Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Whitehaven Coal Limited (Whitehaven) in respect of its underwritten committed A$1.2 billion senior secured bank facilities from Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ).
Tags: Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLPHerbert Smith Freehills is advising United Breweries (Holdings) Limited, (UBHL) on the sale of a 19.3% interest in United Spirit’s Limited’s (USL) share capital, to Diageo plc (Diageo), which was announced on 9 November 2012. The Herbert Smith Freehills team worked very closely with a team led by Cyril Shroff and Nivedita Rao of Amarchand and Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co.
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Shearman & Sterling represented lead managers Banco Santander, S.A., BB Securities Limited, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, HSBC Bank plc, J.P. Morgan Securities plc, all acting as joint bookrunners, and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International plc and Standard Charter Bank, acting as co-managers, in connection with a shelf takedown consisting of €1,300,000,000 3.25% Global Notes due 2019, €700,000,000 4.25% Global Notes due 2023 and £450,000,000 5.375% Global Notes due 2029 by Petrobras Global Finance B.V. (PGF). The Global Notes will be unconditionally guaranteed by Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.—PETROBRAS.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | Sao PauloShearman & Sterling represented Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as joint lead managers in connection with the issuance by the Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia of U.S.$500,000,000 4.875% Notes due 2022. This was the first sovereign debt issuance by Bolivia since 1920.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New YorkShearman & Sterling represented BMO Capital Markets Corp., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as lead underwriters in connection with Bank of Montreal’s registered public offering of $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 0.80% Senior Notes due 2015 and $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.55% Senior Notes due 2022 under its US medium-term note program.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New YorkShearman & Sterling represented Caixa Econômica Federal, the largest fully government-owned bank in Latin America, in connection with the establishment of its US$5,000,000,000 Medium-Term Note Program and its first international issuances, consisting of U.S.$1,000,000,000 2.375% Notes due 2017 and U.S.$500,000,000 3.500% Notes due 2022 listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. acted as Dealers.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | Sao PauloShearman & Sterling advised Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) in connection with its $1.1 billion acquisition of the Air Distribution division of Tomkins (Air Distribution). Along with Onex, a leading private equity firm, CPPIB has jointly owned Tomkins since 2010.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New YorkChadbourne & Parke LLP represented OrPower 4 Inc., and its Ormat Technologies Inc. group affiliates, in connection with the financial closing and first disbursement under OrPower 4 Inc.’s loan agreement with Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), an agency of the U.S. Government.
BakerHostetler announced today that Geraldine E. Edens and Christopher H. Marraro have joined the firm’s Litigation Group as Partners in its Washington, D.C., office. Both come to BakerHostetler from McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP.
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