International law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has advised Long Haul Holdings Limited and PT Bakrie & Brothers Tbk (Bakrie Group) on the US$1bn sale of part of the Bakrie Group interest in London-listed Bumi plc to Borneo Lumbung Energy and Metal (Borneo), another Indonesian company.

Simpson Thacher recently represented the initial purchasers, led by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclay’s Capital Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. in connection with a Rule 144A/Regulation S private offering of $593 million aggregate principal amount of 7.625% Senior Secured First Lien Notes due 2020 and $325 million aggregate principal amount of 9.000% Senior Secured Notes due 2020 by Realogy Corporation (“Realogy”). The Senior Secured First Lien Notes are secured on a pari passu basis with Realogy’s first lien borrowings under its credit facility and the Senior Secured Notes are secured on a first and a half lien basis pari passu with Realogy’s existing senior secured notes due 2019. The Notes are guaranteed on a senior secured basis by Domus Intermediate Holdings Corp., Realogy’s parent, and each domestic subsidiary of Realogy that is a guarantor under its senior secured credit facility and certain of its outstanding debt securities. The Notes are also guaranteed by Domus Holdings Corp., Realogy’s indirect parent, on an unsecured senior subordinated basis. Realogy used the proceeds from the offering to prepay certain of its term loan borrowings and repay certain of its outstanding revolver borrowings both under its senior secured credit facility.

International law firm Eversheds has appointed Trowers & Hamlins partner and energy and infrastructure specialist, Tim Armsby as a partner across its Middle East offices.

Squire Sanders is expanding its West Coast and national public finance practices with the addition of Robyn L. Helmlinger as a partner in Northern California, resident in its San Francisco office.  Ms. Helmlinger is a health care and school finance lawyer with extensive bond, disclosure and underwriter counsel experience.  Her work involves many of the largest, most active and prominent West Coast health care systems, most of the national, and several regional, investment banking firms, and several notable public education clients.  She joins Squire Sanders from Sidley Austin LLP.

Morgan Lewis today announced that Michael M. Philipp—who has practiced in the derivatives field for 20 years—has joined the firm as a partner in its Financial Services, Investment Management and Securities Industry practice, resident in Chicago.

Miller & Chevalier Chartered today announced that James I. Warren and Alexander Zakupowsky, Jr. have joined the Tax Department as Members. They come to the firm from Winston & Strawn, where they were partners in that firm’s Tax and Energy and Utilities practices. Warren is nationally recognized for his experience in the areas of federal taxation of utilities and tax accounting, and Zakupowsky has a national reputation in the areas of tax accounting, transfer pricing and the taxation of utilities.