White Collar specialist Samuel Williamson is joining the firm as a partner based in Shanghai, a new office for the firm. Before joining Quinn Emanuel, Williamson was head of Kirkland & Ellis’ Asia-based Government Enforcement and Investigations Practice. He will have a similar role at Quinn Emanuel as managing partner of the firm’s new Shanghai office, which will open once regulatory approvals are obtained. More >>
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Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced today the arrival of partner Gabriel Monzon-Cortarelli to the firm’s Corporate department in New York. Monzon-Cortarelli joins Seyfarth from Greenberg Traurig LLP where he was a shareholder in the Corporate & Securities practice and headed the firm’s Italian Desk.
Monzon-Cortarelli’s practice is focused on corporate, corporate finance and commercial transactions involving public and privately held US, European and Latin America companies. Specifically, he handles complex cross-border mergers, joint ventures and strategic alliances involving US, European and Latin America businesses. In addition, he advises on international capital market offerings for European and Latin American issuers and underwriters. More >>
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Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, continues to attract top talent with the addition of Shareholders Patricia Krewson and Ryan Morley. Krewson and Morley, formerly with Jackson Lewis, will join the firm’s growing Cleveland office. The duo follows lateral shareholder groups that joined the firm earlier this year in Atlanta and Portland, Maine.
“Trish and Ryan offer a powerful combination of cross-industry knowledge and litigation and arbitration experience. We are fortunate to have them as part of the Littler team in Cleveland,” said Bradley Sherman, Cleveland’s office managing shareholder. “Their deep connections to the local business community and stellar reputations in the industry will certainly enhance our presence in Cleveland and beyond.” More >>
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International law firm Clifford Chance has advised a consortium of 60 lenders in relation to Glencore’s USD15.25 bn revolving credit facilities, with HSBC acting as sole coordinators.
The deal involved the refinancing of Glencore’s existing revolving credit facilities signed in June 2014, comprising of a new USD8,450,000,000 revolving credit facilities agreement and an amendment to an existing facility, expanding it to USD6,800,000,000. The new facilities will be used for general corporate purposes. More >>
Tags: Clifford Chance LLP | London | New York | Paris | PerthDavis Polk advised the several underwriters in connection with an SEC-registered offering by Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. of $224.5 million aggregate principal amount of its 2.25% convertible senior notes due 2022, which included $24.5 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes issued pursuant to the partial exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option. In addition, Davis Polk advised the counterparties to convertible note hedge and warrant transactions entered into by Atlas Air in connection with the offering. More >>
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Deacons recently advised JAC Capital, a subsidiary of JIC Capital – a Chinese state-owned investment company, on a US $1.8 billion acquisition of NXP Semiconductors’ power amplifier business. To date, the transaction is one of the largest outbound technology deals of 2015.
NXP Semiconductors’ business is primarily focused on supplying the mobile communications base station market, but has potential future growth applications in the areas of industrial lighting, next generation cooking and automotive electronic ignition systems. More >>
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Reid E. Dammann has joined Gordon & Rees as a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles and San Diego offices. He is a member of the firm’s Intellectual Property, Commercial Litigation, International, and Privacy & Data Security practice groups. Mr. Dammann joins the firm from the Los Angeles office of Musick Peeler. More >>
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Hunton & Williams LLP advised Barclays Capital Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as joint-booking running managers on an SEC registered offering by Xcel Energy Inc. (“Xcel”) of $250 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2017 and $250 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2025. More >>
Tags: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP | New YorkPaul, Weiss represented The Wendy’s Company in connection with its $2.275 billion whole business securitization of its franchise system. Wendy’s Funding, LLC issued securitization notes, rated BBB by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, which, among other things, enabled the company to refinance its existing debt and return cash to shareholders. Guggenheim Securities acted as representative of the several initial purchasers of the notes. Notable legal issues of interest included structuring around covenants associated with existing debentures that were left outstanding, the contribution to the securitization entities of all domestic and international, excluding Canada, franchise assets, certain company-operated restaurant assets, over 600 owned real properties and substantially all worldwide intellectual property and drafting disclosure related to the foregoing.
The Paul, Weiss team included financing partners Valerie Radwaner and Jordan Yarett; securities partners Brian Janson and John Kennedy and counsel Phil Heimowitz; intellectual property counsel Claudine Meredith-Goujon; employee benefits partner Lawrence Witdorchic; tax partners Richard Bronstein and Jeffrey Samuels and counsel Alyssa Wolpin; bankruptcy partner Alice Eaton; and real estate partner Peter Fisch.
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