Monthly Archives: July 2012

Akin Gump Advises Emerging Capital Partners on Java House Acquisition

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP served as legal counsel to Emerging Capital Partners (ECP), the first private equity group to raise more than $1.8 billion for investment in companies across the African continent, in its majority-stake investment in Java House Nairobi, Kenya’s leading café and casual dining restaurant operator. This transaction is the first private equity transaction in the restaurant sector in East Africa. ECP’s capital will be used to expand Java House Nairobi’s operations and the number of locations around Kenya and the broader East African region.

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Looper Reed Expands Services Offered at Firm’s Dallas Office, Adding Intellectual Property and Boosting Family Law Practices

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Looper Reed & McGraw, a full-service Texas-based law firm with more than 110 lawyers in Houston, Dallas and Tyler, today announced it had expanded services at its Dallas office by establishing an IP section with two experienced IP/Patent attorneys – David Henry as the section head, and Katarzyna Brozynski as a member. The firm also bolstered their family law section with the addition of a new Dallas associate, Clint Brown.

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Shearman & Sterling Advises on $14.5 Billion Financing for Abbott Laboratories

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Shearman & Sterling represented Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Barclays Bank Plc, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners in connection with a $14.5 billion aggregate financing, including a $5 billion five-year revolving credit facility for Abbot Laboratories, a $2 billion five-year revolving credit facility for Abbott Laboratories and AbbVie Inc. and a $7.5 billion 364-day bridge guaranteed financing for AbbVie Inc. These financing transactions will be used, in part, in connection with transactions related to the spin-off of the research-based pharmaceuticals business of Abbott Laboratories.

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Shearman & Sterling Advises on Banco Davivienda’s US$500 Million Subordinated Notes Offering

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Shearman & Sterling represented Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as joint bookrunners in connection with Banco Davivienda S.A.’s offering of US$500 million Subordinated Notes due 2022. Banco Davivienda S.A. is one of the largest financial institutions in Colombia and is a leading, integrated full service bank with the strongest consumer banking franchise in Colombia. This was Banco Davivienda’s first international offering.

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Robert Wagner, Former General Counsel and Acting Director of the Illinois Department of Insurance, Joins the Insurance Services Practice of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Thursday, July 19, 2012

The national law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is pleased to announce that Robert E. Wagner has joined the firm’s Insurance Services Practice. He will practice in Hinshaw’s Springfield, Illinois office. Mr. Wagner was previously general counsel of the Illinois Department of Insurance from 2003 – 2012 and served as Acting Director of the agency from late-2011 to early-2012. Since 1989, he had served as general counsel for the Illinois Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan.

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O’Melveny Represents Coller Capital in Final Closing of Coller VI at US$5.5 Billion

Thursday, July 19, 2012

O’Melveny & Myers LLP advised long-term client Coller Capital on its successful fund-raising for Coller VI. The fund raised US$5.5 billion, which makes it the second largest secondaries fundraising ever. This complex matter was handled by a global O’Melveny team of lawyers in London, the U.S. and Asia, and led by London partner John Daghlian and counsel Daniel Quinn.

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