On June 16, 2013, Weyerhaeuser Company announced it has a signed definitive stock purchase agreement to acquire Longview Timber LLC from affiliates of Brookfield Asset Management Inc. for US$2.65 billion, which includes the assumption of debt. Cravath represented Weyerhaeuser in connection with this transaction, which is subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions and is expected to close in July 2013.
Tags: Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP | New YorkCravath represented First Solar, Inc. in connection with its US$448 million registered offering of common stock. First Solar is a leading global provider of comprehensive photovoltaic solar energy solutions. The shares were listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. The transaction closed on June 18, 2013.
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Goldberg Segalla continues its steady and organic international expansion with the addition of a new partner in its London and New York offices. The appointment of dual-qualified Helen A. Franzese to the firm’s Global Insurance Services Practice Group is the latest step in Goldberg Segalla’s growth as a global practice, which took a significant leap last year with the April 2012 opening of its London office.
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Anderson Kill announced today that David Graff has joined the firm’s Corporate and Commercial Litigation Group as a shareholder. At age 31, he is Anderson Kill’s youngest shareholder.
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The Firm represented China Harmony Auto Holding Limited in connection with its initial public offering in Hong Kong and Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of an aggregate of 275,126,000 ordinary shares, which raised approximately HK$1.67 billion (approximately US$215.5 million) in gross proceeds. China Harmony Auto Holding Limited is a leading dealership group that deals exclusively in luxury and ultra-luxury passenger vehicles in China and operates 25 dealership stores covering 14 cities in China. The ordinary shares of China Harmony Auto Holding Limited are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Goldman Sachs acted as the sole global coordinator and Goldman Sachs and CICC acted as the joint bookrunners and joint lead managers and joint sponsors.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | Hong KongThe Hong Kong office of the Firm represented LightInTheBox Holding Co., Ltd. (“LightInTheBox”) in connection with its initial public offering and listing on the New York Stock Exchange of 9,545,000 American Depositary Shares, each representing two ordinary shares. LightInTheBox and its selling shareholders raised a total of US$90.7 million in gross proceeds from the offering, after the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated acted as the joint bookrunners for the offering. This transaction is the first US IPO of a Chinese company in 2013.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | Hong KongMr. R. Ravindran joined as a Partner of Colin Ng & Partners LLP (CNP) on 5 June 2013 in its Dispute Resolution and Corporate Advisory practice of the firm.
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Marvin S. Lieber has joined the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania office of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC as a Member in the firm’s Business Counseling, Estates and Trusts and Tax Groups.
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Leading international law firm, Clifford Chance announced today that Ashley Prebble is to join the firm’s tier one ranked corporate insurance practice in London.
Tags: Clifford Chance LLPLeading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised Macquarie Everbright Greater China Infrastructure Fund L.P. (MEGCIF) on its RMB271.25 million investment in a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore Stock Exchange listed Hengyang Petrochemical Logistics Limited (Hengyang).
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