Cooley is advising Volcano Corp on its $1.2 billion sale to Royal Philips NV. The transaction, subject to regulatory approval, is expected to close in the first quarter of 2015. More >>
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Cahill Represents Underwriters in $966 Million Common Stock Offering by Aramark
Cahill represented the lead underwriters in connection with the public offering of 34,500,000 shares of Common Stock of Aramark (NYSE: ARMK), a leading global provider of food, facilities and uniform services, resulting in gross proceeds of $966,000,000. The selling stockholders received all of the proceeds of the sale.
Tags: Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP | New YorkOpening of Broad & Bright Tokyo Office
Broad & Bright Tokyo Office is established by Broad & Bright in association with Japan Toranomon Chuo Law Firm (hereinafter referred to as ‘Toranomon Chuo Firm’) in a form of joint venture, which has been approved by the Ministry of Justice of Japan and Japan Federation of Bar Association, and registered in Japan as an overseas branch of Broad & Bright. The official registered name is Toranomon Chuo Law Firm Broad & Bright Foreign Law Firm (foreign law joint venture). More >>
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Our Finnish Corporate group are advising a group of sellers, including Finland’s largest pension insurance companies Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company, Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company, Elo Mutual Pension Insurance, Etera Mutual Pension Insurance Company, Veritas Pension Insurance, and Alandia Insurance as well as Veho Group Oy Ab, in the sale of their shares in Garantia Insurance Company Ltd to Finnish listed company Taaleritehdas Plc. More >>
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Vorys Continues Growth in Houston; Welcomes Nine Litigators
Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP announced today that nine trial lawyers, with diverse civil litigation backgrounds, will join the firm’s Houston office. The attorneys will start at the firm on January 5. Their arrival continues the firm’s expansion in Houston and strengthens Vorys nationally recognized litigation and energy groups.
Dick Schwartz, Monica Oathout, David Finck, Phillip Bechter, Steve Rech and Heather Kabele will join Vorys as partners. Jim Marrow will join as of counsel, and Mark Merrell and Jim Barnish come to the firm as associates. All nine lawyers most recently practiced law at Schwartz, Junell, Greenberg & Oathout LLP in Houston. More >>
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Simpson Thacher Represents Barclays Capital Inc. in Follow-on Offering of 8,000,000 Shares of Common Stock of Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.
The Firm recently represented Barclays Capital Inc. (“Barclays”) as underwriter in connection with a registered public offering of 8,000,000 shares of common stock of Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (“Bright Horizons”). Bright Horizons concurrently repurchased 4,500,000 of the shares from Barclays. A total of approximately $358.5 million in proceeds was raised in the offering. Affiliates of Bain Capital Partners, LLC and certain other selling stockholders received all of the proceeds from the offering. More >>
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On Deck Capital, Inc., a leading online platform for small business lending, priced its initial public offering at $20 per share on December 16, 2014, valuing the company at $1.3 billion – the largest venture-backed tech company IPO in New York based on market cap at pricing. The closing of the offering is expected to occur on December 22, 2014, subject to customary closing conditions. More >>
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Hunton & Williams Advises Dynacast International in $1.1B Transaction
Hunton & Williams LLP advised Dynacast International in a $1.1 billion transaction in which Partners Group, a global private markets investment manager, will acquire a controlling stake in the firm. Dynacast is a global manufacturer of small, highly complex metal components. More >>
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Herbert Smith Freehills advises on oOh!media IPO
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised oOh!media Limited (oOh!media) in relation to its initial public offering and listing on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The offer consists of an institutional offer, broker firm offer and priority offer (Offer) and values oOh!media at A$365.5 million at the offer price of A$1.93 per share.
oOh!media is Australia’s largest out of home media company and provides advertisers with access to a diverse range of audiences across its national portfolio of out of home advertising spaces throughout Australia and New Zealand. More >>
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Freshfields advises Sateri Holdings on US$591m asset disposal
International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Sateri Holdings on the disposal of its viscose staple fiber business in mainland China. More >>
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