Looper Reed & McGraw welcomes Chris Shea (Houston – Healthcare Law), Rand Lionberger (Houston – Oil & Gas Law), Rachel Crockett (Dallas – Employment Law), Jennifer Gurevitz (Dallas – Tax Law).
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Simpson Thacher Represents Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC and EFIH Finance Inc. in $800 Million Senior Secured Second Lien Notes Offering
Simpson Thacher recently represented Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC (“EFIH”) and EFIH Finance Inc., direct, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Energy Future Holdings Corp. (“EFH Corp.”), formerly known as TXU Corp., in their issuance and sale of $800,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 11.750% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2022. The issuers intend to dividend a portion of the net proceeds from the offering to EFH Corp., and EFH Corp. intends to use the funds it receives from EFIH to repay a portion of certain inter-company demand notes. The issuers intend to use the remaining net proceeds for general corporate purposes.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | New York Simpson Thacher Represents Underwriters in Offering of US$300 Million Principal Amount of Zero Coupon Convertible Bonds by Pegatron Corporation
The Hong Kong office of the Firm represented the underwriters, led by Citibank Global Markets Limited and DBS Bank Limited, in the offering of US$300 million principal amount of Zero Coupon Convertible Bonds (the “Bonds”) by Pegatron Corporation (“Pegatron”).
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Davis Polk Advises Limited Brands on Its $1 Billion Notes Offering
Davis Polk advised Limited Brands, Inc. in connection with its SEC-registered offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.625% senior notes due 2022. The notes are guaranteed by certain subsidiaries of Limited Brands, Inc. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. were the joint book-running managers.
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Shearman & Sterling Advises on PetroBakken’s $900 Million Notes Offering
Shearman & Sterling represented Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse as joint global coordinators and lead bookrunning managers and representatives of the several initial purchasers in connection with the offering by PetroBakken Energy Ltd. (PetroBakken) of $900 million aggregate principal amount of 8.625% notes due 2020.
Tags: Shearman & Sterling LLP | New York Shearman & Sterling Advises Crédit Agricole CIB and Natixis on Refinancing Labeyrie Fine Foods’ Indebtedness
Shearman & Sterling advised Crédit Agricole CIB and Natixis—coordinators of a bank pool including BNP Paribas, Société Générale CIB, CM-CIC, HSBC France and HSBC plc—on the creation of a €285 million senior credit facility for the refinancing of Labeyrie group’s current indebtedness, which coincided with the restructuring of the group’s capital ownership.
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White & Case Advises Yapı Kredi on Successful US$500 million Bond Offering
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Turkish bank Yapı Kredi on its successful bond issuance of US$ 500 million fixed rate notes due 8 February 2017. The transaction was jointly led by J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd., Standard Chartered Bank and UniCredit Bank AG.
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Melody He-Chen Joins Morrison & Foerster’s Hong Kong Corporate Group
Morrison & Foerster is pleased to announce that Melody He-Chen, a leading corporate lawyer with broad experience in capital markets, securities regulation and corporate finance, has joined the firm’s Hong Kong office as a partner in the Corporate Group. Ms. He-Chen has an extensive background representing investment banks and Chinese, American, and international companies from a wide variety of industries in an array of transactional capacities, including public offerings, private placements, debt offerings, private equity, mergers & acquisitions, cross-border joint ventures and financings. She also advises on corporate governance and compliance matters. Her addition, coupled with the recent promotion of Gregory Wang to partner in Hong Kong, adds depth to the firm’s robust capital markets expertise.
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Prominent International Corporate Finance Attorney Andrei Yakovlev Joins Winston & Strawn’s Corporate Practice in Moscow and London
Winston & Strawn LLP announced today that its Moscow and London offices have been significantly strengthened with the addition of internationally prominent corporate finance attorney Andrei Yakovlev. The firm’s newest partner will share his time between the two cities. Qualified to practice in the United States, as well as in Russia and the United Kingdom, Yakovlev’s practice will focus on international debt and equity capital markets, M&A and sovereign finance matters, with a particular emphasis on the emerging markets of Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa. He joins the firm from Norton Rose LLP.
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Hunton & Williams LLP Welcomes John O’Connor to Corporate Practice
Hunton & Williams LLP announces John T. O’Connor has joined the firm’s corporate practice as a partner in its New York office. John began his career at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, where he was a partner in the corporate group for 13 years. While at Milbank, John focused on mergers & acquisitions, private equity and securities matters. He has extensive industry experience in the energy and banking and financial services sectors.
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