Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Equinox, an operator of full-service, upscale sports and fitness clubs, in an $800 million refinancing.

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Cole Schotz is proud to announce that David Hurst has joined the firm as a member in the Bankruptcy & Corporate Restructuring practice. David will be resident in both the firm’s New York City and Wilmington, Delaware offices. David has represented numerous public and private companies in out-of-court restructurings, “prepackaged” bankruptcies and traditional chapter 11 cases. He has also represented creditor committees, lenders, secured and unsecured creditors and asset purchasers in a wide variety of bankruptcy and restructuring matters.

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The Firm recently represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representative of the several initial purchasers, in a $225 million offering of 6.0% Senior Notes due 2020 by Antero Resources Finance Corporation. The offering of notes was made to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The notes were issued under the issuer’s existing indenture pursuant to which $300 million aggregate principal amount of 6.0% Senior Notes due 2020 were issued in November 2012.

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Simpson Thacher represented KKR in connection with the issuance of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.500% Senior Notes due 2043 by KKR Group Finance Co. II LLC, an indirect finance subsidiary of KKR & Co. L.P. KKR intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes.

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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Arthur Long has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner. Previously a partner with Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, Long will continue his law practice focusing on the regulation of banks and other financial institutions.

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International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced today that Allison R. Liff will join its New York office as a partner in the Banking & Finance practice group.

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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm, represented the Royal Bank of Canada as administrative agent and RBC Capital Markets, Barclays Bank PLC, Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, and UBS Securities LLC, as Joint Bookrunners and Joint Lead Arrangers in connection with a $150,000,000 revolving facility loan for Dynegy Power, LLC, a subsidiary of Dynegy, Inc, a company that provides wholesale power, capacity and ancillary services to utilities, cooperatives, municipalities and other energy companies.

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Global law firm White & Case LLP bolsters again its United States Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) practice with the addition of Daniel Dufner as a partner in the Firm’s New York office. Dufner rejoins White & Case from Linklaters. He had previously been a partner at White & Case from 2004 to 2009.

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Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy represented leading Colombian telecommunications company Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogotá S.A. E.S.P. (ETB) in its issuance of nearly $300 million in local-currency-denominated senior notes, due 2023.

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SRZ is pleased to announce that Barry A. Bohrer and Lisa A. Prager will join the firm as partners and Lara Covington as special counsel in the litigation practice. The group’s arrival from Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, P.C. brings further depth to SRZ’s 100-person litigation and enforcement practice.

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