Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation (NACF) in its successful debt liability management exercise including solicitation of consents from the holders of its outstanding US$400,000,000 5.55% notes due 2012, US$180,000,000 8.50% notes due 2014, US$500,000,000 5.00% notes due 2014, US$500,000,000 4.25% notes due 2016, US$500,000,000 3.50% notes due 2017, HKD230,000,000 4.80% notes due 2012, HKD250,000,000 4.56% notes due 2013, SGD50,000,000 1.10% notes due 2012, SGD38,000,000 zero coupon notes due 2012, SGD40,000,000 1.27% notes due 2013 and JPY10,000,000,000 3.16% notes due 2 May 2018.
Tags: Clifford Chance LLP | Hong Kong McDermott Adds To Growing Employee Benefits Team
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP today named Ruth Wimer, Esq., CPA, a partner in the Firm’s Employee Benefits, Compensation, Labor & Employment Practice Group, based in the Washington, D.C. office. The addition of Ms. Wimer, who has deep and broad experience in the compensation and benefits area, will increase McDermott’s capabilities in this growing client service area.
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Davis Polk Advises H. J. Heinz Company on Its $600 Million Notes Offering
Davis Polk advised H. J. Heinz Company as issuer of a registered offering of $300 million aggregate principal amount of 1.5% notes due 2017 and $300 million aggregate principal amount of 2.85% notes due 2022. The notes were underwritten by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and UBS Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named in the underwriting agreement dated February 28, 2012.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New York Davis Polk – Waste Connections, Inc. Follow-On Equity Offering
Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as the sole underwriter in connection with an SEC-registered follow-on offering of 12,000,000 shares of common stock of Waste Connections, Inc. for approximately $370 million. The common stock is listed on the NYSE under the symbol “WCN.”
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International law firm Simmons & Simmons has continued the expansion of its China practice with the appointment of Yongmei Evers Cai as a Financial Markets partner in the Beijing office.
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Ashurst is pleased to announce the appointment of Patrick Phua as a partner in its China practice. Patrick, an experienced finance lawyer specialising in derivatives and structured products, joins Ashurst from the Beijing office of Mallesons Stephen Jaques, where he was head of the derivatives, structured finance and banking practice in China.
Tags: Ashurst | Beijing Gordon & Rees Announces Opening of Washington, D.C. Office
Gordon & Rees LLP is further expanding its national footprint with the addition of an office in Washington, D.C. and the hiring of Edmund Cooke, Jr., O’Kelly McWilliams III, and Jennifer Persico. The opening was announced by Dion Cominos, firmwide managing partner.
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Recently, Carol Zhu and Steve Zhao joined Zhong Lun Law Firm’s Shanghai Office as Partners.
Tags: Freshfields LLP | Shanghai Joel R. Nied Joins LeClairRyan
Joel R. Nied has joined the law firm of LeClairRyan as a partner on the firm’s Venture Capital and Corporate Services Practice Area Teams. He will be resident in the firm’s Norfolk and Alexandria, Va. offices.
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