O’Melveny & Myers LLP represented ECM Equity Capital Management GmbH in the final closing of German Equity Partners IV, at €230 million. O’Melveny’s London-based team was led by partner John Daghlian and supported by associates Angela Yung, Lucinda Tse and Jonathan Shelley. The legal negotiations took just under four weeks to achieve first closing.
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International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised private equity firm Hellman & Friedman on its agreement to acquire Wood Mackenzie, the Edinburgh-based energy and mining research and consultancy business, from its current owners Charterhouse Capital Partners and management. The transaction values Wood Mackenzie at approximately £1.1bn. Wood Mackenzie management and Charterhouse are both reinvesting part of their proceeds, and taking minority stakes in the Hellman & Friedman acquisition structure.
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Weil advised Lincare Holdings Inc., a Florida-based, publicly-traded provider of oxygen and respiratory therapy services to patients in the home, in its $4.6 billion sale to German conglomerate Linde AG, one of the world’s leading providers of industrial air and gas products.
Tags: Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP | New YorkChinese metallic wire manufacturer Fushi Copperweld Inc. announced that is has agreed to be taken private by an investment group led by its co-chief executive, Li Fu, and private equity firm Abax Global Capital (Hong Kong) Ltd. for $364 million. The per share price of $9.50 represents a 21 percent premium on the stock’s closing price on June 28.
Tags: Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP | Hong KongWeil advised Mubadala Development Company PJSC, a strategic investment arm of the Abu Dhabi Government, in the formation of a joint venture with Sony/ATV and a consortium of co-investors – including GSO Capital Partners, Jynwel Capital and film and music mogul David Geffen – to acquire EMI’s music publishing business for $2.2 billion. The transaction closed on June 29, 2012 following clearance by EU and US antitrust regulators. Weil also advised the full consortium on numerous aspects of the transaction, including negotiation of the acquisition agreements with Citigroup and EMI and the $1.25 billion senior secured and $403.3 million senior notes financing for the acquisition.
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Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised on two deals involving the issuance of bonds for the Export-Import Bank of Malaysia Berhad (MEXIM Bank) and PTTEP Canada International Finance Limited.
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King & Wood Mallesons has acted for long-term client Nestlé on the sale of its Peters Ice Cream business to Australian Food Group, a company owned by Private Equity group Pacific Equity Partners (PEP).
Tags: King & Wood MallesonsShiv Sibal, senior associate with Pinsent Masons in Leeds, is joining the Yorkshire office of Dickinson Dees as a partner.
Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented RBC Capital Markets as lead arranger and bookrunner in a $400 million amendment to extend an existing facility for Niska Gas Storage Partners LLC, the largest independent owner and operator of natural gas storage in North America.
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