Bracewell & Giuliani LLP represented Sysco Corporation in its offering of $300 million in senior notes due 2015 and $450 million in senior notes due 2022. Sysco issued the notes under its shelf registration statement filed in February 2012.
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Sidley Austin successfully represented Petron Corporation, the Philippines’ largest oil refining and marketing company and a subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation, in connection with the financing of its US$577.3 million acquisition of ExxonMobil’s downstream oil business in Malaysia.
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Dinsmore is pleased to announce that Thomas White and Denise Pettijohn have joined the firm. The attorneys will be moving from The Law Offices of Thomas W. White, PLLC to Dinsmore’s Lewisburg office. Dinsmore opened its doors at 237 North Court Street last May under the leadership of Jason Long, who serves as the office managing partner.
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Harneys is pleased to announce that Joss Morris has joined the firm’s Cayman office as a partner.
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Mayer Brown represented Türkiye Vakıflar Bankası T.A.O. (VakifBank), a Turkish bank, on its inaugural US $500 million 5.75% five-year Eurobond offering. The VakifBank transaction marks several important milestones, including: the first-ever senior unsecured bond offering from a deposit-taking state bank from Turkey; the lowest coupon achieved by a Turkish bank in 2012 to-date; and the highest over-subscription rate of all Turkish bank transactions in the 5-year maturity.
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Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP is pleased to announce the addition of James “Jim” McNally as a partner in Schulte Roth & Zabel International LLP.
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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP announced today that the firm has added a national team of premier restructuring, insolvency and finance attorneys to its strong bench of practitioners serving financial institutions. The team consists of Craig Barbarosh, who will be based in Orange County and New York; Bill Freeman, Jan Cate and Brad Wolf, who will join the firm as partners in Los Angeles, opening an additional office in the downtown area; and Karen Dine, who will join as a partner practicing in Katten’s New York office. In addition, Mr. Barbarosh will join Katten’s leadership team and help expand the firm’s relationships with and breadth of professional services for financial institutions and related entities.
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WilmerHale is pleased to announce the arrival of Drew G.L. Chapman, who joins the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Securities Department and Investment Management Group and head of the Alternative Investment practice. Chapman expands the firm’s footprint with financial services clients through his in-depth experience in private fund formation and transactional work.
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A high-profile team of four Intellectual Property attorneys has joined the law firm of Troutman Sanders LLP, providing the latest boost to the firm’s IP practice and its New York presence.
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