International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP represented AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (AMC), a preeminent US movie exhibitor, in an agreement to be acquired by Dalian Wanda Group Co., Ltd. (Wanda), a leading Chinese private conglomerate and China’s largest investor in cultural and entertainment activities, in a transaction valued at approximately $2.6 billion.
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Jeffrey B. Coopersmith, a former federal prosecutor with extensive experience defending clients in white-collar criminal matters, has joined Davis Wright Tremaine LLP as a partner. He will practice out of the firm’s Seattle and San Francisco offices.
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is pleased to announce that Kelli L. Moll has joined the firm as a partner and will lead Akin Gump’s well-respected hedge fund practice in New York. Previously, she was a partner in the New York office of Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP.
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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC announced today the addition of shareholder Matthew Cohen to its Energy Section. Cohen was a partner in the corporate practice group of a prominent Texas-based law firm. In the past two years, Buchanan has added more than 20 attorneys to its roster of 80+ energy-focused professionals.
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Kirkland & Ellis International LLP represented Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Barclays Bank PLC as initial purchasers in the offering by Aguila 3 S.A., the parent company of Swissport International Ltd., of $130,000,000 of its 7? Senior Secured Notes due 2018. The transaction closed on May 15, 2012. The net proceeds will be used by Swissport to complete its acquisition of Flightcare, S.L. and Flightcare Belgium, N.V.
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Saul Ewing LLP is pleased to announce the addition of highly regarded attorney Maria Ellena Chavez-Ruark as a partner in the Firm’s Bankruptcy and Restructuring Practice.
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Shearman & Sterling represented HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Itau BBA USA Securities, Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as joint lead bookrunners, and Banco Espirito Santo de Investimento S.A. and Banco BTG Pactual S.A. – Cayman Branch, as co-managers, in connection with a 144A/Regulation S offering of $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.375% Senior Notes due 2019 by Banco do Nordeste do Brasil S.A.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New YorkShearman & Sterling represented an affiliate of Solow Realty & Development Company in connection with its $625 million refinance of a securities-backed debt tied to 9 West 57th Street, often touted as one of the most prestigious buildings in Manhattan.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New YorkShearman & Sterling represented Inmet Mining Corporation in connection with its offering of $1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 8.75% Senior Notes due 2020. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC acted as global coordinators and joint bookrunning managers.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New YorkShearman & Sterling advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc. as lead arranger and bookrunner in connection with a $500 million debtor-in-possession and exit financing for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishers Inc. (the “Company”) and certain of its affiliates. The financing is in conjunction with a pre-arranged bankruptcy filing of the Company and certain of its affiliates and consists of an asset-based revolving credit facility secured by a first lien on certain current assets and a term loan facility secured by a first lien on the other assets.
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