Hogan Lovells is proud to announce it is advising the underwriters in connection with the high-profile initial public offering (IPO) of Paramount Group, Inc., owner of premier office buildings in New York, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco. More >>
Tags: Hogan Lovells | WashingtonGoodwin Advises GreenOak in $143 Million Joint Venture with Synergy Investments to Acquire Historic Boston Office Building
Goodwin Procter attorneys recently advised GreenOak Real Estate Advisors in connection with a joint venture with Synergy Investments to acquire 10 Post Office Square, a historic 13-story office building in Boston’s financial district, for $143 million. The building has 445,000 square feet of office space. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. More >>
Tags: Goodwin Procter LLP | BostonDLA Piper represents Rioprevidência and the State of Rio de Janeiro in second international offering in 2014
DLA Piper represented Rioprevidencia (Rio de Janeiro’s state-owned pension fund), as sponsor, as well as the State of Rio de Janeiro, in a new 144A/Reg S US$1.1 billion securitization of oil royalties, the second international offering the firm handled for the fund in 2014. More >>
Tags: DLA Piper | New York | Sao PauloOceaneering’s Registered Senior Debt Offering
Cravath represented the underwriters, led by Credit Suisse, J.P. Morgan Securities and Wells Fargo Securities, in connection with the US$500 million registered senior debt offering of Oceaneering International, Inc., a global oilfield provider of engineered services and products, primarily to the offshore oil and gas industry. The transaction closed on November 21, 2014. More >>
Tags: Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP | New YorkCahill Represents Underwriters in $700 Million Public Offering by Omnicare
Cahill represented the joint book-running managers and co-managers in connection with the public offering of $700,000,000 Senior Notes, comprised of $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.75% Senior Notes due 2022, and $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.00% Senior Notes due 2024 by Omnicare, Inc., a leading healthcare services company that specializes in the management of complex pharmaceutical care. Proceeds from the offering will be used for general corporate purposes and to refinance existing indebtedness.
Tags: Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP | New YorkVietnam raises USD1 billion from its first sovereign bond in four years
The Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has successfully closed its USD1 billion sovereign bond offering, as part of an innovative “debt switch” liability management exercise.
The transaction comprised a simultaneous cash tender offer for certain existing bonds and an offering of new bonds, including a private placement to qualified institutional buyers in the United States in reliance on Rule 144A. Deutsche Bank, HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank were mandated as dealer-managers of the tender offer and joint lead managers of the new bond offering. Allen & Overy advised the Government of Vietnam on this transaction. Vietnam’s most recent USD-denominated bond issue was in 2010, on which Allen & Overy also advised. More >>
Tags: Hanoi | Hong KongDechert Advises Tech Mahindra on US$240 Million Acquisition of Lightbridge Communications Corporation
Tech Mahindra Ltd., an independent global provider of network engineering services to the telecommunications industry, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire global network services leader Lightbridge Communications Corporation for an enterprise value of approximately US$240 million, subject to regulatory approvals. Dechert LLP is acting as legal advisor to Tech Mahindra in the transaction, which is expected to close by Q4 of Tech Mahindra’s 2015 fiscal year. More >>
Tags: Dechert LLP | New YorkFibroGen Closes Largest Biotech IPO in 12 Years
PRA Health Sciences’ IPO Raises $351 Million
The Firm recently represented PRA Health Sciences, Inc. (“PRA”), a portfolio company of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., in connection with its initial public offering of common stock. The offering of 19,523,255 shares of common stock, which included the underwriters’ option to purchase 2,546,511 additional shares, raised approximately $351 million in gross proceeds. The shares of PRA are now listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “PRAH”. More >>
Tags: New YorkHogan Lovells Advises Republic of Ecuador in its US$509 Million Loan from Chexim
Hogan Lovells advised the Republic of Ecuador in the negotiation of a US$509 million facility agreement that was executed by the Export-Import Bank of China (Chexim) and the Ministry of Finance of Ecuador. Under the agreement, Chexim granted a loan to be used for the construction of the 500Kv transmission lines, which are strategically required to connect the three mega hydroelectric projects currently being built in Ecuador by Chinese construction companies. More >>
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