Shearman & Sterling Advises on Registered Shelf Takedown of Senior Notes by AmeriGas in Connection with its Acquisition of Heritage Propane

Shearman & Sterling represented AmeriGas Finance Corp. and AmeriGas Finance LLC, as co-issuers (the Issuers), and AmeriGas Partners, L.P., as guarantor (AmeriGas), in connection with a registered shelf takedown of $550,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.75% Senior Notes due 2020 and $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.00% Senior Notes due 2022.

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Mintz Levin Further Expands West Coast Presence with Addition Of Three Members

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. has announced a significant expansion of the firm’s San Diego office with the addition of Raj Tanden, Howard N. Wisnia, and James P. Conley. Mr. Tanden is joining the firm’s Corporate and Securities and Tax Sections as a Member. Mr. Wisnia and Mr. Conley will be joining as Members in the firm’s Intellectual Property Section, focusing on IP litigation.

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Jerold N. Siegan has Joined Pedersen & Houpt as a Partner in the Corporate and Business Counseling Practice Group

Jerry has practiced law for more than 30 years and focuses his practice in the securities and corporate law areas. Jerry serves as outside general counsel to publicly-held and privately-held businesses and represents clients in a wide range of general corporate matters as well as with respect to SEC filings and FINRA applications, filings and compliance matters with federal and state securities agencies.

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Shearman & Sterling Advises on UniCredit €7.5 Billion Rights Issue

Shearman & Sterling is advising a consortium of 27 banks led by BofA Merrill Lynch, Mediobanca and UniCredit Corporate & Investment Banking as Joint Global Coordinators in connection with the €7.5 billion rights offering of UniCredit. The transaction is the largest rights offering ever in the financial sector in Italy and the second largest Italian rights offering in the last ten years. With this transaction, the Italian offices of Shearman & Sterling have advised on three of the largest rights offerings ever completed in Italy.

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Davis Polk – The Export-Import Bank of Korea $2.25 Billion Notes Offerings

Davis Polk advised BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, Daewoo Securities Co., Ltd. and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Ltd. as underwriters in connection with concurrent SEC-registered Schedule B debt offerings by KEXIM of $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of its 4% notes due 2017 and $1 billion aggregate principal amount of its 5% notes due 2022.

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Davis Polk – AmeriGas Partners $1.55 Billion High-Yield Senior Notes Offering

Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint book-running managers and representatives of the underwriters on an SEC-registered offering by co-issuers AmeriGas Finance LLC and AmeriGas Finance Corp. of $550 million aggregate principal amount of 6.75% senior notes due 2020 and $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 7% senior notes due 2022. The notes were fully and unconditionally guaranteed by AmeriGas Partners, L.P. (AmeriGas). The proceeds of the offering will be used to finance AmeriGas’ acquisition of the retail propane business of Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.

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