The 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 MallesonsKing & Wood Mallesons Attracts Top Private Equity Player – Mark McNamara Joins the firm as Head of Private Equity
The 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 MallesonsNorton Rose Deepens Its Commitment to Africa
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.
Tags: Norton Rose FulbrightJeffrey P. Rosenstein and Kenneth D. O’Reilly Join Troutman Sanders’ New York Office
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 Advises CSX Corporation on Its $800 Million Notes Offering
Davis 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 LLP | New YorkDavis Polk – Palo Alto Networks Secondary Offering
Davis 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.”
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkDavis Polk – Walter Investment Management Corp. Concurrent Offerings of Common Stock and 4.5% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2019
Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Barclays Capital Inc. as joint book-running managers in connection with an SEC-registered public offering of 6,900,000 shares of common stock of Walter Investment Management Corp for aggregate gross proceeds of $290 million. The offering included 900,000 shares of common stock purchased by the underwriters upon full exercise of their option to purchase additional shares granted by Walter.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkDavis Polk – Brand Energy and Infrastructure Services, Inc. $1.2 Billion Refinancing
Davis Polk advised UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as administrative agent and UBS Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, as lead arrangers in connection with a refinancing of Brand Energy and Infrastructure Services, Inc.’s (Brand) existing first-lien and second-lien senior secured credit facilities. The new credit facilities consist of an $850 million first-lien senior secured credit facility, comprised of a $775 million term loan facility and a $75 million revolving credit facility, a $300 million second-lien senior secured term loan facility and a $50 million cash collateralized letter of credit facility. The obligations under the first-lien and second-lien credit facilities are guaranteed by certain of Brand’s domestic subsidiaries and, with respect to obligations of the Canadian borrower, guaranteed by Brand and all of Brand’s Canadian subsidiaries, and secured by substantially all of the assets of Brand and the guarantors. Brand is using the proceeds of the credit facilities to refinance its existing first-lien and second-lien credit facilities and for general corporate purposes.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkWhite & Case Advises Primav on the Acquisition of a 19% Stake in Ecorodovias from Impregilo
Global law firm White & Case LLP, through its Milan, London and São Paulo offices, has advised Brazilian company Primav Construções e Comércio, a company of the CR Almeida Group, in its acquisition from Impregilo of a 19% stake in Ecorodovias Infraestructura e Logística S.A., a company focused on highway concessions and associated services in Brazil. The purchase price for this stake is approximately EUR 770 million. The transaction is subject to approval by the Brazilian Authorities.
Tags: White & Case LLP | Sao PauloAlbert Pinzon Joins Edwards Wildman as a Business Law Partner in New York
Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP is pleased to announce that Albert J. Pinzon, a highly regarded capital markets lawyer, is a new partner in the Business Law Department. Pinzon will reside in the firm’s growing office in New York.
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