Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it represented the placement agents in Ayala Land, Inc.’s (“Ayala Land”) US$326 million top-up placement. Ayala Land is the real-estate unit under Philippine conglomerate Ayala Corporation and is one of the country’s leading property developers.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | Hong KongPaul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm acted as special communications counsel to Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) in connection with its role as sole lead arranger for the committed debt financing of, telecommunications corporation, Cogeco Cable Inc.’s agreement to acquire Atlantic Broadband, an independent cable system operator serving about 252,000 basic video customers providing Analog and Digital Video, as well as High Speed Internet (HSI) and telephony services.
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP served as legal counsel to Emerging Capital Partners (ECP), the first private equity group to raise more than $1.8 billion for investment in companies across the African continent, in its majority-stake investment in Java House Nairobi, Kenya’s leading café and casual dining restaurant operator. This transaction is the first private equity transaction in the restaurant sector in East Africa. ECP’s capital will be used to expand Java House Nairobi’s operations and the number of locations around Kenya and the broader East African region.
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Kirkland & Ellis represents ABRY Partners and its portfolio company Atlantic Broadband Group, LLC in the $1.36 billion sale of Atlantic to Cogeco Cable Inc., a Canadian company traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
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David L. Cook has joined the law firm of LeClairRyan as a shareholder on the Business Litigation and Environmental Practice Area Teams. He will be resident in the national law firm’s Rochester office.
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Shearman & Sterling represented Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Barclays Bank Plc, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners in connection with a $14.5 billion aggregate financing, including a $5 billion five-year revolving credit facility for Abbot Laboratories, a $2 billion five-year revolving credit facility for Abbott Laboratories and AbbVie Inc. and a $7.5 billion 364-day bridge guaranteed financing for AbbVie Inc. These financing transactions will be used, in part, in connection with transactions related to the spin-off of the research-based pharmaceuticals business of Abbott Laboratories.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New YorkShearman & Sterling represented Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as joint bookrunners in connection with Banco Davivienda S.A.’s offering of US$500 million Subordinated Notes due 2022. Banco Davivienda S.A. is one of the largest financial institutions in Colombia and is a leading, integrated full service bank with the strongest consumer banking franchise in Colombia. This was Banco Davivienda’s first international offering.
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The national law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that Robert E. Wagner has joined the firm’s Insurance Services Practice. He will practice in Hinshaw’s Springfield, Illinois office. Mr. Wagner was previously general counsel of the Illinois Department of Insurance from 2003 – 2012 and served as Acting Director of the agency from late-2011 to early-2012. Since 1989, he had served as general counsel for the Illinois Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan.
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Pearson plc, the world’s leading learning company, today announced the acquisition of Author Solutions, Inc. (ASI), a premier provider of self-publishing services.
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