For Bank of America and Merrill Lynch, Skadden secured the affirmance of the dismissal of two double-derivative suits that sought to compel the BofA board to force its Merrill subsidiary to bring various claims against certain of Merrill’s former officers and directors in connection with Merrill’s allegedly risky investments in collateralized debt obligations.
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Herrick, Feinstein LLP announced today that Richard R. Kalikow, a real estate industry veteran with more than four decades of global expertise, has joined the firm’s New York office as a Partner.
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Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Nestlé Health Science S.A., a fully owned subsidiary of Nestlé S.A., on a 50/50 joint venture with Chi-Med Group, a pharmaceutical and healthcare group listed on the London Stock Exchange (AIM).
Tags: White & Case LLP | SingaporeGlobal law firm White & Case LLP has advised Lottomatica Group S.p.A. on its placement of an aggregate amount of €500 million ($640.95 million) 3.500% unsecured notes due March 2020, to qualified investors outside of the United States. The notes are guaranteed by Lottomatica Group’s subsidiaries Invest Games S.A., GTECH Holdings Corp., GTECH Corp. and GTECH Rhode Island LLC.
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Shearman & Sterling represented Banca IMI S.p.A., Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, Merrill Lynch International and UniCredit Bank AG in connection with an issue of €500 million 3.500% guaranteed bonds due 5 March 2020 by Lottomatica Group S.p.A. The bonds were guaranteed by GTECH Corporation, GTECH Holdings Corporation, GTECH Rhode Island LLC and Invest Games S.A.
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Hogan Lovells has advised the Republic of Ecuador in the execution of an approximately US$260 million loan facility that closed on 28 November 2012. We also represented the state-owned Empresa Pública Municipal Metro de Quito in the negotiation and execution of an agreement on the project.
Tags: Hogan Lovells | MiamiHogan Lovells advised Standard Chartered, Barclays Bank PLC and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc on a US$450m refinancing package for Graff Diamonds.
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The Firm represented Walter Investment Management Corp. (WIMC) in connection with an $825.0 million secured credit facility, consisting of a $700.0 million 5-year term loan and a $125.0 million 5-year revolving credit facility.
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The global law firm Jones Day is pleased to announce that John Emmerig, one of Australia’s leading litigation lawyers, has joined the Firm in Sydney as a partner in its Global Disputes Practice, servicing the Firm’s clients in Australian and regional litigation.
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Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised the underwriters UBS, CITIC Securities Corporate Finance (HK) Limited, J.P. Morgan and Deutsche Bank on Zhengzhou Coal Mining Machinery Group Company Limited’s IPO. The company sold 221,122,000 H shares at HK$10.38 each raising approximately US$296 million (HK$ 2.295 billion).
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