The Government of Sweden has completed the sale of 255 million shares in Nordea, raising SEK 19 billion. Revenues from the sale will be used to enhance the stability of the Swedish economy, by reducing the national debt.
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Cooley Advises Epocrates, Inc. on its Initial Public Offering
Cooley LLP announced that it represented Epocrates, Inc. (NASDAQ: EPOC), in connection with its initial public offering of common stock. Underwriters include J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Piper Jaffray & Co., serving as joint book-running managers, and William Blair & Company, L.L.C. and JMP Securities LLC, acting as co-managers.
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Shearman & Sterling Advises on Axel Springer’s Public Tender Offer for SeLoger.com
On January 18, 2011, Axel Springer and SeLoger.com announced that they reached an agreement on a friendly improved offer for the shares of SeLoger.com, a French market leader in online real-estate advertising, at a price of €38.05 per share.
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Wragge & Co Advises Graftongate Investments on a Major Industrial Pre-let to Amazon
Wragge & Co has advised property development and investment specialist Graftongate Investments on the pre-let of a 1.1 million sq ft industrial unit to Amazon – the biggest industrial pre-let development in the last year.
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Olswang Secures the Sale of Goviral to AOL Europe
Olswang announces that it has advised the selling shareholders on the sale of goviral to AOL Europe. Established in 2005, goviral is a video distribution network that delivers branded content over the internet for some of the world’s largest and most esteemed brands, media agencies creative agencies and content producers. The transaction was completed for $74.1 million in cash with an additional $22.6 million of consideration being paid over two years following completion.
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Paul Hastings Advises BofA Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan, and Credit Suisse on Valassis High-Yield Offering
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, a leading global law firm, announced that the firm has advised BofA Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan, and Credit Suisse as initial purchasers in connection with the offering of $260 million of senior notes by Valassis Communications, Inc.
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CMS Cameron McKenna LLP is pleased to have advised longstanding client Integrated Dental Holdings Limited (“IDH”) on its merger with with Associated Dental Practices (“ADP”) in a deal worth some £450 million. The Carlyle Group (“Carlyle”) will hold a majority stake in the newly combined entity and Palamon will share joint governance. The proposed merger of IDH and ADP is subject to the relevant regulatory approvals.
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Shearman & Sterling is advising H.C.B.C. Enterprises Limited in its tender offer for Enoteca Co., Ltd.
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Attorney Barry B. Sutton Joins Clark Hill PLC, Detroit
Clark Hill PLC is proud to announce that Barry B. Sutton has joined the firm’s Detroit office, practicing in the Litigation practice group. Sutton specializes in product liability, and serves as national trial counsel for numerous companies, in product liability and other disputes throughout the country. Sutton has been repeatedly successful in obtaining both appellate and trial judgments on behalf of those clients. As principle drafter of the successful appellate briefs in Gregory v. Cincinnati, Peck v. Bridgeport Machines and Hollister v. Dayton Hudson Corporation, Sutton has helped to define and structure Michigan’s law of product liability. Sutton’s involvement in the defense of hunting product manufacturers and large, automotive component part suppliers on a national basis has allowed him to help shape the trends in product liability throughout the United States. In this capacity, Sutton is one of the pioneers in defending component part suppliers in product liability suits.
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Simpson Thacher Represents Underwriters in Initial Public Offering by Demand Media
Simpson Thacher represented the underwriters, led by Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated in connection with the underwriting of the initial public offering of 10,235,000 shares of common stock of Demand Media, Inc., which includes the shares that were sold pursuant to the over-allotment option exercised by the underwriters, resulting in aggregate gross proceeds of $174 million. The Demand Media offering represents the largest initial public offering by an internet company since Google went public in 2004. Demand Media, Inc. is a leader in a new Internet-based model for the professional creation of high-quality, commercially viable content at scale. Demand Media’s shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “DMD.”
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