Chadbourne & Parke represented a consortium including Macquarie Mexican Infrastructure Fund (“MMIF”) on the development and financing of a 396MW wind farm in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. This project is the largest single stage wind farm in Latin America.
Shearman & Sterling Advises Underwriters in Teck Resources Limited’s US$1 Billion Notes Offering
Shearman & Sterling represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as joint bookrunning managers, and CIBC World Markets Corp., Mizuho Securities USA Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., RBS Securities Inc. and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., as co-managers, in connection with Teck Resources Limited’s US$1 billion offering of US$500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.000% notes due 2019 and US$500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.200% notes due 2042. The notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Teck’s wholly owned subsidiary, Teck Metals Ltd.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New York K&L Gates Welcomes Dubai Corporate Partner
The Dubai office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Andrew Johnston as a partner in its corporate practice. He joins the firm from Clifford Chance LLP.
Tags: K&L Gates LLP | Dubai Private Equity, Finance Lawyer Melinda Rishkofski Joins Baker Botts L.L.P. as Partner in Moscow
Melinda Rishkofski, who has represented private equity fund managers, international financial institutions and portfolio companies in Russia, Eastern Europe, the UK and the US, has joined Baker Botts L.L.P. as a partner in the firm’s Moscow office.
Tags: Baker Botts L.L.P. | Moscow Davis Polk Advises Westar Energy, Inc. on $250 Million First-Mortgage Bond Offering
Davis Polk advised Westar Energy, Inc. in connection with an SEC-registered offering of $250 million aggregate principal amount of 4.125% first-mortgage bonds due 2042. The joint book-running managers were Barclays Capital Inc., Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Hunton & Williams LLP Continues West Coast Growth, Welcomes Tax Lawyer Ofer Lion to LA Office
Hunton & Williams LLP announces the continued expansion of its Los Angeles office with the addition of Ofer Lion as tax counsel. Lion, who represents nonprofits and tax-exempt organizations in tax, transactional, corporate, governance and fiduciary matters, joins the firm from Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp.
Tags: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP | Los Angeles Perkins Coie Grows Business Practice in Chicago
Perkins Coie announced today that Steve Ducommun joins the firm as Partner and Anne Pansard joins as Associate in the Business practice in the Chicago office. They join the firm from K&L Gates.
Tags: Perkins Coie LLP Mallesons Continues Wave of Hybrid Debt offer Deals
Mallesons has added another high profile hybrid debt offer deal to its strong record, acting on AGL’s $650 million high equity credit subordinated note issue.
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On February 15, Paul, Weiss client Electricité de France S.A. (EdF) entered into definition agreements with A2A S.p.A., Delmi S.p.A., Edison S.p.A. and Alpiq S.A. The agreements relate to EdF’s purchase, for approximately €704 million, from Delmi of a 50 percent stake in Transalpina di Energia S.r.l., a company which holds 61.3 percent of Edison’s voting shares, and the purchase by Delmi of a 70 percent stake in Edipower S.p.A. from Edison and Alpiq for a total purchase price of approximately €804 million.
Tags: Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Goodwin Procter Expands White Collar Crime Practice with Addition of William Harrington in New York
Goodwin Procter, a national Am Law 50 firm, today announced that William J. Harrington has joined the firm’s Litigation Department in its New York office as a member of Goodwin’s White Collar Crime & Government Investigations Practice. Harrington joins Goodwin from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York where he served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Office’s Criminal Division. His notable cases at the SDNY included the conviction of investment advisor Kenneth Starr and his lawyer; the bribery convictions of former New York State Senator Carl Kruger and others; and work in the ongoing prosecutions of retired Long Island Railroad workers in a widespread disability and health care fraud scheme.
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