Global Law Firm White & Case advises Saudi Aramco in relation to the extension of three cogeneration plants on a BOOT basis in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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John Kinton, Patent Litigator, Joins Jones Day in San Diego
The global law firm Jones Day is pleased to announce that John Kinton has joined the Firm as a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice, resident in the San Diego Office.
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Health Services Partner Jill Gordon Joins Nixon Peabody’s Los Angeles Office
International law firm Nixon Peabody LLP announces the arrival of Health Services partner Jill H. Gordon, who previously served as vice chair of Davis Wright Tremaine’s Health Law practice. Ms. Gordon’s health care practice complements Nixon Peabody’s existing Health Services practice and builds on its West Coast Life Sciences practice.
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Shearman & Sterling Advises on Refinancing Transactions for Arch Coal
Shearman & Sterling advised Bank of America, N.A. as term loan administrative agent and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, PNC Capital Markets LLC, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., RBS Securities Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp. and Union Bank of California, N.A. as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners in connection with a $1.4 billion senior secured term loan for Arch Coal, Inc. (the “Company”).
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New YorkShearman & Sterling Advises Lecta S.A. on Corporate Reorganization and €670 Million Refinancing
Shearman & Sterling advised Lecta S.A., a CVC portfolio company, on its reorganisation and its refinancing, comprising a high yield bond issuance of €390 million Floating Rate Senior Secured Notes due 2018 and €200 million 8⅞% Senior Secured Notes due 2019 and a new €80 million Revolving Credit Facility. As part of the refinancing, Lecta S.A. settled an exchange for its previously outstanding Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2014, of which €340,654,000 was tendered in exchange for new Floating Rate Senior Secured Notes due 2018. The transaction involved a significant corporate reorganization of the Lecta group to rationalize the group structure.
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Sutherland Expands Insurance Tax Practice with Addition of Two Partners
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP announced today the continued expansion of the firm’s insurance tax practice with the addition of Dennis L. Allen and M. Kristan Rizzolo as partners in Washington, D.C. Both were previously partners at Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP.
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DLA Piper Represents Appleton Papers in US$675 Million Business Combination with Hicks Acquisition Company II
DLA Piper today announced that it has represented Appleton Papers in a US$675 million business combination with Hicks Acquisition Company II. Appleton is a leading manufacturer of specialty high value-added coated paper products and a provider of proprietary encapsulation applications. Hicks Acquisition Company II is a special purpose acquisition company founded and headed by Thomas O. Hicks with US$149.3 million of cash in trust.
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Norton Rose Australia Advises Industrea Limited on Acquisition by GE
Norton Rose Australia has advised Industrea Limited (Industrea), an Australian mining services company, on a cash offer by US conglomerate, General Electric Company (GE) by way of scheme of arrangement.
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Premier Litigation / Corporate Law Firm Manion McDonough & Lucas Lawyers Join Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC announced that the lawyers, paralegal and administrative staff of Manion McDonough & Lucas, P.C. (“MM&L”) have joined Buchanan. The MM&L lawyers are Joseph F. McDonough, Kevin P. Lucas, James G. McLean, James R. Walker, Robert D. Finkel, Alexandra P. West and Erin Lucas Hamilton.
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Davis Polk – Devon Energy Corporation $2.5 Billion Notes Offering
Davis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as joint book-running managers on an SEC-registered offering by Devon Energy Corporation of $750 million principal amount of 1.875% senior notes due 2017, $1 billion principal amount of 3.25% senior notes due 2022 and $750 million principal amount of 4.75% senior notes due 2042.
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