Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI) announced on April 30, 2012 the formal closing of the acquisition of a 70 per cent share in Polish Polbank EFG S.A. (Polbank) from EFG Eurobank Ergasias S.A. Dewey & LeBoeuf’s Warsaw and London teams advised RBI on this acquisition. Concurrently, Eurobank EFG and RBI transferred their respective 30% and 70% shareholdings in Polbank to Raiffeisen Bank Polska S.A. (RBPL), RBI’s existing universal bank in Poland. As a consequence of the transaction, RBPL will be owned in 87% by RBI and in 13% by EFG Eurobank.
Shearman & Sterling Bolsters Intellectual Property Transactions Capabilities with Addition of Hsu
Shearman & Sterling has expanded its intellectual property transactions capabilities with the arrival of IP lawyer Richard Hsu, who will join the firm as a partner in Palo Alto.
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Paul Hastings Advises the Underwriters in Haitong Securities’ US$1.68 Billion IPO
Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it advised Haitong International, J.P. Morgan, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, UBS, HSBC, Nomura, Standard Chartered, BOCOM International and other underwriters in Haitong Securities Co. Ltd.’s (“Haitong”) US$1.68 billion Hong Kong Initial Public Offering and listing of its H shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The transaction comprised a Hong Kong public offering and a Reg S/Rule 144A international offering. It also has a 15% over-allotment option which could increase the total deal size to as much as US$1.9 billion if exercised in full.
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Husch Blackwell Closes $330 Million Joint Financing Arrangement for Duke Energy
Husch Blackwell represented Duke Energy Renewables in closing a $330 million joint financing arrangement with Sumitomo Corporation of America for two wind farm projects: the 131-megawatt Cimarron II Project in Gray County, Kansas, and the 168-megawatt Ironwood Project in Ford County, Kansas. The deal closed on April 18.
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Maddocks Continues Growth with Recruitment of Two Top Tier Leading Litigators
Ashurst Adds Significant Depth to Its Tax Team with New Partner Appointment
Linklaters Advises Actavis Group on the Largest LBO Transaction of the Year
Linklaters has advised Actavis Group and a consortium of stakeholders, including Novator, DB, Landisbanki, Straumir, on the sale of privately owned Actavis to Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for approximately €4.25bn, a deal marking the largest leveraged buyout transaction of the year (according to Mergermarket).
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Linklaters today announces the election of Simon Pritchard, a leading competition lawyer, as a partner in London.
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McDermott Represents Actuant Corporation in $300 Million Private Placement Debt Offering
McDermott Will & Emery LLP represented Actuant Corporation (NYSE: ATU) in connection with its high yield debt offering of $300 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.625 percent Senior Notes due 2022.
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