International legal practice Norton Rose Group has advised the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) on the update of its US$6.5 billion Sukuk programme. A team from Dubai and London advised on updating the Trust Certificate Issuance Programme and a first drawdown under the updated programme. This included an issuance of US$800 million 1.357 per cent Trust Certificates due in 2019.
Tags: Norton Rose Fulbright | DubaiWiggin and Dana LLP advised AboveNet, Inc. in connection with its $2.2 billion acquisition by Zayo Group, LLC. The transaction closed on July 2, 2012.
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Davis Polk is advising Valeo in connection with its negotiations with U-Shin Ltd. to sell its access mechanisms business.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLPDavis Polk is advising Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. in connection with its $500 million sale of its Puerto Rican operations to Oriental Financial Group Inc. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals and targeted to close before the end of 2012.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkDavis Polk advised underwriters represented by Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs International, J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. and TD Securities (USA) LLC in connection with the offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.45% bonds due 2022, issued by the Province of Ontario.
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The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Daniel Schmidt and Florence Moulin from the law firm DFi Avocats, and their associates Guillaume Cavalin and Caroline Steil, will join the Private Equity Practice in the Firm’s Paris Office on September 3, 2012.
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Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP is announcing the addition of Juan M. Alcalá as a partner in the Firm’s Austin office where he will head Gardere’s Latin America litigation and dispute resolution practice. Formerly of King & Spalding, Mr. Alcalá focuses on international arbitration and litigation.
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David Renton is joining us as partner in our international energy sector group and corporate practice group. He is the eighth new partner to our Asian offices so far this year and will be based in our Hong Kong office.
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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Burger King on its strategic cooperation with US-based private equity firm, Cartesian Capital, and the Kurdoglu family (Burger King’s current master franchisee in Turkey and the largest Burger King franchisee worldwide), to rapidly grow and expand the Burger King brand in China. The transaction was closed on 15 June.
Tags: Freshfields LLP | MoscowThe international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke announced today that project finance lawyers Paul J. Kaufman and Evelyn Lim will join the firm as partners on August 1 in the Los Angeles office, bolstering Chadbourne’s West Coast project finance capabilities.
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