Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP is pleased to announce that Timothy M. Gladden has joined the Firm’s New York office as a member of the Business Services Department.
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White & Case Represents Credit Suisse and Santander in US$1.75 Billion Eletrobras Bond Offering
Global law firm White & Case LLP represented Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Santander Investment Securities Inc., as initial purchasers and joint bookrunners, in connection with the offer and sale of US$1.75 billion 5.750% senior notes due 2021 by Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras SA – Eletrobras, the Brazilian government-controlled electricity generation, transmission and distribution holding company and the largest electricity generation and transmission company in Brazil. The notes were offered to qualified institutional buyers (as defined in Rule 144A under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended) in the United States and institutional and other investors outside Brazil and the United States in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act.
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Curtis Advises Kazakhstan in Acquisition of Stake in Karachaganak Oil Consortium
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP counseled the Republic of Kazakhstan in negotiations resulting in an agreement signed today in Astana.
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Davis Polk – IDEX Corporation $350 Million Notes Offering
Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint book-running managers and representatives of the several underwriters in connection with an SEC-registered offering by IDEX Corporation of $350 million principal amount of 4.200% senior notes due 2021.
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Herbert Smith Advises Barclays on Rosneft’s Jumbo Financing
Herbert Smith Moscow has advised Barclays Bank as agent and a syndicate of 12 other leading banks on a multi-currency facility to the Russian oil giant Rosneft.
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Willkie Advises on $3.6 Billion Sale of Advanced Wireless Spectrum to Verizon Wireless
On December 2, SpectrumCo, LLC, a joint venture between Willkie client Comcast Corporation, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks, announced it has entered into an agreement to sell its 122 Advanced Wireless Services spectrum licenses covering 259 million points-of-presence (POPs) to Verizon Wireless for $3.6 billion. Willkie is assisting Comcast in obtaining approval from the Federal Communications Commission for the transaction. Comcast owns 63.6% of SpectrumCo and will receive approximately $2.3 billion from the sale. Time Warner Cable owns 31.2% and will receive approximately $1.1 billion, and Bright House Networks owns 5.3% of the company and will receive approximately $189 million.
Tags: Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Gide Loyrette Nouel Furthers Its Role as Legal Counsel to Mining Group KGHM Polska Miedz S.A. by Advising on Its USD 3.5 Billion Investment in Canada, the United States, and Chile
Gide Loyrette Nouel Warsaw is advising KGHM Polska Miedź S.A., the world’s ninth-largest producer of copper and third-largest producer of silver, on its acquisition of 100% of the shares in the Canadian mining firm Quadra FNX Mining Ltd. which is listed on the Toronto stock exchange and owns mines in the USA (Arizona and Nevada), Canada (Ontario) and Chile (Sierra Gorda).
Tags: Gide Loyrette Nouel Gide Loyrette Nouel Furthers Its Role as Legal Counsel to Mining Group KGHM Polska Miedz S.A. by Advising on Its USD 3.5 Billion Investment in Canada, the United States, and Chile
Gide Loyrette Nouel Warsaw is advising KGHM Polska Miedź S.A., the world’s ninth-largest producer of copper and third-largest producer of silver, on its acquisition of 100% of the shares in the Canadian mining firm Quadra FNX Mining Ltd. which is listed on the Toronto stock exchange and owns mines in the USA (Arizona and Nevada), Canada (Ontario) and Chile (Sierra Gorda).
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Baker Hostetler Advises on Petroleum Transparency in Ghana
Baker Hostetler Business Associate Stephen T. Olson and Litigation Associate Carlos Ramos-Mrosovsky travelled to the West African country of Ghana earlier in October to advise on legal issues concerning the management of that country’s newfound oil wealth. Olson and Ramos-Mrosovsky travelled at the invitation of Oxfam America, a leading international development organization and client of Ramos-Mrosovsky’s.
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Cooley Opens China Office
Cooley LLP announced today that it has opened an office in Shanghai, China. The office extends the firm’s market leadership in advising innovative companies and investors in sectors spanning software, hardware and mobile technology, digital and social media, life sciences and clean energy into one of the world’s most dynamic and essential markets.
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