The Firm represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as sole book-running manager and the other Initial Purchasers in connection with the issuance by Kaiser Aluminum Corporation of $225 million aggregate principal amount of 8.250% Senior Notes due 2020. Kaiser Aluminum intends to use the net proceeds from the notes offering for general corporate purposes, which may include, among other things, acquisitions.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New York
Douglas W. Greene has joined Lane Powell as a shareholder and co-chair of the Securities Litigation Practice Group, where he defends public companies and their directors and officers in securities class actions, litigation concerning mergers and acquisitions, shareholder derivative actions, and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigations and enforcement proceedings. He also advises companies during internal corporate investigations.
Tags: Lane Powell P.C.
Proskauer announced today the hiring in London of a team of restructuring and insolvency lawyers led by Partners Mark Fennessy and Hazel Miller, who join from Dewey & LeBoeuf, where Mr. Fennessy headed the European Restructuring Practice.
Tags: Proskauer Rose LLP
Clifford Chance’s London and Moscow offices recently advised Russian private bank NOMOS as the borrower in connection with an offering of U.S.$500 million of 10 per cent. loan participation notes due 2019 issued by its subsidiary Nomos Capital plc for the purpose of financing a U.S.$500 million subordinated loan. Proceeds from this transaction are expected to be included in the calculation of NOMOS Bank’s lower tier 2 capital, subject to the Central Bank of Russia’s final approval.
Tags: Clifford Chance LLP | Moscow
Pryor Cashman represented East West Bank, a full-service commercial bank serving consumers and businesses throughout the U.S. and in Greater China, in a secured financing of Ultimate Financial Solutions LLC. The transaction closed on May 24, 2012.
Tags: Pryor Cashman LLP | New York
Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it advised China Everbright International Limited (“China Everbright”), a company whose shares are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, on the disposal of its 80% interest in Greenway Venture Limited (“Greenway”) and its shareholder’s loan due from Greenway for approximately RMB384.8 million and HK$188.6 million respectively to TransGlobal (Asia) Holdings Limited.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | Hong KongPaul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment and dismissal in favor of its client, Invensys plc, a UK-based technology group, in a long-running case arising from the sale of a business.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP
Shearman & Sterling has announced that Nicolas Bombrun will be joining the firm shortly as a partner in the firm’s Paris office. The addition of Bombrun will further strengthen the firm’s mergers and acquisitions capabilities and its private equity practice.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP
Global legal practice Squire Sanders has significantly expanded its pensions practice across the UK with the hire of two new partners: Anthea Whitton, who will join the Leeds office from Pinsent Masons and Helen Miles, who will join the Birmingham office from DLA Piper.
Tags: Squire Patton Boggs
On July 1st, Patricia Santon will be the first woman elected to Baker Botts’ Dallas office Partner in Charge position.
Stanton is well known as a successful commercial real estate lawyer and already holds several positions at Baker Botts in Dallas. She has worked both in the U.S. and abroad on a variety of real estate projects, from first rate hotels to tenant lease negotiations.
Tags: Baker Botts L.L.P. | Dallas