The Firm recently represented the initial purchasers, led by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC as global coordinators and joint book-running managers, in a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by Inmet Mining Corporation of $1.5 billion principal amount of 8.75% Notes due 2020. The offering closed on May 18, 2012.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkThe Firm represented the underwriters, led by BNP Paribas, Citigroup, HSBC and Société Générale, as joint book-running managers, in connection with an offering by Philip Morris International Inc. of €750 million of 2.125% Notes due 2019 and €600 million of 2.875% Notes due 2024. Banca IMI, ING and Santander acted as co-managers for the offering. The notes were sold in a public offering and will be listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New YorkTarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP is pleased to announce that Deborah J. Piazza has joined the firm as a Partner in the Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring Practice Group.
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Davis Polk advised Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, RBS Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint book-running managers in connection with an offering by Eastman Chemical Company of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of its 2.4% notes due 2017, $900 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.6% notes due 2022 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.8% notes due 2042.
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Phillips Nizer is pleased to announce the opening of a new law office in East Hampton, New York. Located at 34 Pantigo Road, the branch will be led by Senior Counsel, Andrew E. Goldstein, a member of the firm’s Corporate & Business Law Department and Securities & Private Placement Practice. This is the second office on Long Island for Phillips Nizer, with the first being in Garden City, for the 85-year old law firm. Founded in 1926, the firm also has an office in Hackensack, New Jersey and maintains its headquarters in Manhattan.
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Peter Poulos, an attorney with nearly 19 years of experience representing public companies, closely held entities and other clients in federal and state tax controversy matters, has joined Locke Lord’s Chicago office as a Partner in the Firm’s Tax Practice group. Poulos’ focus on federal, state and local tax controversy matters broadens Locke Lord’s strength and capabilities in its well-regarded Tax Practice.
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Business law firm Wick Phillips Gould & Martin added Katy Matthews as an associate for a Dallas legal job, according to a press release.
She joins the labor and employment practice witha specific focus on strategic client counseling and training with the objective of litigation prevention.
Tags: Wick Phillips | DallasMcKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (MLA) announced today that litigator William Long has joined the firm’s partnership and Joshua Curry and Tara Stuart have joined the firm as associates in MLA’s Intellectual Property & Technology practice.
Veteran real estate lawyer Kent F. Beattie has joined Baker & McKenzie as a partner in Toronto, adding 20 years of experience in high-value real property acquisitions and dispositions across Canada.
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Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan brought aboard Tai-Heng Cheng to fill a New York legal job, according to a press release.
Cheng joins the firm as a partner for the international arbitration practice, becoming the sixth specialist in international arbitration to accept a job with the firm during the past nine months.
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