Hogan Lovells has recruited Helen Chapman as a partner in the Insurance & Reinsurance Group. She joined the firm on Monday 25 June.
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Cahill – Ally Financial Completes $1.5 Billion Notes Offering
Cahill represented the underwriters in the registered offering of $1,500,000,000 of Ally Financial senior notes, comprised of $1,000,000 4.625% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2015 and $500,000,000 5.5% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2017. The proceeds of the offering will be used for general corporate purposes.
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National law firm Ryan Law hired Mark W. Eidman for an Austin legal job, according to a press release.
Eidman joins the practice as a senior partner in the Austin office of the firm that specializes in corporate tax litigation. His experience includes hundreds of administrative appeals and court cases in more than 40 U.S. states and he now owns the biggest volume of pending tax cases in Texas, the press release states.
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Simpson Thacher Represents Underwriters in $1.5 Billion 30-Year Debt Offering by Target Corporation
The Firm represented the underwriters, led by Barclays, BofA Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Citigroup, in a public offering of $1,500,000,000 principal amount of 4.000% Notes due 2042 of Target Corporation.
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Jones Day Adds Two Partners to Growing Singapore Office
The global law firm Jones Day has announced that dispute resolution partner Mike Pollen and corporate partner Kevin Murphy have joined the Firm’s Singapore Office. Both partners provide additional depth to Jones Day’s regional capabilities.
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Winston & Strawn Adds Corporate, Intellectual Property and Employment Team Led by Brinton M. Scott to its Shanghai Office
Winston & Strawn LLP announced today that Brinton M. Scott has recently joined its Shanghai office as a partner and will focus on corporate, intellectual property, and employment law matters, including those involving mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and foreign direct investments. Scott was most recently a partner for Clyde & Co. He will be joined by two corporate associates, Jerry (Zhan) Liu and Sabrina Yang, also from Clyde.
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White & Case Strengthens Its Mining Capabilities with Hire of Partner and Global Head John Tivey from Freehills
Global law firm White & Case LLP is strengthening its global mining capabilities with the hire of John Tivey, who joins the Firm as a partner from Freehills in Melbourne, Australia, where he headed that firm’s mining practice.
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Shearman & Sterling Advises Lead Arrangers on an Aggregate $3.975 Billion Financing for Tyco and ADT
Shearman & Sterling represented Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith as bookrunners and lead arrangers of a $1 billion unsecured financing for Tyco International Finance S.A.; represented Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as bookrunners and lead arrangers of a $750 million unsecured financing for The ADT Corporation, a division of Tyco International; and represented Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith as bookrunners and lead arrangers of a $2.225 billion unsecured bridge facility for The ADT Corporation.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New YorkShearman & Sterling Advises B/E Aerospace on Acquisition of Interturbine Projekt Management GmbH
Shearman & Sterling is representing B/E Aerospace, Inc. (B/E Aerospace) and its wholly owned subsidiary, B/E Aerospace Systems Holding GmbH, in its acquisition of Interturbine Projekt Management GmbH (IPM) and its direct and indirect subsidiaries for approximately EUR 200 million in cash.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New YorkShearman & Sterling Advises Citi in Connection with $500 Million DIP and Exit Facilities that Enable Houghton Mifflin to Emerge from Chapter 11
Shearman & Sterling advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc. as lead arranger and bookrunner in connection with a $500 million debtor-in-possession and exit financing for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishers Inc. and certain of its affiliates (the “Company”). The financing, consisting of a secured term loan facility and an asset-based revolving credit facility, was in conjunction with a pre-arranged bankruptcy filing of the Company that resulted in confirmation of the Company’s plan of reorganization and emergence from chapter 11 in just over 30 days.
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