Minter Ellison is establishing its own fully integrated office in Perth and has amicably ended its association with the Perth firm that has operated under the “Minter Ellison” name in Western Australia.

Freehills has recruited three of the industry’s best as part of a strategic focus on Australia’s IT and communications sectors, adding two new partners and an executive counsel to entrench its leading practice in this sector.

The Firm recently represented a group of underwriters, led by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co., in the initial public offering of common stock of Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. (“Dunkin’ Brands”), a portfolio company of Bain Capital LLC, The Carlyle Group and Thomas H. Lee Partners. Dunkin’ Brands shares are now listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “DNKN”. A total of approximately $454.6 million in proceeds was raised in the offering. Dunkin’ Brands received approximately $395.3 million in gross proceeds from the offering and the remaining $59.3 million in gross proceeds were received by affiliates of Bain Capital LLC, The Carlyle Group, Thomas H. Lee Partners and certain other selling stockholders.

The largest food retail transaction in Serbian history successfully completed yesterday, with CMS in Brussels, London and Belgrade, successfully advising Delhaize Group in relation to the acquisition of Delta Maxi Group. Delta Maxi is the leading Serbian food retail company which operates more than 450 stores in five Southeastern European countries (Serbia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Albania).

Shearman & Sterling represented AES Gener S.A. (“AES Gener”) in connection with its tender and exchange offers and consent solicitation (the “Tender and Exchange Offer”) for any and all of its outstanding 7.50% Senior Notes due 2014 and a concurrent offering of 5.25% Senior Notes due 2021 offered under Rule 144A/Regulation S. In addition, AES Gener conducted a concurrent offer in the local Chilean market to purchase for cash its outstanding 8.00% Series Q Notes due 2019 (the “Chilean Tender Offer”). Cash proceeds from the 5.25% Senior Notes due 2021 offering were used to pay the cash purchase price, premium and other fees and expenses relating to the Tender and Exchange Offer and the Chilean Tender Offer. AES Gener is the second-largest electricity generation and supply company in Chile and is majority-owned by the AES Corporation.

Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised on three Korean capital market transactions in July.

Simpson Thacher represented HCA Inc. in its issuance of $5 billion of senior notes.  The high yield offering – the largest since the financial crisis, according to Standard & Poor’s Leveraged Commentary & Data  – was comprised of $3 billion of 6.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2020 and $2 billion of 7.50% Senior Notes due 2022.  HCA intends to use the net proceeds to redeem a portion of its outstanding secured notes.