O’Melveny & Myers LLP advised long-term client Coller Capital on its successful fund-raising for Coller VI. The fund raised US$5.5 billion, which makes it the second largest secondaries fundraising ever. This complex matter was handled by a global O’Melveny team of lawyers in London, the U.S. and Asia, and led by London partner John Daghlian and counsel Daniel Quinn.
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Crowe & Dunlevy recently announced Zach Allen has joined the firm as a director in the real estate practice group in the firm’s Oklahoma City office.
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On July 17, it was announced that Winnipeg, Canada-based Arctic Glacier Inc. received approval for its $435 million purchase by Miami, Florida-based private equity firm HIG Capital LLC. On February 21, Arctic Glacier had initiated proceedings under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) in the Court of Queen’s Bench, Manitoba, with U.S. affiliates of the packaged-ice producer filing for chapter 15 protection in Delaware bankruptcy court the following day. Willkie represents Alvarez & Marsal, the court-appointed Monitor in the Canadian CCAA proceedings and the foreign representative in the chapter 15 cases.
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A partner with expertise in professional negligence claims and commercial litigation has joined the Dublin office of international law firm DAC Beachcroft LLP to help further expand its reach into the Ireland and London insurance markets.
Tags: DAC Beachcroft LLPInternational law firm DAC Beachcroft LLP is pleased to announce the appointment of TMT and outsourcing specialist Reg Dhanjal as a Partner in its London Commercial team.
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Jackson Walker L.L.P. recently represented clients Acton Municipal Utility District and Johnson County Special Utility District in the acquisition of a Surface Water and Treatment System (SWATS) Plant from the Brazos River Authority.
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Howard Grossman joined Cozen O’Connor’s Business Law Department as a member in the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group. Grossman has more than 30 years in the real estate industry and will work out of Cozen O’Connor’s Philadelphia office.
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The Firm is representing Cogeco Cable Inc. in connection with its proposed acquisition of all of the stock of Atlantic Broadband for $1.36 billion through a combination of cash and debt. The transaction is expected to close before the end of the calendar year, subject to regulatory and other customary closing conditions.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLPThe Firm recently represented the initial purchasers in connection with the offering of US$3 billion of Senior Bonds in three tranches due 2015, 2017 and 2022 by Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, guaranteed by the bank’s New York branch. The Senior Bonds were offered and sold in reliance on the exemption from SEC registration provided in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act. Goldman Sachs & Co., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Barclays Bank PLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and SMBC Nikko Capital Markets Limited were the Joint Lead Managers for the offering.
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