$260 million loan facility that closed on 28 November 2012. We also represented the state-owned Empresa Pública Municipal Metro de Quito in the negotiation and execution of an agreement on the project.
Tags: Hogan Lovells | MiamiHogan Lovells advised Standard Chartered, Barclays Bank PLC and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc on a US$450m refinancing package for Graff Diamonds.
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The Firm represented Walter Investment Management Corp. (WIMC) in connection with an $825.0 million secured credit facility, consisting of a $700.0 million 5-year term loan and a $125.0 million 5-year revolving credit facility.
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The global law firm Jones Day is pleased to announce that John Emmerig, one of Australia’s leading litigation lawyers, has joined the Firm in Sydney as a partner in its Global Disputes Practice, servicing the Firm’s clients in Australian and regional litigation.
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Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised the underwriters UBS, CITIC Securities Corporate Finance (HK) Limited, J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank on Zhengzhou Coal Mining Machinery Group Company Limited’s IPO. The company sold 221,122,000 H shares at HK$10.38 each raising approximately US$296 million (HK$ 2.295 billion).
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A Weil team lead by Private Equity partner David M. Blittner, advised Avista Capital Partners, a leading global private equity firm, in its $602.5 million sale of Anthony International, the world’s largest manufacturer of specialty glass, commercial glass refrigerator and freezer doors, case lighting, and display and merchandising systems, to Dover Corporation, a publicly traded diversified global manufacturer. The sale was completed on November 30, 2012.
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On December 1, 2012, Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC) entered into an agreement to sell its credit services unit to Equifax Information Services LLC, a subsidiary of Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX), for $1 billion in cash.
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Debevoise & Plimpton LLP today announced that Kevin Francis Lloyd will join the firm in 2013 as a litigation partner resident in the firm’s London office. Mr. Lloyd is a leading English solicitor, with broad-based complex commercial litigation experience across a full complement of industries and geographies, including financial services institutions and multinational corporations.
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