International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised the underwriters on the US$902 million global offering of shares of Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal Co., Ltd and its listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
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Bracewell & Giuliani LLP is representing Noble Energy, Inc. in its announced sale of certain oil and natural gas properties in western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle to Unit Petroleum Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Unit Corporation, for $617 million. The properties include Noble Energy’s interest in about 900 producing wells on approximately 84,000 net acres.
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Global law firm White & Case LLP advised a group of lenders, including African Development Bank (AfDB), FMO, West African Development Bank, EBID (ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development), BMCE Bank of Foreign Trade, the Pan African Infrastructure Development Fund (PAIDF) and the African Finance Corporation (AFC), for the financing, design, construction and operation of a toll bridge in Abidjan, which is located in the Ivory Coast. The financing will result in a toll bridge that is a strategic asset, linking the boroughs of Riviera and Marcory over the Ebrié laguna. It will be the third bridge connecting the city of Abidjan.
Tags: White & Case LLPWong & Partners, the Malaysian member firm of Baker & McKenzie International advised Sime Darby Berhad (“Sime Darby”) on its joint-venture (“JV”) to acquire Battersea Power Station, the iconic 39-acre site situated on the south bank of the River Thames in London. The regeneration of this site is regarded as one of the city’s most important and high profile with the auction process to acquire the site being highly contested. Partner Brian Chia, assisted by associate Sue Wan Wong, led the team.
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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Gevo, Inc., a leading renewable chemicals and next-generation biofuels company, in two public offerings with gross proceeds of over $100 million.
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP obtained a favorable verdict in a defamation case in Virginia state court on behalf of Michael Hotung, the son of a wealthy Hong Kong businessman. The younger Mr. Hotung had sued his father Eric for making defamatory and insulting comments about him following a denial of paternity.
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National law firm Ballard Spahr has hired John J. Rice to serve the law firm’s San Diego office as of counsel, according to a press release.
Formerly a federal prosecutor, Rice is an experienced litigator regarding white collar and securities issues and his legal recruitment is bound to benefit the law firm His law practice is slated to center on the defense of white collar criminals and intricate securities issues.
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Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal Company, Limited, (Yitai Coal) on its issuance of 161,465,100 H shares at US$5.54 (HK$43.00) each raising approximately US$861.2 million (HK$6.679 billion). China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited, BOCI Asia Limited, ICBC International Capital Limited, Merrill Lynch International, Merrill Lynch Far East, Credit Suisse (Hong Kong) Limited, UBS AG, Hong Kong Branch, BNP Paribas Capital (Asia Pacific) Limited, China Merchants Securities (HK) Co., Limited and Macquarie Capital Securities Limited acted as underwriters.
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