Morgan Lewis represented BTG plc as M&A counsel in its $475 million acquisition of PneumRx Inc., a venture-backed lung treatment specialist based in California. The deal was announced on December 4, 2014.
BTG will pay $230 million in cash initially and up to $245 million in performance-related payments under the terms of the agreement. More >>
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Herbert Smith Freehills has advised the Investment Board of the Government of Nepal on its project development agreement (PDA) with Indian public sector undertaking SJVN Limited to develop the 900 megawatt, US$1.1 billion Arun-3 Hydro Electric Project (the Project). This agreement follows on from the firm advising the Government of Nepal on the US$1.4 billion Upper Karnali Hydro Power Project PDA earlier this year, which is Nepal’s biggest ever foreign investment deal. More >>
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DLA Piper has advised Pfizer on the US$635 million acquisition of commercial vaccines from Baxter, with the transaction closing successfully on 1 December 2014.
The deal included the meningitis prevention vaccine NeisVac-C and the well-known vaccine FSME-IMMUN/Ticovac. Furthermore, Pfizer acquired the production facility in Austria, where the two vaccines are manufactured. More >>
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Cahill represented BofA Merrill Lynch and Citigroup as joint book-running managers and Barclays, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, and Jefferies as co-managers in connection with the public offering of $700,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.25% Senior Notes due 2019 by Springleaf Finance Corporation, a leading consumer finance company. Proceeds from the offering will be used to refinance existing indebtedness and for general corporate purposes.
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The insurance giant’s takeover ranks as the largest deal between two UK companies in the last five years.
Allen & Overy corporate partners David Broadley and Philip Jarvis are advising insurance giant Aviva on its GBP5.6 billion acquisition of life insurance specialist Friends Life Group Limited. More >>
Tags: Allen & Overy LLP | LondonDeal is Prudential’s third longevity transaction in the U.K. market in 2014 that Willkie has handled.
The firm recently represented Prudential Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company (PRIAC) in its $2.2 billion longevity risk transfer transaction with Legal & General Group Plc. Under the terms of the transaction, PRIAC will provide reinsurance of longevity risk for a portion of Legal & General’s pension bulk annuity business, which provides security to thousands of U.K. retirees. This was Prudential’s third longevity transaction in the U.K. market in 2014, following its agreement to reinsure $27.7 billion of longevity risk associated with BT Pension Scheme’s liabilities (the largest single longevity transaction on record) and $1.7 billion of longevity risk associated with Rothesay Life Limited’s liabilities under 93 U.K. defined benefit plans. More >>
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The Firm is representing Silver Lake Partners and IPC Corp. (“IPC”) in connection with the sale of IPC to Centerbridge Partners, L.P. for approximately $1.2 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2015, subject to customary regulatory and other closing conditions. More >>
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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that it represented the banks arranging $550 million in financing for The Carlyle Group’s acquisition of a controlling interest in Southeast PowerGen, LLC, an operator of six natural gas-fired power plants in Georgia, from ArcLight Capital Partners and GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund. More >>
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Akin Gump has advised VimpelCom Holdings BV as borrower and VimpelCom Amsterdam BV as guarantor under a $1 billion credit facility from China Development Bank and Bank of China, which was signed on November 19, 2014. More >>
Tags: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP | LondonBarnes & Noble announced that it has entered into agreements with Microsoft providing for the termination of the commercial agreement between Microsoft and NOOK Media and the acquisition by Barnes & Noble of Microsoft’s preferred interest in NOOK Media for approximately $62.4 million in cash and approximately 2.7 million shares of Barnes & Noble common stock. Cravath represented Barnes & Noble in connection with this transaction. More >>
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