Shearman & Sterling Advises 20/10 Perfect Vision on Potential Exit from Joint Venture with Bausch & Lomb

Shearman & Sterling has advised 20/10 Perfect Vision AG on the structuring of the exit from Technolas Perfect Vision GmbH. The global leader in eye-health, Bausch & Lomb has acquired an option from 20/10 Perfect Vision AG to purchase the shares in Technolas Perfect Vision GmbH for a total company value of up to € 450 million.

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Davis Polk – The Export-Import Bank of Korea $700 Million Notes Offering

Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Limited, Goldman Sachs International, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Woori Investment & Securities Co., Ltd. as underwriters in connection with an SEC-registered Schedule B debt offering by The Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) of US$1 billion aggregate principal amount of its 4.375% notes due 2021.

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Dewey & LeBoeuf Represents Grupo Lamosa in its $900 Million Refinancing of Acquisition Debt

Dewey & LeBoeuf represented Grupo Lamosa, S.A.B. de C.V., the largest tile manufacturer in Mexico, in connection with the refinancing of acquisition indebtedness incurred in 2007. Grupo Lamosa is a major supplier to the ceramic tile industries in Mexico and the U.S., as well as a manufacturer of ceramic fixtures and adhesives. While the decline in housing construction has affected Grupo Lamosa’s results, operational efficiencies and the new debt profile are expected to further improve the Company’s capital structure. The refinancing involved what was originally a $900 million senior and subordinated debt facility, including a syndicate of banks led by Scotia Bank and pension funds as subordinated debt holders.

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Simpson Thacher Represents Dollar General Corporation and its Controlling Shareholder Buck Holdings, L.P., an Affiliate of KKR, in Secondary Offering of Common Stock

The Firm recently represented Dollar General Corporation (“Dollar General”) and its controlling shareholder Buck Holdings, L.P., an affiliate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., L.P., in connection with a secondary offering of 28,750,000 shares (including the full exercise of the over-allotment option) of common stock at a public offering price of $34.75 per share, resulting in gross proceeds to the selling shareholders (including KKR, other investors and certain members of management) of approximately $969.1 million.

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Crowell & Moring Client DuPont Wins Trade Secret Case Against Kolon Industries

Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that longstanding client DuPont has won a $919.9 million trade secret theft case against Kolon Industries. Crowell & Moring LLP and McGuireWoods LLP served as co-counsel to DuPont on the case. The Crowell & Moring trial team was lead by Litigation Group partner Michael J. Songer and partners Kent A. Gardiner, Stephen M. Byers, and Terence P. Ross of the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.

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Foley Adds Prominent Energy and Infrastructure Attorney in Los Angeles

Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that Charles E. Schwenck has joined the firm as a partner in the Los Angeles office, working with the Energy Practice Group and Energy Industry Team, as well as the Transactional & Securities and Finance & Financial Institutions Practices. Previously, Schwenck was a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig, LLP where he served as co-chair of the Energy and Natural Resources Practice.

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