Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, represented Alpek, S.A.B. de C.V., the largest petrochemical company in Mexico and one of the largest in the world, in connection with its inaugural international issuance of debt securities. The oversubscribed offering involved the issuance of $650 million of 4.500% Senior Notes due 2022 pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S.
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Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP is pleased to announce that David W. Billings has joined its Corporate Department’s Private Equity Practice Group and will be located in the firm’s Detroit office.
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Latham & Watkins advised Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank PJSC, one of the leading Islamic banks in the Middle East, in connection with the region’s first perpetual and Basel III compliant tier 1 sukuk issuance. The initial benchmark size for the issuance of US$500 million was more than 30 times oversubscribed, with an order book of US$15.5 billion, and the expected profit rate of 6.375% is the lowest ever coupon for an instrument of this type. The transaction has allowed Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank PJSC to strengthen and diversify its capital base in line with international best practice in capital management.
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International law firm DAC Beachcroft Scotland is pleased to announce the appointment of John McGovern as a Partner in its Glasgow office.
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The Abu Dhabi office of Clifford Chance advised First Gulf Bank (FGB), a major leading financial institution headquartered in Abu Dhabi, UAE, on a new three-year US$900 million senior unsecured Term Loan Facility with a group of international banks.
Tags: Clifford Chance LLP | DubaiLeading international law firm Clifford Chance is advising The Carlyle Group on its strategic minority investment in Export Trading Group (ETG). This is the first investment made by Carlyle’s Sub-Saharan Africa Fund. Other investors in the $210million financing include Standard Chartered’s Africa Private Equity division and Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Fund. ETG is an African agricultural commodities supply chain manager and the deal is the first investment by Carlyle’s Sub-Saharan Africa Fund.
Tags: Clifford Chance LLP | SingaporeLeading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised Carrefour on the sale of its 60% stake in Carrefour Indonesia for €525 million to its local partner, CT Corp, which will become Carrefour’s exclusive franchisee in the country. The deal is expected to close in January 2013, subject to the approval of the Indonesian anti-trust authorities.
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International legal practice Norton Rose has advised the global leader in mobile device lifecycle services Brightpoint, Inc. (“BrightPoint”) on the merger with Ingram Micro Inc. (“Ingram Micro”), a Fortune 100 company, and the world’s largest wholesale technology distributor and a global leader in IT supply-chain, mobile device lifecycle services and logistics solutions
Tags: Norton Rose Fulbright | Hong KongInternational legal practice Norton Rose has advised the Republic of Indonesia for a second time on another large scale international sukuk issuance. The firm advised the Republic of Indonesia on the establishment of a US$3 billion sukuk issuance program and the initial issuance of US$1 billion of sukuk under the program. The issuance, which closed on November 21, 2012, has a maturity of ten years, with periodic distributions of 3.3 per cent per annum. The issuance was governed by English laws and was offered under Rule 144A and Regulation S of the US Securities Act to a broad range of investors based inside and outside the US.
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International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited (“China Unicom”) on its proposed acquisition of 100% equity interest in Unicom New Horizon Telecommunications Company Limited (“Unicom New Horizon”) from China United Network Communications Group Company Limited through a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Unicom, for a total consideration of approximately RMB12.17 billion (approximately US$1.95 billion).
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