The Firm recently represented Organización Cultiba, S.A.B. de C.V., in connection with its inaugural global offering of 98,004,889 common shares. The shares were offered to the public in Mexico, to qualified institutional buyers in the United States in reliance on Rule 144A and to non-U.S. persons elsewhere in reliance on Regulation S. The global offering, which included a secondary offering by certain of Cultiba’s shareholders, raised approximately US$270 million in gross proceeds. Cultiba’s common shares are listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange.

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The Firm recently represented Banco BTG Pactual S.A. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as initial purchasers, in connection with a US$300 million international offering of 7.750% Senior Notes due 2020 by SMU 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.

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The Firm represented Banco de Crédito e Inversiones (Bci), a leading Chilean bank, in connection with a US$500 million global offering of 4.00% Senior Notes due 2023 pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933.

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Leading law firm Seyfarth Shaw announced today the arrival of six new attorneys to its Real Estate department in New York, who join from three different laws firms across a variety of practice areas. Led by partner Adrian Zuckerman, partners Linda Bielik, Cynthia Mitchell and counsel Ralph Berman have joined from LeClair Ryan, alongside partner Mitchel Hill from Troutman Sanders and partner Juan Reyes from Reed Smith.

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