K&L Gates Expands to South America with Launch of São Paulo Office

Monday, November 7, 2011
K&L Gates LLP today opened an office in São Paulo, Brazil, the firm’s first in South America and 39th worldwide. Leading the launch of the office are New York finance partner Marc J. Veilleux and Washington, D.C./London corporate and securities partner Alan J. Berkeley (bios follow release). The São Paulo office is licensed as a foreign legal consultancy, as required by the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB).

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Davis Polk Advises TIM Participações S.A. on US$891 Million Global Equity Offering

Thursday, October 13, 2011
Davis Polk advised TIM Participações S.A. in connection with an SEC-registered offering of 190,796,858 common shares, including common shares in the form of American Depositary Shares. The total proceeds of the offering were approximately US$891 million. The common shares are traded on the São Paulo Stock Exchange and the American Depositary Shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

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Milbank Represents Marfrig Group in Sale of Keystone QSR Logistics Arm for US$400 Million

Friday, October 7, 2011
International law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, led by Andrew Jánszky, head of the Latin America Practice Group and São Paulo office, and Roland Hlawaty, partner in the Global Corporate Group, represented São Paulo-based Marfrig Alimentos SA (“Marfrig Group”), one of the world’s largest food producers, in the sale of the quick service restaurants (QSR) logistics assets and businesses in the USA, Europe, Middle East, Oceania and Asia from its subsidiary Keystone Foods, LLC for US$400 million to Illinois-based distributor The Martin-Brower Company, L.L.C.  The sale includes trucks and storage facilities and a logistics business that primarily distributes cups, straws and other materials to QSRs.  Keystone Foods and all Marfrig Group business divisions will continue to own distribution systems for its own meats and food products.

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Davis Polk Opens São Paulo Office, Welcomes Stephen Hood and James Vickers

Thursday, August 25, 2011
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, a global law firm, today announced that its São Paulo, Brazil, office has opened following completion of its registration with the São Paulo Bar Association (OAB-SP). Actively involved in Brazilian transactions for nearly half a century, Davis Polk has advised on many of the largest and groundbreaking international securities offerings, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments and project financings involving Brazilian companies.

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Simpson Thacher Represents Time 4 Fun and Selling Shareholders in US$340 Million Initial Public Offering in Brazil

Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Simpson Thacher recently represented T4F Entretenimento S.A. and certain selling shareholders in connection with the initial public offering of 29,310,345 common shares. The common shares were offered to the public in Brazil, to qualified institutional buyers in the United States under Rule 144A and to non-U.S. persons under Regulation S. The transaction raised R$469 million (approximately US$297 million) in proceeds, in addition to R$70 million (approximately US$44 million) or 4,396,551 additional shares sold by the selling shareholders on exercise of the overallotment option.

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Davis Polk to Open Office in São Paulo

Monday, February 21, 2011
Davis Polk today announced that in 2011 it will open an office in São Paulo, Brazil, subject to the approval of Brazilian authorities. Davis Polk partners Manuel Garciadiaz and Maurice Blanco – both already established as leading U.S. lawyers in Brazil – will lead the São Paulo office.

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Simpson Thacher Represents the Placement Agents in US$381.4 Million Initial Public Offering of Brasil Insurance Participações e Administração S.A.

Friday, November 12, 2010

Simpson Thacher recently represented Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, BTG Pactual US Capital Corp., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., as placement agents in connection with the initial public offering of common shares of Brasil Insurance Participações e Administração S.A. The common shares were offered to the public in Brazil, to qualified institutional buyers in the United States under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and to non-U.S. persons under Regulation S. The transaction raised R$644.6 million (approximately US$381.4 million) in proceeds.

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