Holland & Knight Opens Dallas Office

Holland & Knight announced the opening today of its 18th U.S. office in Dallas, Texas.  The office will initially include 12 partners who practice in the areas of corporate and commercial finance, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and bankruptcy: James C. Chadwick, M. Matthew Fontane, Michelle White Suarez, Robert W. Jones, Scott C. Wallace, Kenneth M. Vesledahl, Fred S. Stovall, James L. Baker, Eric W. Kimball, Anthony J. Herrera, Brent R. McIlwain, and Eric M. Pfeifle.  The firm also has hired 10 associate lawyers and a senior counsel to practice in the new office, and expects to make additional hires in the future.

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Morgan Lewis to Expand to Dubai, Further Strengthens London Energy Capabilities

Morgan Lewis today announced that it plans to open an office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) with the additions of Ayman A. Khaleq—a leading structured finance and debt capital markets lawyer in the Middle East region who has a particular knowledge of Islamic finance—and Jim Knight—a corporate and transactional lawyer with more than 20 years of experience in energy and other industries. They are joined by London-based energy transactions partner Lewis Jones, whose fluency in the development and financing of international energy projects under English law solidifies the trio’s top-shelf service for clients with interests in the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia.

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Simpson Thacher Represents OHL México, S.A.B. de C.V. in its Ps. 5.90 Billion (US$458.5 Million) Rule 144A/Regulation S Offering

The Firm represented OHL México, S.A.B. de C.V. in connection with its Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of an aggregate of 209,700,401 Series I shares of common stock, which raised approximately Ps. 5.90 billion (approximately US$458.5 million) in net proceeds.  OHL México, S.A.B. de C.V. is a leading transportation infrastructure concession operator in the private sector in Mexico. The Series I shares of common stock of OHL México, S.A.B. de C.V. are listed on the Mexico Stock Exchange.  UBS and BBVA acted as the global coordinators and joint bookrunners, Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan acted as joint bookrunners and Societe General acted as co-manager.

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Simpson Thacher Represents Underwriters in Offering of Preferred Shares of Cementos Argos

The Firm recently represented J.P. Morgan, HSBC, Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, Itaú BBA, Banca de Inversión Bancolombia and Valores Bancolombia, as initial purchasers, in connection with the first ever simultaneous offering in the Colombian and international markets of 209,300,000 preferred shares issued by Cementos Argos S.A. The offering was made to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. A total of approximately $880 million in net proceeds was raised in the offering.

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Davis Polk Adds Finance Partner Monica Holland

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP today announced that Monica L. Holland will join the firm in New York as a partner in its Credit Group. The addition of Ms. Holland, who is highly experienced in corporate and leveraged finance, further strengthens Davis Polk’s distinguished banking and finance practice, widely recognized as among the best in the nation.

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