Global law firm Proskauer represented Protravel International, Inc., in an agreement to be acquired by Tzell Travel Group, a Travel Leaders Group company that is a portfolio investment of One Equity Partners, the private investment arm of JPMorgan Chase. The merger is expected to close in November, pending government antitrust approval.
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Finance & Banking lawyer Luke Morris has joined the London office of Locke Lord as a Partner in its fast growing transactional banking team, adding yet another significant layer of skill sets to the Firm’s important Banking & Finance team in the UK. Morris’ broad range of experience will add further breadth and depth to Locke Lord’s banking capabilities and help better meet client demand in real estate finance, corporate/acquisition finance, fund finance and restructuring finance.
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Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and RBS Securities Inc. as joint book-running managers on an SEC-registered offering by Kennametal Inc. of $400 million aggregate principal amount of 2.65% senior notes due 2019.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkBuilding on its finance and corporate strength in Asia, Bingham McCutchen LLP has added Steve Lewis as a partner in the firm’s Japanese Practice Group and Financial Services Area in Tokyo.
Lewis joins Bingham’s Tokyo office from Herbert Smith LLP, where he founded and spent 10 years as managing partner of that firm’s Tokyo office. Lewis has guided clients in large mergers, acquisitions, investments and energy transactions across a wide variety of industry sectors in Japan. He has worked for many Japanese companies, including Sumitomo, Mitsui, Itochu, NTT DoCoMo and INPEX, and with major U.K. and EU corporations in Japan.
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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm has officially opened an office in Seoul where Korea Office Chair Jong Han Kim, Vice Chair and Corporate Partner Daniel Kim and the entire team will be based. The office, located in the prestigious Mirae Asset Center1 building in downtown Seoul, marks Paul Hastings’ twentieth office worldwide and its fifth in Asia.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLPPaul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented UBS Securities LLC, Barclays Capital, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and BMO Capital Markets as initial purchasers in connection with the Rule 144a/Reg S offering of $250 million of 8.75% senior secured notes due 2019 by Shale-Inland Holdings, LLC and its affiliate Shale-Inland Finance Company. Shale-Inland Holdings, LLC is a leading specialty industrial distributor of pipe, valves, fittings and related products and provider of technical solutions to the energy and industrial sectors.
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O’Melveny & Myers LLP has represented UBS AG and CLSA as placement agents in connection with the block trade share sale by BSL Investment Inc. of 3.4 billion shares of PT Pakuwon Jati Tbk. at a price of IDR240 per share. The gross proceeds received by BSL Investment as selling shareholder totaled approximately IDR816,000,000,000 (US$85 million). The transaction was structured as a placement under Regulation S and Rule 144A under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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Carlton Fields is pleased to announce that three attorneys joined the firm’s Atlanta office. Charles T. Sharbaugh, a shareholder, and Jason W. Howard, an associate, are members of the firm’s Real Estate and Finance practice group. Philip M. Bresson, an associate, is a member of the firm’s Corporate, Securities, and Tax practice group.
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Expanding its recently opened office in Denver, Fox Rothschild welcomes Matthew J. Rita as a partner in its Litigation Department.
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