Land O’Lakes, Inc., has finalized its acquisition of Kozy Shack Enterprises, Inc., a market leader in the chilled dairy desserts category in North America. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Nixon Peabody LLP served as Kozy Shack’s legal counsel. The deal team was led by global business & transactions partner Jeff LaBarge.
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Herbert Smith has advised long-standing FTSE 100 client BSkyB (‘Sky’) on two recent transactions, the acquisition of Parthenon Media Group, a leading independent international distribution and multi-media rights management company and its proposed buyback of up to £500 million shares.
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Shearman & Sterling is representing Richard Schulze, founder and former Chairman of Best Buy Co., Inc., in his proposal to the Best Buy Board of Directors to acquire all of the outstanding shares of the company that he does not already own. Schulze is Best Buy’s largest shareholder, controlling 20.1% of Best Buy shares.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New YorkThe law firm of Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP is pleased to announce that David W. Bogan, a highly regarded lawyer with an impressive utility and energy-regulatory practice, has joined the firm as a partner in Hartford.
Davis Polk advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, BMO Capital Markets Corp. and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. as joint book-running managers on a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by The Pantry, Inc. of $250 million aggregate principal amount of its 8.375% senior notes due 2020.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkDavis Polk advised BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as joint book-running managers on a public offering by PPG Industries, Inc. of $400 million aggregate principal amount of 2.7% notes due 2022.
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Global law firm White & Case LLP represented The Talbots, Inc., a leading specialty retailer and direct marketer of women’s apparel, shoes and accessories, in its sale to an affiliate of Sycamore Partners, a private equity firm. The transaction was consummated today.
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Clayton Utz continues to demonstrate its credentials as one of Australia’s leading legal advisers on major health infrastructure developments, with its client Exemplar Health Consortium (Exemplar Health) announced as the successful bidder for the Sunshine Coast University Hospital (SCUH) PPP project in Queensland.
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The law firm of Miller Canfield announces that Yanping Wang has joined the firm as a principal and resident director of its Shanghai office, further expanding the firm’s international footprint. A native of China, Yanping Wang has been a Chinese lawyer and is licensed to practice in the U.S. She will join the firm’s Corporate Group and China Team, focusing on corporate transactions and assisting clients in doing business in and with China. She has extensive experience in corporate, customs protection, employment, foreign exchange, intellectual property, and real estate law.
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Securitization and structured finance attorney Keith Krasney has joined Locke Lord’s New York office as a Partner in the international Firm’s Corporate and Transactional Department and will chair the Firm’s Securitization and Structured Finance group. He has 25 years of experience in securitization and structured finance as well as mortgage finance, and he will boost the New York office’s client services in the Firm’s well respected national Corporate Practice.
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