International law firm Clyde & Co LLP has advised the Varkey Group on the sale of its stake in Emirates Healthcare Holdings to Mediclinic International, an international private hospital group listed on the JSE.
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Linklaters Advises the Republic of Slovenia on Its Benchmark US$2.25bn Sovereign Bond Issue
Linklaters has advised the Republic of Slovenia on its US$2.25bn sovereign bond issue. The bonds are being issued today, Friday 26 October 2012.
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Covington Taps Dan Bryant To Chair Public Policy and Government Affairs Practice
Covington & Burling has tapped Dan Bryant, most recently senior vice president of global public policy and government affairs at PepsiCo and previously assistant attorney general in the Department of Justice, to head the firm’s Public Policy and Government Affairs practice.
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Shearman & Sterling Advises Société Générale on Sale of Greek Subsidiary, Geniki Bank, to Piraeus Bank
Shearman & Sterling advised Société Générale on its definitive agreement to sell its entire 99.08% stake in its Greek subsidiary, Geniki Bank, to Piraeus Bank. Specifically, the agreement provides for the sale by Société Générale of a 99.08% stake in Geniki’s share capital, representing 100% of Société Générale’s interest, including Société Générale’s advances in capital.
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Locke Lord Adds Leading Insurance and Reinsurance Lawyer Ian McKenna as Newest Partner in London Office
Ian McKenna, a leading Insurance and Reinsurance lawyer with more than two decades of experience, has joined the London office of international law firm Locke Lord. McKenna’s global insurance experience and perspective will strengthen and diversify the Firm’s already powerful insurance industry base, both in the UK and around the world.
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White Collar Team Led by former AG Terwilliger to Join Morgan Lewis
Morgan Lewis today announced that a team of white collar attorneys, led by former acting U.S. Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General George J. Terwilliger III, will join the firm’s Litigation Practice, resident in Washington, D.C. Joining as partners, along with Mr. Terwilliger, are Daniel Levin, Matthew Miner, and Robert J. Bittman-all white collar investigations and litigation practitioners with significant prior government experience.
Tags: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPShearman & Sterling Advises on OAS Investments GmbH $500 Million High Yield Senior Notes
Shearman & Sterling represented Banco Bradesco BBI S.A., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Itau BBA USA Securities, Inc., BB Securities Ltd, and Banco BTG Pactual S.A.-Cayman Branch as initial purchasers in connection with the offering of US $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount, issued in a 144A/Reg S offering, of 8.25% Senior Notes due 2019 of OAS Investments GmbH and guaranteed by its parent company OAS S.A. and OAS S.A.’s wholly owned subsidiaries Construtora OAS Ltda. and OAS Investimentos S.A.
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White & Case Advises Managers in Nokia’s EUR 750 Million Convertible Bonds Issue
Global law firm White & Case LLP is advising BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Citi and Deutsche Bank as joint bookrunners as well as ten lead managers in connection with Nokia Corporation’s (“Nokia”) offering of EUR 750 million Senior Unsecured Convertible Bonds due 2017 convertible into ordinary shares of Nokia.
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Jones Day Welcomes Doreen Davis to Labor & Employment Practice in New York
The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Doreen Davis has joined the Firm’s New York Office as a partner in the Labor & Employment Practice. She arrives from Morgan Lewis, where she was a partner in and national co-chair of the Labor-Management Relations and Labor Disputes Practice.
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Hunton & Williams (Thailand) Limited Advises Krung Thai Bank PCL in THB35B Rights Offering, Largest Ever by Thai Corporation
Hunton & Williams (Thailand) Limited advised Krung Thai Bank PCL on its recent 35 billion baht (USD1.2 billion) rights offering. Krung Thai Bank (KTB:Bangkok) is the largest state-owned financial institution in Thailand. KTB’s first capital increase in 13 years and the largest ever by a Thai corporation, the share offering was the first by a Thai bank, or by any Thai issuer, under Rule 801 of the U.S. Securities Laws. It was successfully subscribed in full by the bank’s existing shareholders.
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