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 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, 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 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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Fox Rothschild LLP is pleased to announce that four attorneys have joined the firm’s Intellectual Property Department. This major acquisition of talent comprises a group of three attorneys in New York and one attorney in Denver. More >>
Tags: Fox Rothschild LLP | Denver | New YorkAxinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP are acting as global coordinating antitrust counsel for Ball Corporation in its acquisition of Rexam PLC. The Axinn team is led by partners John Harkrider, Nick Gaglio and Mark Alexander and associates Irina Rodriguez, Eric Barstad, Christina Shin, Alexander Bergersen, James Goldfeier, Tracy Huang and Joe Antel. The European team is headed by John Boyce, Claire Jeffs and Jordan Ellison at Slaughter & May.
Tags: New YorkTheodora Oringher is pleased to welcome Seth Goldstein as a Senior Attorney in the firm’s Orange County office. Seth’s practice has focused on the representation of financial institutions, with emphasis on the defense of consumer class actions and other complex matters brought against banks and other financial service providers in connection with retail banking and lending operations. Seth also has substantial experience in complex commercial disputes at both the trial and appellate levels for clients in a variety of industries, including government contracting, insurance, pharmaceuticals, securities and telecommunications. More >>
Tags: Theodora Oringher PC | Orange CountyTheodora Oringher is pleased to welcome Timothy Gorry as a Senior Attorney in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Tim has specialized over the past 25 years in representing entertainment, sports, private equity, banking, software, financial, telecommunications and manufacturing companies in litigation matters in state and federal courts, federal agencies and arbitration panels. More >>
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Steptoe & Johnson LLP is expanding its Chicago office and bolstering its commercial litigation and toxic tort litigation practices with the addition of four partners. The group, led by noted first-chair litigator Michael Dockterman, brings decades of trial experience before federal and state courts across the country. More >>
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Shearman & Sterling advised Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent, in connection with an asset-based financing related to the leveraged buyout of Chiquita Brands International, Inc. by Cutrale Group and Safra Group. More >>
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