Davis Polk advised underwriters represented by CIBC World Markets Corp., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and National Bank Financial Inc. in connection with the offering of $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 2% bonds due 2022, issued by the Province of British Columbia.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell | New YorkKemp Smith LLP is pleased to announce that CaraLyn Banks has joined the firm’s Las Cruces, NM office as a partner in the firm’s Litigation Department. The focus of her practice is the defense of healthcare providers, including hospitals, nursing homes, physicians, nurses, product manufacturers, building contracts and various governmental and business entities in the tort and commercial litigation. In addition to litigation, Ms. Banks works with and advises hospitals in the area of risk management, contract development, dispute resolution with third-party payers, licensure review by regulatory and administrative agencies, employment disputes, peer review proceedings, and compliance with various federal and state statutes and regulations applicable to healthcare providers, including patient privacy and security.
King & Wood Mallesons has advised Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) on its A$436m equity investment in AMP Capital Retail Trust (ACRT).
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Cooley LLP announced today that it is advising Yelp Inc. in its approximately $50 million acquisition of Qype GmbH, Europe’s largest local reviews site. Qype was acquired to accelerate Yelp’s international expansion, bringing more than two million reviews and 15 million visitors per month across 13 countries. It is Yelp’s first acquisition since going public on March 12, 2012.
Tags: Cooley LLPThe Mergers & Acquisitions Team at leading Asian law firm King & Wood Mallesons will be further strengthened by the arrival of one of the region’s top private equity lawyers. Mark McNamara joins King & Wood Mallesons on 6th November 2012 as Head of Private Equity, from Baker & McKenzie
Tags: King & Wood MallesonsThe Mergers & Acquisitions Team at leading Asian law firm King & Wood Mallesons will be further strengthened by the arrival of one of the region’s top private equity lawyers. Mark McNamara joins King & Wood Mallesons on 6th November 2012 as Head of Private Equity, from Baker & McKenzie.
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Leading international law firm in Africa, Norton Rose, is further increasing its commitment to the continent by opening a full Norton Rose office in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
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The law firm of Troutman Sanders LLP is pleased to announce the addition of both Jeffrey P. Rosenstein as partner and Kenneth D. O’Reilly as of counsel to its construction practice group in New York.
Tags: Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP | New YorkDavis Polk advised CSX Corporation on its SEC-registered offering of $800 million aggregate principal amount of 4.100% notes due 2044. Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and UBS Securities LLC acted as joint book-running managers for the offering.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell | New YorkDavis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. as lead joint book-running managers, and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., UBS Securities LLC and Raymond James & Associates, Inc. as book-running managers, in connection the $302.4 million SEC-registered offering of 4.8 million shares of common stock of Palo Alto Networks, Inc. sold by certain selling stockholders. The common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “PANW.”
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