Jackson Walker L.L.P. successfully represented Pronto General Agency, Ltd. and its affiliates (“Pronto Insurance”) in a significant investment by Palladium Equity Partners, LLC, a New York City-based private investment firm with over $2.5 billion in assets under management. More >>
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Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley in connection with its SEC-registered global offering of AUD 650 million aggregate principal amount of 5% fixed-rate senior registered notes due 2021. The underwriters were Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, National Australia Bank Limited and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International plc. More >>
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkDavis Polk advised Morgan Stanley in connection with its SEC-registered global offering of €1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 1.875% fixed-rate senior notes due 2023. The lead manager for the underwriters was Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc. More >>
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkJohnson & Johnson announced a definitive agreement to acquire Alios BioPharma, a privately held clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing therapies for viral diseases, for approximately $1.75 billion in cash. Cravath represented Johnson & Johnson in the transaction. The closing is subject to clearance under the Hart‑Scott‑Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act and other customary closing conditions. The transaction is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2014. More >>
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Cahill represented Citigroup as sole-underwriter in connection with the secondary public offering of 17,500,000 shares of common stock by certain selling shareholders of Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EVHC) , resulting in gross proceeds of $611,975,000. More >>
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Kirkland & Ellis LLP represents Vista Equity Partners, a leading private equity firm focused on software, data and technology-enabled businesses, which today announced it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX), a global leader in infrastructure and business intelligence software. Under the terms of the agreement, TIBCO stockholders will receive $24.00 per share in cash, or a total of approximately $4.3 billion, including the assumption of net debt. The transaction, which is expected to close in the fourth calendar quarter of 2014, is subject to approval by TIBCO stockholders, regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. More >>
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DLA represented Pacific DataVision, Inc., a provider of mobile workforce management solutions, in a 144A offering of shares of its common stock worth US$218 million. The firm also represented Pacific DataVision in its US$100 million acquisition of FCC spectrum licenses from Sprint Corporation, as well as its licensing transaction of US$17.5 million by Motorola Solutions, Inc. More >>
Tags: DLA Piper | Chicago | New York | San DiegoCahill represented the joint book-running managers and the co-managers in connection with the public offering of $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.250% Senior Notes due 2017 and $700,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.125% Senior Notes due 2024 by Ally Financial Inc. Proceeds from the offering were used to fund concurrent tender offers. More >>
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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm acted as counsel to joint bookrunners J.P. Morgan, RBC Capital Markets and Morgan Stanley in connection with the issuance of $800 million of senior notes by AerCap Ireland Capital Limited and AerCap Global Aviation Trust. AerCap is the world’s largest independent aircraft leasing company. More >>
Tags: Paul Hastings, LLP | New YorkCravath represented the underwriters, led by MUFG, Citigroup and RBS, in connection with the US$1.95 billion registered senior debt offering of Marathon Petroleum Corporation, an independent petroleum refining, marketing and transportation company. The transaction closed on September 5, 2014. More >>
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