To further meet the needs of current and future clients, Husch Blackwell has expanded its presence and capabilities in Nebraska with two new attorneys offering 30 years of combined experience. Today, the law firm added Gene Summerlin as a Partner and Andrew Weeks as an Associate, both working primarily out of the firm’s Lincoln office.
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King & Wood Mallesons’ Project Finance team has advised a group of nine banks from Australia, China and South Africa on the A$367.5m refinancing of the Millmerran Power Station in Queensland, which reached financial close on 15 June 2012.
Tags: King & Wood MallesonsKing & Wood Mallesons has advised Medibank Health Solutions on its transformational outsourcing agreement with the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to provide high quality health services to Defence personnel across Australia.
Tags: King & Wood MallesonsKing & Wood Mallesons has acted on Billabong International Limited’s (“Billabong”) accelerated non-renounceable entitlement offer, advising the underwriters, Goldman Sachs Australia Pty Limited and Deutsche Bank AG, Sydney Branch.
Tags: King & Wood MallesonsChadbourne & Parke LLP represented Southern Cross Latin America Private Equity Fund IV, L.P. (“Southern Cross”) in connection with their proposed investment in Estrella International Energy Services Ltd. (“Estrella”) (TSX‐V: EEN), a group of companies engaged in providing services to the petroleum, mining and geothermal industries in Latin America.
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Village Roadshow Entertainment Group (VREG) has announced it has obtained $275 million of new funding in a six-year mezzanine debt and equity arrangement provided by Trinity Opportunities Limited (Trinity). The facility was arranged by VREG in partnership with Hong Kong-based Shikumen Capital Management (HK) Limited (SCM).
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Covington & Burling is bolstering its government contracts practice by adding Susan Cassidy as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office.
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Professor Dr Georg Annuss, one of Germany’s leading employment lawyers, will shortly join Linklaters as a partner in its Munich office. He is expected to join Linklaters on 1 August 2012, from the German law firm Noerr.
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On June 27, client Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company Limited (MSI) acquired 26 percent of India-based Max New York Life Insurance Company Limited for Rs 27.3 billion (approximately U.S. $475 million). MSI acquired New York Life’s entire stake in the life insurer, which is majority-owned by Max India Limited, a company listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Tags: Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP | TokyoOn June 27, client Time Warner Cable Inc. closed a £650,000,000 (approximately U.S. $1 billion) registered offering of 5 1/4% notes due 2042. The notes were offered in the United Kingdom. The bookrunning managers for the transaction were Barclays Bank PLC, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc. In connection with the notes offering, the company entered into cross-currency swaps to effectively convert its £650 million aggregate principal amount of fixed-rate British pound sterling denominated debt to fixed-rate U.S. dollar denominated debt.
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