Private Funds Partner Russel Perkins Joins Dechert

Dechert LLP is pleased to announce that Russel G. Perkins has joined the firm as a partner in the financial services practice group in New York City. He advises fund sponsors, asset managers and institutional investors on a wide variety of domestic and international issues relating to real estate funds, private equity funds, hedge funds, funds of funds, secondaries funds and other alternative asset classes. More >>

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Cadwalader Advises on USUM’s HK$1.8 Billion Acquisition of Chiho-Tiande Group

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, a leading international law firm to global corporations and financial institutions, successfully advised USUM Investment Group Hong Kong Limited (USUM), the Hong Kong-based investment management arm of a company headquartered in Chongqing, China, on its approximately HK$1.8 billion (US$232 million) acquisition of the Chiho-Tiande Group Limited, a Hong Kong-listed recycling company. The transaction closed on 15 February 2016. More >>

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Simpson Thacher Represents Underwriters in $2 Billion Debt Offering by FedEx Corporation

The Firm recently represented the underwriters, led by Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, in connection with a public offering by FedEx Corporation (“FedEx”) of $750 million aggregate principal amount of 3.25% Notes due 2026 and $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.55% Notes due 2046. The Notes are guaranteed by 10 subsidiaries of FedEx. More >>

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