Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Real Estate Capital Asia Partners IV and its investment manager, SC Investment Management Pte. Ltd., in the formation of an $850 million private investment fund that will focus on real estate investment opportunities across the Asia Pacific region. The Fund held its final closing on December 5, 2014, raising capital from a diverse institutional investor base including, among others, public and private pension funds, endowments and private foundations. Paul Hastings also represented the Fund in establishing a $150 million subscription line credit facility. More >>

Cravath represented the managers, led by BofA Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan Securities and Wells Fargo Securities, in connection with the €700 million Regulation S debt offering of Albemarle Corporation, a leading global developer, manufacturer and marketer of highly engineered specialty chemicals across a diverse range of end markets. The notes were listed on the Irish Stock Exchange. The transaction closed on December 8, 2014. More >>

Simpson Thacher represented the underwriters, led by joint bookrunners Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Jefferies LLC, Piper Jaffray & Co. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, and co-manager, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, in the initial public offering by Neff Corporation (“Neff”) of an aggregate of 10,476,190 shares of its Class A common stock. Neff also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,571,428 shares of Class A common stock to cover over-allotments. The offering raised aggregate net proceeds of approximately $146 million. Neff’s Class A common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “NEFF” and opened for trading on November 21, 2014. Neff intends to use the net proceeds of the offering primarily to repay outstanding indebtedness. More >>