International law firm Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) continues to expand its energy practice with the recruitment of Jayson Marks who has joined the firm’s oil and gas group as a corporate Partner, effective 6 May 2015 More >>
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International law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has advised US-listed ARRIS Group, Inc. a global innovator in IP, video and broadband technology, on its £1.4 billion takeover of Pace plc, a UK-based leading technology solutions provider in the PayTV and broadband service industries.
The deal will result in a new holding company for the combined group, which will be incorporated in the UK and listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange. The combined group is expected to have 2014 pro forma revenues of approximately US$8 billion and will employ more than 8,500 people globally in over 15 countries. More >>
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Leading international law firm Dechert LLP advised Wells Fargo in relation to its agreement to purchase commercial real estate loans valued at US$9 billion in the United States, UK and Canada from GE Capital Real Estate as part of an overall transaction valued at approximately US$23 billion. Wells Fargo purchased performing first mortgage loans, and private equity firm Blackstone acquired US and European equity assets as well as first mortgage loans in Mexico, Australia and the US, with Wells Fargo providing financing for certain of Blackstone’s acquisitions. More >>
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Internationally acclaimed corporate lawyer Joel Wheeler has joined the London office of international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, as a shareholder in the firm’s Corporate & Securities Practice More >>
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Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as joint book-running managers on Mylan N.V.’s $2 billion SEC-registered secondary offering of 35,000,000 ordinary shares sold by certain subsidiaries of Abbott Laboratories. The ordinary shares are listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “MYL.” More >>
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Ropes & Gray has advised the ad hoc committee of holders of Towergate Finance plc’s New York law-governed 10.5% senior unsecured notes in connection with the restructuring of the Towergate Group’s c. £1.05bn debt obligations and related acquisition by senior unsecured noteholders of more than 80% of the equity of the restructured Group. The members of the ad hoc committee were Highbridge Principal Strategies, LLC, KKR Credit Advisors (US) LLC and Sankaty Advisors, LLC. Towergate is Europe’s largest independently owned insurance intermediary More >>
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Chadbourne & Parke LLP announced today that Andrei Baev has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate Department, resident in the London and Moscow offices. Mr. Baev was previously a partner with Berwin Leighton Paisner and will serve as the Managing Partner of Chadbourne’s Moscow office, which opened in 1990 More >>
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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP (Cadwalader), a leading counselor to global corporations and financial institutions, today announced that Anne M. Tompkins, former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, will join the Firm as partner. She will work alongside Cadwalader’s White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice Chair Kenneth Wainstein, also a former U.S. Attorney, and his pre-eminent white collar team. More >>
Tags: Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP | Charlotte | LondonDechert LLP advised Kofax Limited on a merger agreement in which Lexmark will acquire Kofax. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Lexmark will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Kofax for US$11.00 per share in cash for a total enterprise value of approximately US$1 billion, net of cash acquired. The acquisition is expected to close in the second quarter of 2015 and is contingent on Kofax shareholder approval, applicable regulatory clearances and other customary closing conditions. More >>
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