Hogan Lovells Advises IFC and EBRD on Subscription for Shares in Credit Bank of Moscow for US$ 177 Million

Hogan Lovells has advised The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, and The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the multilateral development bank, on their investment in Credit Bank of Moscow (open joint-stock company) (CBM) for a total of US$176 million. The investment will be made via subscription for newly issued ordinary shares giving IFC and EBRD a combined 15% stake in CBM. The deal was signed on 20 July 2012 and closed on 1 August 2012.

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Cahill – Universal Hospital Services Completes $425 Million Notes Offering

Cahill represented Barclays, BofA Merrill Lynch and RBC Capital Markets as joint book-running managers and Wells Fargo Securities and PNC Capital Markets LLC as co-managers in connection with the Rule 144A/Reg S offering of $425,000,000 7.625% Second Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2020 by Universal Hospital Services, Inc. Proceeds from the offering will be used to refinance existing indebtedness and for general corporate purposes.

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Willkie Represents Ventas in $275 Million Bond Offering

Willkie client Ventas, Inc., a leading healthcare Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), recently announced that it has priced a public offering of $275 million aggregate principal amount of 3.25% Senior Notes due 2022 at 99.027% of principal amount. The notes are being issued by the company’s operating partnership, Ventas Realty, Limited Partnership, and a wholly owned subsidiary, Ventas Capital Corporation.

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Latham & Watkins Advises Underwriters on IPO of Al Tayyar Travel Group

Latham & Watkins advised the underwriters, Samba Capital, Saudi Fransi Capital, AlJazira Capital and Saudi Hollandi Capital, in connection with the IPO of Al Tayyar Travel Group, a Saudi established travel services company. The transaction, which was five times oversubscribed, comprised an offer of 24,000,000,000 ordinary shares representing 30% of Al Tayyar Travel Group’s share capital to both institutional and retail investors in the Kingdom and is the largest IPO in Saudi Arabia so far this year.

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Drew & Napier Acted as Counsel to DMG & Partners Securities Pte Ltd in Connection with the S$110 Million Reverse Takeover of Ultro Technologies Limited

Drew & Napier acted for DMG & Partners Securities Pte Ltd (DMG), the financial adviser to Ultro Technologies Limited, in the acquisition (Acquisition) of the entire issued and paid-up share capital of Ley Choon Constructions and Engineering Pte Ltd for the consideration of S$110 million.

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Goltsblat BLP Completes a Consulting Project Involving Acquisition by an OMS Operating Division of Forum Facility Management

Goltsblat BLP, the Russian practice of Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), has successfully advised within the scope of a transaction for an Operating Division of OMS to acquire Forum Facility Management, commercial operator of the Moscow Aurora Business Park, with a total area of over 150,000Sq m.

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