Shearman & Sterling is advising long-time client Corning Incorporated in connection with its execution of a definitive agreement to acquire a majority of BD’s (Becton, Dickinson and Company) Discovery Labware unit for a purchase price of $730 million, payable in cash. The acquisition is expected to be completed later this year, subject to customary closing conditions, including receipt of regulatory approvals.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New York White & Case Advises Chinese Banks on US$1 Billion Financing for Reliance Communications Limited
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised a consortium of Chinese banks on syndicated secured financing of approximately US$1 billion to Reliance Communications Limited, India’s second largest telecoms operator by subscriber numbers. The funds will be used to refinance outstanding Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCBs) which the company issued in 2007.
Tags: White & Case LLP | Hong Kong Pamela M. MacDougal Joins Dykema in Grand Rapids
Dykema Gossett PLLC announced today the addition of Pamela M. MacDougal as an associate in the Firm’s Tax Practice Group. MacDougal began her career at LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP in New York City and subsequently joined the tax department at Winston & Strawn LLP in Chicago. Her practice has focused primarily on transactional tax work, providing the legal support and structuring work for mergers and acquisitions, complex securities offerings, tax-exempt bond issues, tax credit transactions, and tax-exempt organizations. MacDougal also has experience working with a private foundation and preservation trust, including the facilitation of cross-border donations. She has served as a volunteer tax attorney for Legal Aid.
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Garland Stephens Re-Joins Weil’s Patent Litigation Practice in Houston
International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced today that Garland T. Stephens has re-joined the Firm as partner in its Patent Litigation practice in Houston. Mr. Stephens is widely known for his top-notch trial work on patent and trade secret cases in the technology sector.
Tags: Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP | Houston Greenberg Traurig’s Growing Silicon Valley Office Adds Corporate Attorney Daniel M. Green as a Shareholder
Daniel M. Green has joined international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP in its Silicon Valley office as a shareholder in the Corporate & Securities Practice.
Tags: Greenberg Traurig, LLP | Silicon Valley Mayer Brown Adds Partner Thomas L. Eldert to Expand Projects Group in Washington, DC
Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced today that Thomas L. Eldert has joined the firm as a partner in the global Projects Group and the Banking & Finance practice in Washington, DC. Mr. Eldert comes from Morrison & Foerster, where he was a member of the Project Finance and Development Group.
Tags: Mayer Brown LLP Simpson Thacher Represents Zoomlion H.K. SPV Co., Limited and Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology Co., Ltd. in Offering of $400 Million Senior Notes
The Firm recently acted as both United States and Hong Kong counsel to Zoomlion H.K. SPV Co., Limited, a company incorporated in Hong Kong (the “Issuer”), and its parent, Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology Co., Ltd., a joint stock company incorporated in the People’s Republic of China which common shares are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (the “Parent”), in connection with the offering and sale of US$400 million aggregate principal amount of 6.875% Senior Notes due 2017 of the Issuer. The notes are unconditionally guaranteed by the Parent on a senior basis. The offering was conducted in reliance upon Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The notes were rated BB+ and BBB- by S&P and Fitch, respectively, and contained only investment-grade covenants. The Notes are listed and quoted on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | Hong Kong Simpson Thacher Represents BofA Merrill Lynch in $263 Million Secondary Offering of Common Stock by SBA Communications Corporation
The Firm represented BofA Merrill Lynch as the sole underwriter in a secondary offering of 5,250,000 shares of Class A common stock of SBA Communications Corporation (“SBA”). The shares sold in the offering comprised all of the shares issued by SBA to the selling shareholders in connection with SBA’s acquisition of certain assets of Mobilitie. The offering closed on April 9, 2012 and resulted in gross proceeds to the selling shareholders of approximately $263 million.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New York Robert Nichols Joins Covington as Co-Chair of Government Contracts Practice
Robert Nichols, a highly regarded government contracts lawyer, is joining Covington & Burling to co-chair and expand the firm’s government contracts practice group.
Tags: Covington & Burling LLP Former Federal Prosecutor Christina Egan Joins McGuireWoods in Chicago
McGuireWoods LLP announced today that Christina Egan, former deputy chief assistant United States attorney in Chicago, has joined the firm as a partner in its Government, Regulatory and Criminal Investigations Department (GRCI). Egan will focus her practice on representing companies and individuals in matters dealing with criminal and civil investigations, by the government as well as by federal and state regulators.
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