Watson, Farley & Williams is pleased to announce that it has appointed project finance partner Rodrigo Berasategui Verastegui to its Madrid office.
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Cahill – Samson Investment Company Completes $1 Billion Credit Facility
Cahill represented Bank of America as administrative agent and BofA Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse as joint lead arrangers in connection with a $1,000,000,000 Second Lien Term Loan credit agreement for Samson Investment Company.
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Davis Polk – Korea Finance Corporation Notes Offering
Davis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, UBS AG, Hong Kong Branch as underwriters in connection with a Schedule B debt offering by Korea Finance Corporation of $300 million in aggregate principal amount of its 2.25% notes due 2017. The notes are consolidated and form a single class of notes with the $500 million aggregate principal amount of 2.25% notes due 2017 issued on August 7, 2012.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | Hong KongDavis Polk – Torchmark Corporation Senior Notes Offering and Junior Subordinated Debentures Offering
Davis Polk advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint book-running managers on an SEC-registered offering by Torchmark Corporation of $300 million aggregate principal amount of 3.8% senior notes due 2022. Davis Polk also advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint book-running managers on an SEC-registered offering by Torchmark Corporation of $125 million aggregate principal amount of 5.875% junior subordinated debentures due 2052.
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Davis Polk advised Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S.A. in connection with its global offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.75% senior notes due 2022. The notes were issued by Grupo Aval’s wholly owned finance subsidiary, Grupo Aval Limited, and guaranteed by Grupo Aval and were offered pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933.
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DLA Piper Advises APG Asset Management on Its $130 Million Investment in Hotel Mixed Assets and Shares in India
New Arbitration Specialist Joins London Office
International law firm Stephenson Harwood has appointed Shai Wade as a partner in its commercial litigation practice. Shai joins from Reed Smith where he was co-practice group leader of international arbitration and where he has been a partner since 2008. Prior to this he was a partner at Kilpatrick Stockton.
Orrick Expands Emerging Companies Practice in New York
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today that David L. Concannon has joined the firm as a partner in its Emerging Companies Group, resident in its New York office.
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Weil Advises on $1B Bond Offering by Largest Polish Bank
International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP acted as outside legal counsel on matters of Polish, UK and US law to PKO Bank Polski (PKO), Poland’s top bank by assets, on the issuance of $1 billion in senior 10-year bonds by its subsidiary, PKO Finance AB. The bonds will be traded on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, and proceeds will be used to refinance the bank’s existing financial indebtedness as well as for general corporate purposes. Goldman Sachs International and J.P. Morgan Securities plc acted as the joint lead managers.
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Pepper Hamilton Expands Los Angeles Office with Addition of Mary L. Dickson
Pepper Hamilton LLP announced that Mary L. Dickson has joined the firm as a partner in the Financial Services Practice Group, resident in the Los Angeles office.
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