Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Brookfield Investment Management and its Helios Total Return Fund, Inc. in a three-for-one transferable rights offering, where UBS Securities LLC acted as the Dealer Manager. The rights offering concluded on October 19, 2012 and was over-subscribed. Helios Total Return Fund, Inc. issued 3,500,000 new shares of common stock in the rights offering and raised approximately $75 million.

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Cahill represented J.P. Morgan, BofA Merrill Lynch, RBC Capital Markets, and Wells Fargo Securities as joint book-running managers and the co-managers in connection with the Rule 144A/Reg S offering of $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.25% Senior Notes due 2017 by Alliance Data Systems Corporation. Proceeds from the offering will be used in connection with to fund in part its previously announced pending acquisition and for general corporate purposes.

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Cahill represented the joint book-running managers and the co-managers in connection with the Rule 144A/Reg S offering of $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.875% Senior Notes due 2020 by Huntsman International LLC. Proceeds from the offering will be used to refinance existing indebtedness.

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In a transaction announced November 19, 2012, Kirkland represented private equity firm American Industrial Partners in its acquisition of the U.S. subsidiaries of Hampson Industries PLC, a UK public company. The investment is comprised of five operating divisions with a total of approximately $210 million in sales, approximately 1,140 employees and 10 manufacturing facilities located in California, Michigan and Texas that have unique product offerings and capabilities to serve the global aerospace market. The subsidiaries are Odyssey Industries, LLC; Global Tooling Systems, LLC; Coast Composites, LLC; Composites Horizons, LLC and Texstars, LLC. The acquisition was made through a UK ‘pre-pack’, shortly after the appointments of Simon Kirkhope and Chad Griffin of FTI Consulting as administrators of Hampson Industries PLC.

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Funds advised by Apax Partners, a global private equity firm, today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Cole Haan LLC, a leading designer and retailer of premium footwear and related accessories, from NIKE, Inc. for $570 million in cash. The transaction is expected to close in early 2013.

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Simpson Thacher represented JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent in connection with a five year $5.5 billion senior secured revolving credit facility and a three year $5.5 billion senior secured revolving credit facility for General Motors Holdings LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Motors Company.

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