Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised the Republic of Zambia in connection with its debut offering of US$750 million 10-year Eurobonds. Barclays and Deutsche Bank acted as the joint lead managers.
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Salans Advises Renova-StroyGroup on New Petrovsky Island Residential Development
K&L Gates Continues Growth of Finance Practice with Addition of Four London Partners
Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has expanded further its finance practice with the addition of four new partners in the London office. Matthew G.J. Duncan, Theresa D. Kradjian, and Paul J. Matthews join the firm from Sidley Austin LLP, while Sean J.W. Crosky arrives from Norton Rose LLP.
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Freshfields Advises Alibaba Group on the Financing of Its US$7.6bn Share Repurchase and Restructuring of Yahoo! Relationship
International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Alibaba Group, the largest e-commerce company in China, on the financing of a major repurchase of shares from Yahoo! and on the restructuring of its relationship with Yahoo! in transactions valued at approximately US$7.6 billion.
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Mayer Brown JSM Advises Trade and Development Bank of Mongolia in Connection with Its Issuance of US$300 Million Senior Notes
Mayer Brown JSM today announced that it has advised Trade and Development Bank of Mongolia LLC (TDB) on its recent issuance of US$300 million senior notes due 2015.
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Simpson Thacher Represents Team Health Holdings, Inc. and Selling Shareholder in Offering of 8,000,000 Shares of Common Stock
The Firm recently represented Team Health Holdings, Inc. (“TeamHealth”) and Ensemble Parent LLC (an affiliate of The Blackstone Group) in the sale by Ensemble Parent LLC of 8,000,000 shares of TeamHealth common stock, resulting in gross proceeds of $223,360,000. After giving effect to the offering, Ensemble Parent LLC owns approximately 27.4% of TeamHealth’s common stock. BofA Merrill Lynch acted as underwriter for the offering.
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Clifford Chance Advises MGPA on First Acquisition in Australia
Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised MGPA on the establishment of Australian operations and on its first acquisition, a commercial office tower in Sydney’s CBD.
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Eckert Seamans Expands IP Practice with Hire of Senior In-house Counsel from Johnson & Johnson
Laurence S. Rickles has joined the White Plains, New York office of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC as a Member of the firm’s widely-recognized Intellectual Property practice. He concentrates his practice on trademark, copyright, domain name and social media matters including clearance, prosecution, litigation, due diligence, licensing, training, counseling and portfolio management.
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Milbank Advises RHJ International on the Acquisition of BHF-Bank AG from Deutsche Bank
The financial services group RHJ International S.A. (“RHJI”), listed on the Euronext Brussels, and Deutsche Bank agreed on the acquisition of BHF-Bank AG (“BHF”) by Kleinwort Benson Group Limited, London (“Kleinwort Benson”), a 100% owned subsidiary of RHJI. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals. RHJI was advised by the international law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP regarding all corporate, tax, antitrust and finance law aspects of the transaction.
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Shearman & Sterling Advises on $10 Billion Financing for Johnson & Johnson
Shearman & Sterling represented Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. as joint lead arrangers and joint book managers in connection with a $10 billion 364-day credit facility for Johnson & Johnson.
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