Dechert Advises Delightful Hill on Chinese Acquisition in Russian Coal Sector

Friday, May 13, 2011
Lawyers from international law firm Dechert LLP’s Moscow office advised Delightful Hill, part of China’s Winsway Group Holdings Ltd, on its entry into an agreement for the US$90 million acquisition of a 60% stake in Divalane Holdings Ltd, a Cyprus holding company that owns Russian coal company LLC Arkticheskie Razrabotki with operations in the Apsat deposit in Chita Oblast, Eastern Siberia. The Apsat deposit has coal resources estimated at over 2.2 billion tons. The deal, which is subject to approval by Russian antimonopoly authorities, would represent one of the first major Chinese acquisitions in the Russian coal sector.

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Shearman & Sterling Advises on Sensata Technologies $1.2 Billion Financing

Friday, May 13, 2011
Shearman & Sterling advised Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and Barclays Capital, as joint arrangers, and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Barclays Capital, Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, BMO Capital Markets and RBC Capital Markets, as joint bookrunners, in connection with a $1.2 billion senior secured term loan facility and a $250 million senior secured revolving credit facility for Sensata Technologies Holding N.V.

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Simpson Thacher Represents Underwriters in Initial Public Offering of American Depositary Shares of NetQin Mobile Inc.

Friday, May 13, 2011
The Hong Kong and Beijing offices of the Firm represented the underwriters, led by Piper Jaffray & Co. in the US$89.1 million initial public offering and listing on the New York Stock Exchange of 7,750,000 American Depositary Shares of NetQin Mobile Inc. The ADSs of NetQin Mobile Inc. are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “NQ”. The offering raised US$89.1 million (before exercise of the green shoe option).

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Proventus Establishes Proventus Capital Partners II, A Vehicle for Investments in Corporate Loans and Bonds

Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Proventus has established Proventus Capital Partners II – a co-investment vehicle focusing on corporate loans and corporate bonds. In addition to providing new financing directly to corporate borrowers, Proventus Capital Partners II may invest in the secondary market for loans and bonds. The ambition is to contribute with financing to Nordic companies in need of capital for growth, acquisitions, restructuring or refinancing.

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Dechert Advises Universal Business Payment Solutions Acquisition Corporation in $72 Million IPO

Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Dechert LLP announced today that it has advised Universal Business Payment Solutions Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ: UBPSU) in its $72 million initial public offering. The IPO was for an aggregate of 12,000,000 units at an offering price of $6.00 per unit. Each unit consists of one share of the Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), and one warrant to purchase one share of Common Stock.

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Dewey & LeBoeuf Represents HNA Group in its Investment in NH Hoteles

Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Dewey & LeBoeuf advised HNA Group Co., Ltd (HNA) in its investment in the Spanish hotel chain NH Hoteles, S.A., a Madrid Stock Exchange listed company. The investment will see HNA take a 20% stake in NH Hoteles for approximately €431 million and become NH’s second largest shareholder. As part of the investment, the two companies also expect to form a hotel management joint venture and pursue other business opportunities.

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Davis Polk Advises PepsiCo, Inc. on Its $1.75 Billion Notes Offering

Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Davis Polk advised PepsiCo, Inc. on its registered offering of $750 million aggregate principal amount of floating-rate notes due 2013 and $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.5% senior notes due 2016. Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and RBS Securities Inc. acted as joint book-running managers for the offering.

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Davis Polk – Novellus Systems, Inc. Senior Convertible Notes Offering

Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Davis Polk advised Novellus Systems, Inc. on its Rule 144A offering of $700 million aggregate principal amount of 2.625% senior convertible notes due 2041 (including the initial purchasers’ full over-allotment exercise of $100 million aggregate principal amount of notes). J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated acted as joint book-running managers and initial purchasers for the offering.

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