Simpson Thacher represented the initial purchasers, led by sole book-running manager, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, in the sale of an aggregate principal amount of $300 million 4.875% Senior Notes due 2024 by Fairfax (US) Inc. (“Fairfax US”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (“Fairfax”). The notes are fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by Fairfax. Fairfax US intends to use the net proceeds of the offering primarily to refinance approximately $300 million principal amount of certain notes and trust preferred securities issued by subsidiaries of Fairfax.
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DLA Piper has advised long term client Linc Energy Ltd. (“Company”) on the successful offering of US$125 million 9.625% due-2017 first-lien senior secured Notes. The notes were issued by the Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries Linc USA GP and Linc Energy Finance (USA) (“Issuers”), through which the company is engaged in the production, development, exploitation and acquisition of crude oil and gas producing properties in the United States.

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A cross-border team from global legal practice Norton Rose Fulbright has advised China’s largest privately owned corporation, Fosun International Limited (Fosun), on the $489 million takeover of ASX listed ROC Oil Company Limited (ROC).

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The Firm is representing funds advised by Apax Partners in connection with the announced acquisition of Answers Corporation (Answers), the parent company of Answers.com, from Summit Partners, TA Associates and founder shareholders.  The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2014 and is subject to customary closing conditions.  Financial terms were not disclosed.
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Skadden represented the lead bookrunning managers in the $1.02 billion initial public offering of ordinary shares and listing on the New York Stock Exchange of Mobileye N.V., an Israeli company organized in the Netherlands, in the largest-ever U.S. IPO by an Israeli company.
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Vinson & Elkins advised Riverstone Holdings in an investment by its affiliate in Canadian Non-Operated Resources LP (CNOR), a newly-formed, Calgary-based oil and gas company that will pursue partnerships with top-tier operators to develop oil and gas assets in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. The aggregate equity commitments to CNOR are approximately C$675 million, of which affiliates of Riverstone committed C$300 million, with the rest of the equity commitment made by a Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund, CNOR’s management team and other strategic investors.

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Höegh LNG Partners LP (NYSE: HMLP), a Marshall Islands limited partnership formed by Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd. (Oslo Børs: HLNG), completed its initial public offering of 11,040,000 common units representing limited liability company interests (including 1,040,000 common units sold pursuant to the underwriters’ option to purchase additional units) at $20.00 per unit.
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Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. and Barclays Bank PLC as joint lead arrangers and bookrunners, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as administrative agent, in connection with a $350 million senior secured term loan credit facility provided to Tribune Publishing Company in connection with its separation from Tribune Media Company (the “Spinoff”). The proceeds of the facility were used to (i) pay a $275 million cash dividend to Tribune Media Company in connection with the Spinoff, (ii) pay fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the financing transactions and (iii) finance general corporate purposes of Tribune Publishing Company and its subsidiaries. Davis Polk also advised JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as letter of credit issuer, in connection with a $30 million cash-collateralized letter of credit facility.

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Cahill represented Credit Suisse, J.P. Morgan, Lloyds Securities, Mizuho Securities, and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey as joint book-running managers in connection with the public offering by Comcast Corporation of $2,000,000,000 of Notes, comprised of $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.375% Notes due 2025 and $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.200% Notes due 2034. Proceeds from the offering were used for general corporate purposes.
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Greenberg Glusker today announced the consummation of the historic sale of the Los Angeles Clippers basketball franchise by The Sterling Family Trust to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.

The $2 billion transaction closed earlier today after Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Levanas issued his formal ruling that Shelly Sterling had properly removed her husband Donald Sterling as co-trustee of the Trust and that the sale could be completed.  The ruling followed an eight day trial in July handled by a Greenberg Glusker trial team led by Pierce O’Donnell.

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