Weil, Gotshal & Manges LP represented Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. in two major real estate transactions, both of which were announced last week.
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Paul Hastings Advises First Gen on Acquisition of Natural Gas Power Projects
Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that it represented First Gen Corporation (“First Gen”), the largest vertically integrated power producer in the Philippines, in its US$360 million acquisition of BG Group’s (“BG”) power assets in the Philippines. First Gen’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Blue Vulcan Holdings Corp., acquired the entire outstanding capital stock of Lisbon Star Management Limited, a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, through which BG owned 40% stakes in the 1 GW Santa Rita combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant, the 400 MW San Lorenzo combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant and the corporate vehicle for the development of the San Gabriel power project.
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | Hong KongPaul Hastings Represents DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH Leasing Transaction Restructure
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH which owns the majority of Germany’s air traffic control network, on the restructuring of a US cross-border leasing transaction set up in 2003 with a value over US$1 billion. The Federal Republic of Germany is the sole shareholder of DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH.
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Clifford Chance Advised Lead Manager on KfW Issue of Bonds with a Volume of 1 Billion Renminbi
Clifford Chance advised Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited who acted as lead manager in connection with the issue of bonds with a total volume of 1 billion Renminbi by KfW. The transaction is part of the KfW issue programme and is the first bond issued by KfW in the Chinese currency. The bond bears interest at a rate of 2% p.a. and its maturity is two years.
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Faegre Baker Daniels Adds Indianapolis Mayor’s Former Chief of Staff to Government Team
Chris W. Cotterill, former chief of staff and corporation counsel for the City of Indianapolis under Mayor Gregory A. Ballard, joined Faegre Baker Daniels LLP as a partner on the government team. Cotterill will practice from the firm’s downtown Indianapolis office.
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Prominent M&A Attorney David Gitlin Joins Greenberg Traurig in Philadelphia
Prominent cross-border M&A attorney David Gitlin has joined the international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP. Gitlin joins the Philadelphia office in the Corporate & Securities practice as a shareholder. He was previously a partner at Blank Rome, LLP, and the head of its Israel Practice.
Tags: Greenberg Traurig, LLPAlais L. M. Griffin Joins Greenberg Traurig’s Chicago Office
The International law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLPannounced today that Alais L. M. Griffin has joined its Chicago office as a Shareholder in theLitigation, Transportation and Governmental Affairs Practices.
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Davis Polk – Covidien plc $1.25 Billion Senior Notes Offering
Davis Polk advised BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. as joint book-running managers and representatives of the several underwriters in connection with an SEC-registered offering of $600 million aggregate principal amount of 1.35% senior notes due 2015 and $650 million aggregate principal amount of 3.2% senior notes due 2022, issued by Covidien International Finance S.A. and guaranteed by Covidien plc and Covidien Ltd.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkDavis Polk – PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund Initial Public Offering
Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, UBS Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as representatives of the several underwriters on the $1.015 billion SEC-registered initial public offering of 40,600,000 shares of common stock of PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund. The shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “PDI.”
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K&L Gates Welcomes Finance Partner in Frankfurt Office
The Frankfurt office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Julia Karen Müller as a partner in its finance practice. Müller joins the firm from White & Case LLP, where she played a key role in the building of the firm’s acquisition finance practice.
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