Field Fisher Waterhouse advises JSC KazMunaiGas Exploration Production on another oil and gas deal.
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Milbank Adds Leading Bankruptcy Partner Gerard Uzzi
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy announced that top-ranked bankruptcy and restructuring attorney Gerard Uzzi had joined the firm as a partner in its Financial Restructuring Group.
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Paul Hastings Advises Manager, Trustee-manager and Sponsor on Ascendas Hospitality Trust’s Singapore IPO
Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it advised Ascendas Land International as the sponsor, Ascendas Hospitality Fund Management as the manager and Ascendas Hospitality Trust Management as the trustee-manager on Ascendas Hospitality Trust’s (“Ascendas Hospitality”) offering of its stapled securities on the Singapore Exchange. Ascendas Hospitality is a Singapore-based REIT and the hospitality arm of Ascendas Group, Asia’s leading provider of business space solutions.
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Loeb & Loeb Adds Partner Nathan J. Muyskens to White Collar Criminal Defense Practice in Washington, D.C.
Loeb & Loeb LLP announced today that Nathan J. Muyskens has joined as a partner in the firm’s White Collar Criminal Defense, Corporate Compliance and Investigations Practice in Washington, D.C. His practice focuses on criminal antitrust, anticorruption, and securities and commodities enforcement matters. Muyskens, a former trial attorney for the Federal Trade Commission, joins the firm from the Washington, D.C. office of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP.
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White & Case Advises Ukraine on US$2 Billion Bond Offering
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine in relation to its offering of US$2 billion of 9.25% Notes due 2017. This is the first international bond offering by Ukraine since June 2011 and the proceeds will be used for general budgetary purposes.
Tags: White & Case LLPWhite & Case Advises on US$350 Million Nigerian Bond Offering
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised the Joint Lead Managers, Citigroup Global Markets Limited and Goldman Sachs International, in connection with Access Finance B.V.’s issue of U.S. $350 million 7.25 per cent guaranteed notes due 2017. The notes are guaranteed by Nigerian bank Access Bank PLC, with the proceeds being used, in part, to support the Nigerian oil & gas and power sectors.
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Barnes & Thornburg Adds Michael H. Elam to Chicago Office
Barnes & Thornburg LLP announced today that Michael H. Elam has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a partner in the Environmental Law Department.
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Simpson Thacher Represents LINC Logistics Company in its Sale to Universal Truckload Services, Inc.
Simpson Thacher is representing LINC Logistics Company and its owner, the Moroun Family, in connection with its sale to Universal Truckload Services, Inc. (NASD: UACL) in a stock-for-stock transaction valued at approximately $335 million, including the assumption of debt. The combination of Universal and LINC will create one of the largest full-service, asset-light logistics platforms in North America.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLPSimpson Thacher Represents J.P.Morgan as Financial Advisor in Connection with Itau-Unibanco’s US$5.8 Billion Tender Offer for Redecard S.A.
The Firm is representing J.P.Morgan as financial advisor to the Board of Directors of Itau-Unibanco Holding S.A. (“Itau-Unibanco”) in connection with the fairness opinion delivered in the context of the R$11.7 billion (US$5.8 billion) tender offer for Redecard S.A. (“Redecard”), a Brazilian multi-brand acquirer of credit, debit and benefit cards, and one of the leaders in the electronic payment industry in the Brazilian market.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | Sao PauloSimpson Thacher Represents Mizuho Financial Group in its US$1.5 Billion Subordinated Debt Offering
The Firm represented Japan’s Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. in connection with a Regulation S offering of US$1.5 billion of 4.2% Subordinated Notes due 2022 by Mizuho Financial Group (Cayman) 2 Limited, a wholly owned finance subsidiary of Mizuho Financial Group. Mizuho International plc, Merrill Lynch International, Goldman Sachs International, and J.P. Morgan Securities plc were the Joint Lead Managers for the offering. Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. is one of Japan’s largest banking groups.
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