The Firm recently represented the underwriters, led by Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and J.P. Morgan, in connection with a public offering by Altria Group, Inc. of $1.9 billion aggregate principal amount of its 2.850% Notes due 2022 and $900 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.250% Notes due 2042. The offering closed on August 9, 2012.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkThe Firm is representing Focus Media Holding Limited (“Focus Media”) in connection with a proposal by a consortium for a going private transaction valued at approximately $3.5 billion. The consortium includes Mr. Jason Nanchun Jiang, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Focus Media, and his affiliates, FountainVest Partners, The Carlyle Group L.P., CITIC Capital Partners, CDH Investments and China Everbright Ltd. The consortium intends to finance the proposed transaction with a combination of debt and equity capital.
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Antitrust Litigation Partner Paul Kaplan has joined Locke Lord’s New York office as part of the Firm’s Litigation Department and Antitrust Practice Group. He brings more than 25 years of experience in handling litigation and counseling for major corporations as well as for domestic and international financial institutions. His significant background and experience in antitrust matters across numerous industries will strengthen the national platform of the Firm’s Antitrust Practice.
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International law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, led by Global Securities partner Rob Williams, represented J.P. Morgan, RBS, Wells Fargo Securities and a syndicate of ten other underwriters in connection with the registered public offering by BRE Properties, Inc. (“BRE”) of $300 million 3.375% Senior Notes due 2023.
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Bryan Cave HRO announced today the addition of four partners to the law firm, all of whom will work in the Denver office and practice in the Litigation client service group. This addition marks one of the largest moves of lateral partners in the Denver legal market year to date. The entire group of new attorneys comes from the Denver office of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck (BHFS).
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Adam Dougherty has joined Winstead PC as a shareholder in the Labor, Employment and Immigration Practice Group. Dougherty’s practice focuses on employment law and commercial litigation. He has over 10 years experience representing clients in complex employment-related disputes and advising them on a broad range of employment law issues. He joins Winstead from the Dallas office of Baker and McKenzie, LLP, where he was a partner.
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The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) recently signed a 297.5 million U.S. dollars buyer’s credit (export credit) with LLP Atyrau Refinery, a subsidiary of JSC NC “KazMunayGas”, the Republic of Kazakhstan state-owned oil and gas company. The loan is co-financed with the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (BTMU), with Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI) providing Buyer’s Credit Insurance for the portion co-financed by BTMU.
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Covington & Burling advised AstraZeneca in its agreement with Pfizer for over-the-counter rights to sell a nonprescription version of Nexium, a medication prescribed to treat the symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease.
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Goodwin Procter, a national Am Law 50 firm, announced today that Kecia Reynolds has joined the firm’s Litigation Department in its Washington, D.C. office as a member of Goodwin’s IP Litigation Practice. She will focus on representing clients in Section 337 evidentiary hearings before the International Trade Commission, in Abbreviated New Drug Application (“ANDA”) district court litigation and in appeals before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. Reynolds joins Goodwin from the ITC where she was an investigative attorney in the Office of Unfair Import Investigations, working on patent and trademark infringement matters.
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Hogan Lovells in Moscow has advised long-standing client B&N Bank, on the establishment of its US$300 million European Commercial Paper (ECP) programme and on the first issue of US$40 million thereunder on Wednesday 1 August 2012.
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