Kirkland & Ellis Represents Arc Logistics Partners LP in Agreement to Acquire a Terminal in Joliet, Illinois

Friday, February 20, 2015

Kirkland & Ellis LLP is representing Arc Logistics Partners LP (NYSE: ARCX), an affiliate of Lightfoot Capital Partners, which today announced that, through a joint venture arrangement with GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), Arc has agreed to acquire all of the membership interests of Joliet Bulk, Barge & Rail LLC (JBBR) from CenterPoint Properties Trust for $216 million. JBBR’s principal assets consist of a crude oil unloading terminal and a four-mile crude oil pipeline, the Joliet Terminal, which are in the final stages of construction in Joliet, Illinois, and are expected to be complete in mid to late April 2015. More >>

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Dinsmore Lands Top Environmental Attorneys in Kentucky

Friday, February 20, 2015

In a move to significantly increase the firm’s environmental practice, Dinsmore & Shohl welcomes to the Lexington office five attorneys from Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP. Partners Carolyn M. Brown, Jack C. Bender, Jennifer J. Cave and R. Clay Larkin, along with Partner of Counsel Robin B. Thomerson made the move to Dinsmore. More >>

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Ball Corporation’s £4.3 billion Acquisition of Rexam

Friday, February 20, 2015

Davis Polk is advising Greenhill as lead financial adviser to Ball Corporation on its £4.3 billion takeover of Rexam plc, to be effected by means of a scheme of arrangement. Under the terms of the offer, which is subject to both an antitrust pre-condition and customary offer conditions, Rexam shareholders will receive a mixture of cash and new shares in Ball Corporation. Following completion of the transaction, Rexam shareholders are expected to hold approximately 19% of the combined group. More >>

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Chadbourne Represents Rockwell Automation in US$600 Million Registered Debt Offering

Friday, February 20, 2015

Chadbourne & Parke LLP represented Rockwell Automation, Inc. in a US$600 million registered public debt offering, comprised of US$300 million aggregate principal amount of 2.050% notes due 2020 and US$300 million aggregate principal amount of 2.875% notes due 2025. The issuance and sale of the notes closed on February 17, 2015. Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated acted as joint book-running managers for the offering. More >>

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Steptoe Further Expands Tax Practice with Private Client Team in New York

Friday, February 20, 2015

Steptoe & Johnson LLP is pleased to announce that trusts and estates lawyer Beth D. Tractenberg has joined the firm as a partner and Jasmine Campirides Hanif has joined as of counsel. Both will be based in the firm’s New York office. Their arrival continues the expansion of Steptoe’s Tax Group, which recently welcomed the return of co-chair Lisa Zarlenga from the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Tax Policy. More >>

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Prominent Chicago Trial Attorneys Join Wilson Elser

Thursday, February 19, 2015

National law firm Wilson Elser hired distinguished Chicago trial attorneys Partners Dom Savaiano and Paul Bozych along with their six-member team. Formerly of Clausen Miller, the team includes Partners Bradford Krause, Elizabeth Grover, Jack Murphy, Associate Erin Schreiber, and two support-staff professionals.

The acquisition of this team adds momentum to Wilson Elser’s growing Midwest presence. Recently, the firm added three Midwest offices in Milwaukee, the Detroit suburb of Novi and Edwardsville, Illinois. More >>

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Simpson Thacher Represents Lead Arrangers in Amendment and Restatement of Ralph Lauren Corporation’s $500 Million Revolving Credit Facility

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Simpson Thacher recently represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as lead arrangers and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, in connection with the amendment and restatement of Ralph Lauren Corporation’s existing $500 million revolving credit facility. More >>

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Perkins Coie Represents Zillow in Close of $2.5 Billion Acquisition of Trulia

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Perkins Coie attorneys represented Zillow, Inc., which operates the leading real estate and home-related information marketplaces on mobile and the Web, in the close of its previously announced acquisition of Trulia, Inc., a provider of mobile and web products for homebuyers, sellers and renters, for $2.5 billion in a stock-for-stock transaction. The new company, Zillow Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:Z), houses a portfolio of the largest and most vibrant U.S. real estate and home-related brands on mobile and the Web. More >>

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Milbank Represents Leading Chilean Retailer Cencosud in $1B Global Bond Offering

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy advised leading Chilean retailer Cencosud (NYSE:CNCO) in a two-tranche $1 billion global debt offering.

Proceeds from the Rule 144A and Regulation S offering include a $650 million 10-year bond and $350 million 30-year bond which will be used for general corporate purposes including financing short- and long-term debt. More >>

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Goodwin Procter Represents Underwriters in Box IPO

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Goodwin attorneys recently represented the underwriters in Box, Inc.’s initial public offering of 14.375 million shares of Class A common stock. The offering priced at $14 per share and raised $201.25 million. Shares began trading on the NYSE on January 23 under the ticker symbol “BOX.” The underwriting syndicate was led by Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and included Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC . More >>

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