Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised BNP Paribas, which acted as lender, arranger, facility agent and security agent, on the amend-and-extend transaction which refinanced Elis’ debt of €1.897 billion.
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Barnes & Thornburg Adds Jennifer Mercier Moseley and Roslyn Falk to Atlanta Office
Barnes & Thornburg LLP announced today that partner Jennifer Moseley and of counsel attorney Roslyn Falk have joined the firm’s Atlanta office as members of the Corporate Department.
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Simmons & Simmons Advises ONGC Videsh and Oil India on US$2.475bn LNG Acquisition in Mozambique
International law firm Simmons & Simmons has advised ONGC Videsh Limited (“OVL”) and Oil India Limited (“OIL”) on the US$2.475 billion acquisition of Videocon Rovuma 1 Limited, the company holding a ten percent participating interest in the Rovuma Offshore Block in Mozambique (“Area 1”), from Videocon Mauritius Energy Limited.
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Herbert Smith Freehills Advises on A$247 Million Wind Farm Project
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Mandated Lead Arranger and Bookrunner, National Australia Bank Limited, and Mandated Lead Arrangers Bank of China Limited, Bank of Communications Co. Ltd., China Construction Bank Corporation and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited to achieve financial close of the AU$247.2 million construction and term facilities limited recourse project financing for the 165.5MW Gullen Range Wind Farm near Goulburn, New South Wales in Australia.
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Mark D. Kleinlein and Christopher D. Rowlett Join Honigman as Partners
Mark D. Kleinlein and Christopher D. Rowlett have joined Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP as partners in the firm. Kleinlein is a member of Honigman’s Insurance Department and Rowlett is a member of the firm’s Labor and Employment Department. Both will be located in Honigman’s Detroit office.
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Ilan Rosenberg Joins Gordon & Rees’s Philadelphia Office
Ilan Rosenberg has joined the Philadelphia office of Gordon & Rees as a partner. He is a member of Gordon & Rees’s Insurance, Commercial Litigation, and International Practice Groups.
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Squire Sanders Advises on Western Australia Mining Acquisition
Squire Sanders has advised ITOCHU Corporation and Mitsui & Co on the acquisition of interests in BHP Iron Ore (Jimblebar) Pty.Ltd., which is developing the Jimblebar Iron Ore mine in Western Australia, part of the Iron Ore business of mining company, BHP Billiton. ITOCHU and Mitsui will invest US$0.8 billion and US$0.7 billion respectively, representing an 8 per cent and 7 per cent interest in the Jimblebar mining hub and resource. The transaction is subject to Australian Foreign Investment Review Board approval and is expected to complete in September 2013.
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Squire Sanders announces the appointment of partner Matthew Doughty, who joins the firm’s Corporate and Corporate Finance practice in London from Dorsey & Whitney.
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Simpson Thacher Represents the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Clearwire in its Recently Increased $5.00 Per Share Merger Agreement with Sprint
The Firm is representing the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR) in connection with the Special Committee’s review of strategic alternatives available to the Company, including a recently increased proposal from Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) to acquire the remaining shares of Clearwire that Sprint does not already own, which has resulted in an amended merger agreement between Clearwire and Sprint providing for the acquisition by Sprint of such Clearwire shares for $5.00 per share, or approximately $3.9 billion for such stake. The revised transaction values Clearwire at more than $14 billion. This increased merger consideration represents a 14 percent premium to the $4.40 per share DISH Network (“DISH”) tender offer and a 47 percent premium to Sprint’s previous agreement at $3.40 per share announced on May 21, 2013. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals and the approval of Clearwire’s stockholders, including the approval of a majority of Clearwire stockholders not affiliated with Sprint or SoftBank. The closing of the transaction is also contingent on the consummation of Sprint’s previously announced transaction with SoftBank.
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Norton Rose Fulbright Advises on Sale of Leading Dairy Company in West Africa
Global legal practice Norton Rose Fulbright has advised the owners of Fan Milk International A/S (FMI), a Danish dairy company in relation to the sale of FMI to the Abraaj Group, a Dubai buyout firm managing $7.5 billion of assets.
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