Attorneys from the law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP represented Golden, Colorado-based Meritage Midstream Services in the company’s recent sale of assets in the Eagle Ford shale area of south Texas.
Tags: FordHarrison LLP | Dallas 
WilmerHale – Kiva Systems Agrees to be Acquired by Amazon.com for $775 Million in Cash
On March 19, 2012, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced that it had reached an agreement to acquire Kiva Systems, Inc., a leading innovator of material handling technology.
Tags: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP 
Faegre Baker Daniels Welcomes Robert Anderson, Trygve Kjellsen and Charles Bybee as Partners
Faegre Baker Daniels, a leading international law firm with offices in Denver and Boulder, today announced that it has added Robert B. Anderson, Trygve E. Kjellsen and Charles Bybee as partners and James Crowe as an associate. All four attorneys are part of the firm’s Corporate practice and are located in Denver.
Tags: Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP 
King & Wood Mallesons Acts for Glencore on Billion Dollar Acquisition
King & Wood Mallesons has acted for long-time client Glencore International on its strategic acquisition of Canadian based grain handler Viterra for $C6.1 billion (approximately A$5.9 billion).
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Chadbourne & Parke LLP represented Transportadora de Gas Internacional S.A. E.S.P., Colombia’s largest natural gas transportation company, in a $750 million inaugural bond offering that closed on March 20, and a tender offer and consent solicitation with respect to TGI International’s 9.5% notes due 2017.
Bingham Expands Antitrust Group in Washington, London
Bingham McCutchen LLP has expanded its Antitrust and Trade Regulation Group in its Washington, D.C., and London offices with the addition of Edward ‘Ted’ Henneberry.
Goodwin Procter Expands Labor & Employment Practice with Addition of Kristen Garcia Dumont in Silicon Valley
Goodwin Procter, a national Am Law 50 firm, today announced that Kristen Garcia Dumont has joined the firm’s Litigation Department in its Silicon Valley and San Francisco offices as a member of Goodwin’s Labor & Employment and Technology Companies Practices. She will focus on defense work for technology companies related to a wide range of employment disputes, including employee mobility lawsuits, discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination and whistleblower complaints. Dumont joins Goodwin from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati’s San Francisco office where she was a partner.
Tags: Goodwin Procter LLP | Silicon Valley 
Mayer Brown JSM Advises Development Bank of Mongolia on US$580 Million Bonds Issuance
Mayer Brown JSM is pleased to announce that it has advised Development Bank of Mongolia LLC (“DBM”) and the Ministry of Finance of the Government of Mongolia on its recent issuance of US$580 million senior guaranteed bonds.
Tags: Mayer Brown LLP | Hong Kong 
Paul, Weiss – Barclays Capital and J.P. Morgan Complete $1.6 Billion Notes Offering
Paul, Weiss clients Barclays Capital and J.P. Morgan completed a more than $1.6 billion offering of senior secured term and variable funding notes backed by a “whole business” securitization of the assets of Domino’s Pizza on March 15. Paul, Weiss represented Barclays Capital as sole structuring advisor and joint bookrunning manager, and J.P. Morgan as joint bookrunning manager. The transaction refinanced the company’s 2007 securitization. The notes were secured by substantially all of the revenue-generating businesses of Domino’s, including company owned store licensing fees, franchising revenues and distribution revenues.
Tags: Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP | New York 
Simpson Thacher Represents Barclays in $880 Million Senior Secured Credit Facilities for iStar Financial, Inc.
The Firm recently represented Barclays Bank PLC as administrative agent in connection with $880 million of senior secured credit facilities for iStar Financial, Inc. (“iStar”). Barclays Capital and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated acted as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC acted as Joint Bookrunner. The credit facilities include a $410 million A-1 tranche maturing in four years and a $470 million A-2 tranche maturing in 5 years.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New York 