Chadbourne & Parke represented Credit Suisse and HSBC as initial purchasers of Sabine Pass LNG’s $420 million Senior Secured Notes due 2020. Chadbourne also represented Credit Suisse as dealer/manager in connection with a concurrent $550 million tender offer for the Company’s outstanding 7.25% Senior Secured Notes due 2013. Sabine Pass LNG is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P.
Tags: New YorkTim Aron Joins Katten’s London Financial Services Practice
Katten Muchin Rosenman UK LLP announced today that UK financial services regulatory attorney Tim Aron has joined the firm as an English qualified partner. Tim specialises in the regulation of financial services firms, clearing houses and trading platforms and advises on the full range of regulatory matters. His clients have included clearing houses, trading platforms, banks, insurers, and securities and commodity broker-dealers.
Shearman & Sterling Advises on CSX’s Senior Notes Offering
Shearman & Sterling represented the underwriters, led by Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, in connection with CSX Corporation’s public offering of $800 million aggregate principal amount of 4.100% Senior Notes due 2044. The proceeds of the offering will be used for general corporate purposes.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New YorkShearman & Sterling Represents Consortium Led by Sumitomo on Financing of €150 Million South African Dorper Wind Farm Project
Shearman & Sterling is advising a consortium led by Japanese company Sumitomo on the development of the €150 million Dorper wind farm on South Africa’s Eastern Cape. Financing for the project was signed on October 31 and the offtake agreement with Eskom Holdings SOC Limited, a South African-owned utility company, on November 5 2012.
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Davis Polk Advises PepsiCo, Inc. on Its £500 Million Notes Offering
Davis Polk advised PepsiCo, Inc. on its registered offering of £500 million aggregate principal amount of 2.5% senior notes due 2022. Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, HSBC Bank plc and UBS Limited acted as joint book-running managers for the offering.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell | New YorkDavis Polk Advises Ingram Micro and Ingram Funding on $675 Million Revolving Financing Program
Davis Polk advised Ingram Micro Inc. and Ingram Funding Inc. in amending Ingram Micro’s revolving trade account receivable-backed financing program. Amending this financing program will extend its maturity date to November 1, 2015, will increase the financing program’s limit to $675 million with permitted future increases of up to $900 million, and make other changes to permit future inclusion of foreign obligor receivables and to adjust the dilution reserve applicable to the receivables pool. The Bank of Nova Scotia will serve as the new administrative agent under the amended financing program.
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Skadden – Rosetta Stone Settles Trademark Case Against Google
Skadden represented Rosetta Stone in settling its trademark infringement suit against Google, announced on October 31.
Tags: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLPSkadden – Antitrust Agencies Approve Corning’s Labware Acquisition
Skadden represented Corning Incorporated in securing antitrust approvals of its $730 million acquisition of Becton, Dickinson and Company’s Discovery Labware division.
Tags: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLPStamford Law is Advising Kian Ann Engineering in Its S$200 Million Privatisation Exercise
Stamford Law is advising Mainboard-listed Kian Ann Engineering Ltd. in its S$200 million privatisation by way of a scheme of arrangement, pursuant to a cash offer by Invicta Asian Holdings Pte. Ltd., an indirect subsidiary of Invicta Holdings Limited, which is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
Tags: SingaporeAttorneys William Roberts and Brian Haney Join Preti Flaherty’s Boston Office
Today Preti Flaherty announced that William L. Roberts and Brian M. Haney have joined the firm’s Boston, MA office.
