Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised the International Finance Corporation (IFC) as Lead Transaction Advisor and the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) as Grantor on the US$1.2 billion financing of a landmark transport infrastructure deal—the first public-private partnership (PPP) for an airport in the GCC region.
Tags: White & Case LLPGlobal law firm White & Case LLP has advised Barclays Bank PLC and HSBC Bank plc as Joint Lead Managers, and JSC Kazkommerts Securities as Kazakhstan Manager, on the offering of US$800 million 6.950 percent notes due 2042 by Kazakhstan Temir Zholy B.V.
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Former US Department of Justice attorney Jonathan C. Poling has joined Baker & McKenzie’s Washington, DC office as a partner, bolstering the Firm’s well-regarded trade compliance practice with significant experience in handling complex and international export control matters and trade-related investigations and prosecutions.
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Shearman & Sterling represented Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as lead arrangers and bookrunners in connection with a $1 billion 364-day credit facility for Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
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Davis Polk advised NBCUniversal Media, LLC in connection with its acquisition of the 50% share of the MSNBC Digital Network joint venture that it did not previously own from Microsoft Corporation.
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Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, LLP represented Catalyst in the transaction. Catalyst and SXC are pharmacy benefits managers that contract with drug companies and pharmacies to dispense medicine and process claims. The combined company, which was rendered Catamaran Corp., is the forth largest pharmacy benefits management company in the United States with approximately $13 billion in annual revenue and 25 million covered members, responsible for more than 200 million prescriptions written each year.
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International legal practice Norton Rose Group, has advised PT Wampu Electric Power on the development and project financing of a 45MW hydroelectric power project scheduled for completion in 2015 in North Sumatra, Indonesia. PT Wampu Electric Power is owned by Korea Midland Power Co. Ltd., POSCO Engineering Co. Ltd. and Indonesia’s PT Mega Power Mandiri.
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Offit Kurman is pleased to announce the addition of Jason Berger as a Principal to its commercial litigation practice group in Philadelphia.
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The Firm represented underwriters, led by Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Morgan Stanley, in connection with a public offering of U.S.$1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 3.125% Senior Notes due 2022 and U.S.$750 million aggregate principal amount of 4.375% Senior Notes due 2042 by América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkThe Firm represented the initial purchasers in connection with a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of US$1.5 billion of 1.031% Senior Notes due 2015 and $1.5 billion of 1.625% Senior Notes due 2017 by Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited. Nomura Securities and JP Morgan Securities were the Joint Lead Managers for the offering.
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