International 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 Represents Clients in $24 Million Purchase of Water Treatment Plant
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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Cozen O’Connor Adds Howard Grossman to Real Estate Practice
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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Simpson Thacher Represents Cogeco Cable in Proposed $1.36 Billion Acquisition of Atlantic Broadband
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 LLPSimpson Thacher Represents the Initial Purchasers in US$3 Billion Senior Debt Offerings by Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
The 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.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | TokyoSimpson Thacher Represents the Underwriters in US$750 Million Senior Debt Offering by Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
The Firm recently represented the underwriters in connection with the public offering of US$750 million of 1.4% Notes due 2017 by Japan’s Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Barclays Capital Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC were the Joint Book-Running Managers for the offering.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | TokyoChadbourne Represents Lenders on the Grant of US$180 Credit Facility to Transelec
Chadbourne & Parke LLP represented Scotiabank & Trust (Cayman) Ltd., The Bank of Tokio-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., DNB Bank ASA, Agencia en Chile, and The Bank of Nova Scotia as lenders in connection with the grant of a US$180 million revolving credit facility to Transelec — a Chilean electricity transmission company.
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NY Partner Stephen Culhane Joins Kaye Scholer’s Corporate Dept
Stephen Culhane has joined Kaye Scholer’s Corporate Department as a Partner in its Fund Formation practice. He has almost 20 years experience advising sponsors of private equity, real estate, special situation and distressed investment funds, hedge funds and funds of funds with the structuring, formation and operation of such fund products. Over the course of his career, he has advised clients with respect to the formation of countless funds organized to invest in private equity, real estate and diverse trading strategies, including the largest private equity fund formed to date to invest in the People’s Republic of China. In addition to his fund formation experience, Culhane has extensive experience representing institutional investors in private funds as well as buyers and sellers of secondary interests in private equity portfolios.
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Clyde & Co Adds Second Partner to Middle East Employment & Incentives Practice
Clyde & Co is delighted to welcome Rebecca Ford as a partner in the firm’s employment and incentives group in the Middle East. Rebecca joins partner Sara Khoja to form the only two partner practice in the region.
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White & Case Advises State of Qatar on a US$4 Billion Sukuk Issuance
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised the State of Qatar (SoQ) on the US$4 billion two-part bond issuance by SoQ Sukuk A Q.S.C. The offering is the largest US dollar-denominated sukuk issuance to date and is comprised of a US$2 million tranche of trust certificates due 2018 and a further tranche of US$2 billion trust certificates due 2023. The sukuk issuance represents a record low profit rate of 2.1 percent for the 2018 certificates and 3.24 percent for the 2023 certificates
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