Willkie Client Centerview Partners serves as financial advisor to Salix Pharmaceuticals, a leader in the gastrointestinal market. More >>
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Simpson Thacher Represents the Underwriters in $1 Billion Debt Offering by The Charles Schwab Corporation
The Firm represented the underwriters, led by Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint bookrunning managers, in connection with a public offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of debt securities of The Charles Schwab Corporation, consisting of $625 million aggregate principal amount of 1.5% Senior Notes due 2018 and $375 million aggregate principal amount of 3% Senior Notes due 2025. The offering closed on March 10, 2015. More >>
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David R. Roth and Shahid A. Ghauri Join Jones Walker’s Houston Office
Jones Walker LLP announced today that David R. Roth and Shahid A. Ghauri have joined the firm’s Houston office. Mr. Roth is a partner in the Real Estate Practice Group and Mr. Ghauri is a partner in the Business & Commercial Transactions Practice Group.
Mr. Roth has more than two decades of broad-based transactional experience working both in-house and in private practice with public and private companies. He counsels clients in a broad range of transactions and financing in the energy industry, including projects involving electric power; onshore and offshore oil and gas exploration and production; transportation and pipelines; liquefied natural gas processing; commodity marketing and trading; and ancillary services such as equipment supply and seismic analysis. More >>
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Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation $500 Million Senior Unsecured Notes Offering
Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Rabo Securities USA, Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, SG Americas Securities, LLC and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. as initial purchasers in connection with a $500 million offering of 5.750% senior unsecured notes due 2025 by Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation, which were issued pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act. More >>
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Jackson Lewis Adds Richard Connors in Kansas City
Jackson Lewis P.C., one of the country’s largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms, is pleased to announce Richard L. Connors has joined the firm’s Kansas City Region office as Shareholder. Mr. Connors, who was previously with Stinson Leonard Street, has over 25 years of experience representing management in a wide variety of employment and labor law matters. More >>
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Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole Joins Sidley in Washington, D.C.
Sidley Austin LLP announced today that James M. Cole has joined the firm in Washington, D.C. as a partner in its White Collar: Government Litigation & Investigations practice. Mr. Cole recently served as the Deputy Attorney General of the United States, a role he held from January 2011 until January 2015. At Sidley, Mr. Cole will focus his practice on the full range of federal enforcement and internal investigation matters, with a particular emphasis on cross-border and multi-jurisdictional matters. More >>
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Perkins Coie Adds Internet and Brand Enforcement Pro to IP Practice in D.C.
Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Fabricio Vayra has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property practice as a partner in the Washington, D. C. office. He focuses on trademark, Internet policy issues, and domain name counseling and enforcement. He was most recently Assistant General Counsel-Intellectual Property with Time Warner Inc. where he spent nearly a decade advising upper management on intellectual property and Internet policy issues as applied to emerging business models, new technologies, digital media and enforcement strategies. More >>
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Paul Hastings Advises Banks in Financing the $8.7 Billion Acquisition of PetSmart by a Consortium Led by BC Partners
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm advised the debt financing providers in connection with the $8.7 billion purchase of PetSmart, Inc. (“PetSmart”), North America’s leading specialty pet retailer of services and solutions for the lifetime needs of pets, by an investor consortium led by BC Partners. More >>
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Herbert Smith Freehills advises Whitehaven Coal Limited on its A$1.4 billion refinancing
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Whitehaven Coal Limited on its fully underwritten offer of new A$1.4 billion senior secured bank facilities to be provided by a syndicate of Australian and international banks. More >>
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