Baker Botts Represents Cabot Oil & Gas in $925 Million Private Placement

Thursday, September 25, 2014

On September 24, 2014, Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (NYSE: COG) announced the closing of a $925 million private placement of senior unsecured notes to a group of institutional investors. In total, Cabot raised $925 million through the following three series of notes: $100 million of 7-year 3.24% notes due 2021, $575 million of 10-year 3.67% notes due 2024 and $250 million of 12-year 3.77% notes due 2026. Proceeds from the offering will be used to repay Cabot’s outstanding borrowings under its credit facility, fund its Eagle Ford Shale acquisition and for other general corporate purposes. More >>

Tags:  Baker Botts L.L.P. | Houston

Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP Merges with Missouri Firm, Opens St. Louis and Madison County Offices

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP, one of Chicago’s leading trial firms, has merged with longtime St. Louis and Madison County litigation defense firm Kernell Law Firm, P.C.

The lawyers of the highly regarded Kernell Law Firm have successfully represented insurance companies and private businesses in Asbestos Litigation, Product Liability, Toxic Tort Litigation and Insurance Defense for over 25 years.

“We believe our new St. Louis and Madison County offices will provide the same excellent service that clients have come to expect from Tom Kernell and his team, while expanding the services we offer our present clients,” said Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP Managing Partner Timothy G. Nickels. “We are very excited about this opportunity.” More >>

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Quarles & Brady Opens Scottsdale, Arizona Office and Expands Trusts & Estates Practice

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP today announced that Matt Dana, a premier estate planning attorney in Scottsdale, Arizona, will be joining the firm on November 1, along with two associates and two paralegals on his team. Their affiliation with Quarles & Brady will build on the work of Quarles & Brady attorney Trisha Baggs, a highly regarded estate planning attorney in the firm’s Phoenix office. With the addition of Dana and his team, Quarles & Brady will establish a presence in Scottsdale, its tenth location nationwide and third in Arizona. The new office will be located at 8817 E. Bell Road, Suite 201, Scottsdale, Arizona, 85260.

Dana Law Firm founder Matthew S. Dana will be joining Quarles & Brady as a partner in the firm’s Phoenix office. He will combine his highly developed Arizona trusts & estates practice with Quarles & Brady’s national practice, allowing the two firms to support and augment one another on a single platform, enhancing the new union’s ability to serve clients across Arizona and the country in general. More >>

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Ogletree Deakins Expands International Platform, Opens Mexico City Office

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Ogletree Deakins, one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to announce that the firm is expanding its international platform by opening an office in Mexico City. The firm has previously opened offices in Berlin, Germany and London, England to meet the growing demand for international legal services. The firm’s new office allows the firm to provide local labor and employment support and solutions for clients with operations in Mexico.

The Mexico City office will be led by Pietro Straulino-Rodriguez, who joins Ogletree Deakins from Sánchez Devanny, where he served as the co-head of the firm’s Labor, Social Security and Immigration practice group. Straulino-Rodriguez will be joined by his team from Sánchez Devanny which includes three associates and a law clerk. The Mexico City office is expected to grow quickly. More >>

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Paul Hastings Represents Citigroup as Sole Book-Running Manager in Sun Communities, Inc’s $349 Million Follow-On Public Offering of Common Stock

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Citigroup as sole book-running manager for Sun Communities, Inc.’s (NYSE: SUI) follow-on public offering of common stock.

Sun Communities, Inc., a real estate investment trust that owns, operates and develops manufactured housing and recreational vehicle communities, sold a total of 6,900,000 shares of common stock (including the full exercise of the underwriter’s option to purchase additional shares) and raised gross proceeds of approximately $349.1 million. More >>

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Firm Advises Arkema in Proposed €1.74 Billion Acquisition of Bostik

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

It was recently announced that Willkie client Arkema, a global chemical company and France’s leading chemicals producer, has proposed to acquire Bostik from French oil company Total SA for a total enterprise value of €1.74 billion, representing 11 times the company’s EBITDA. With about 4,900 employees and over 48 locations worldwide, Bostik is one of the world’s leading adhesive makers. More >>

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Millennial Media to Acquire Nexage, a Leading Mobile SSP and Advertising Exchange

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Millennial Media today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Nexage for approximately $107.5 million in cash and stock, subject to certain adjustments. Based in Boston, privately held Nexage is a leading provider of Real-Time-Bidding (RTB) technology that helps to automate the buying and selling of mobile advertising. More >>

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Kirkland Advises American Capital in $1.1B Fund Closing and Related Acquisition

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

American Capital, Ltd. (NASDAQ: ACAS) announced today that it has closed on the formation of American Capital Equity III, LP, a new $1.1 billion private equity fund, and related acquisition of a portfolio of equity and equity-related investments from American Capital with an agreed upon value of approximately $640 million. Another $445 million will be used to fund new control equity and equity-related investments. More >>

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Linklaters advises Agricultural Bank of China on Dubai’s Landmark Renminbi deal

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Linklaters advised the Managers in connection with the CNY 1 billion 3.50%. Notes due 2017 issued by Agricultural Bank of China Limited Dubai Branch, under Agricultural Bank of China Limited’s US$ 15 billion Medium Term Note Programme. Agricultural Bank of China is China’s third largest by assets. This transactions marks the first Reminbi offering in Dubai by a non-Dubai entity and the first Chinese fixed income bond on an Arab stock market.

One of the stated aims of the transaction was to contribute to the continuing global expansion of the Chinese currency. More >>

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