Shearman & Sterling represented Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, UBS Securities LLC and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as joint book-running managers and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as co-managers, in connection with a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $250 million aggregate principal amount of 6.875% senior notes due 2020 by Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.
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Stephen A. Tight has rejoined Fredrikson & Byron as an officer in the firm’s Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity and Venture Capital, and Life Sciences Groups. His experience includes representing public and private companies, private equity firms, and venture capital investors in a wide variety of merger and acquisition transactions and investment transactions, ranging in value from less than $50 million to billions of dollars, with a particular emphasis in the Life Sciences space. His transactional work includes domestic and cross-border acquisitions; tender and exchange offers; contests for corporate control; going-private transactions; asset acquisitions and divestitures; spin-offs; joint ventures; venture capital and strategic investments; securities offerings; private equity transactions; and Securities and Exchange Commission reporting and compliance.
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Law firm Loeb & Loeb LLP, which opened an office in Hong Kong in October in association with Pang & Co., has already closed two significant Hong Kong initial public offerings for Pegasus Entertainment Holdings Limited and Sunley Holdings Limited. These transactions are two of just four IPOs that have closed in the region in the last two months.
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Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Wolseley Private Equity on its acquisition of Blue Star Group’s Australian operations.
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International law firm, Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), is advising Basra International Oil and Gas Hub Ltd. (BIOGH) on the creation of a specialized Oil and Gas free zone, at Khor Al-Zubair, Basra.
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Simmons & Simmons in association with TMI Associates has advised Japanese technological firm Kuroda Precision Industries (“Kuroda”) on its acquisition of the Jena Tec division of Avingtrans Plc.
Tags: TMI Associates | TokyoMorrison Cohen LLP has announced the admission to the Firm of its newest lateral partner,Terence K. McLaughlin. Mr. McLaughlin will join the Firm’s Business Litigation Department. Immediately prior to joining, Mr. McLaughlin was a partner in the Litigation Department of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.
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International law firm Norton Rose has appointed Pawel Bajno as a partner in its corporate practice in Warsaw. Pawel was previously a partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf.
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The Firm is representing Blackstone Energy Partners in the announced formation of a long-term, strategic partnership with LLOG Exploration Company L.L.C. (“LLOG”) to invest over $1.2 billion to expand and accelerate LLOG’s offshore operations in the Gulf of Mexico. The partnership will provide funds to expedite the development of LLOG’s four recent deepwater discoveries as well as the exploration and appraisal of its extensive prospect inventory, which includes over 110 offshore leases. This strategic partnership is the largest private equity financing executed in the Gulf of Mexico to date.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | HoustonThe Firm recently represented RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as initial purchaser, in connection with an offering of US$300 million of 4.375% Amortizing Bonds due 2027 by the Caribbean Development Bank. The offering was conducted in reliance on Rule 144A and Regulation S.
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