Kenexa Corporation, a leading provider of recruiting and talent management solutions, this week announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) for $46.00 per share in cash in a transaction valued at approximately $1.3 billion. Morgan Lewis advised Kenexa on the transaction.
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Shearman & Sterling represented Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as joint book-running managers, in connection with a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $250 million aggregate principal amount of 6.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2017 and an add-on offering of $600 million aggregate principal amount of 11.750% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2022 by Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC and EFIH Finance Inc. The offering of second lien notes was an add-on to the issuers’ outstanding $1,150,000,000 million aggregate principal amount of 11.750% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2022.
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Holland & Hart LLP is pleased to announce Constance Akridge, Matthew Milone and Wayne R. Nippe have joined its Las Vegas office, bringing substantial experience to the firm’s healthcare practice.
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The Amsterdam and Moscow offices of international legal practice Norton Rose Group have advised Russian state owned investment fund Rusnano on its investment in Dutch nanotechnology company Mapper Lithography.
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King & Spalding advised Pamlico Capital and TMW Systems, Inc. on the sale of TMW to Trimble Navigation Limited for $335 million in cash.
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Cahill represented BofA Merrill Lynch and KeyBanc Capital Markets as joint book-running managers and Cabrera Capital Markets as co-manager in the Rule 144A/Reg S offering of $260,000,000 principal amount of 11.5% Senior Secured Notes offering by American Gilsonite Company. Proceeds from the offering will be used to refinance existing indebtedness and to pay a dividend.
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The Denver office of Baker Hostetler recently announced the expansion of its Denver office with the recruitment of Michael J. Stiff. Joining the firm from Stiff, Zisman & Ingraham, P.C., Mr. Stiff will join the firm’s tax practice. With extensive experience in estate planning, probate, trust administration and business law, Mr. Stiff will surely be a great addition to Baker Hostetler.
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Hogan Lovells has appointed Alexander McMyn as a banking partner in Singapore. The hire augments Hogan Lovells’ broader top-tier finance capability in South-East Asia and follows a series of recent high-profile finance partner moves to the firm’s Singapore office.
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Dykema today announced the addition of John C. Dickey to its Corporate Finance Practice Group as a member in the firm’s Dallas office. Prior to joining Dykema, Dickey was a shareholder with Greenberg Traurig LLP, where he was Practice Group Leader of the Dallas office’s Corporate & Securities Section.
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Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Glenn G. Nash is joining the firm in its Palo Alto office as a partner and as Global Co-Head of Sidley’s Technology Transactions practice. Mr. Nash, who is recognized as one of the leading IT and technology transactions lawyers in the world by Chambers Global and The Legal 500 US, brings to this role deep experience in the Internet, digital media, digital marketing, software, hardware, and information technologies industries. He focuses his practice on intellectual property matters and technology transactions, and provides counsel to companies establishing or expanding their business operations domestically and internationally.
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