Global law firm White & Case LLP is acting as international counsel to CHAMP Private Equity Pte Ltd on the acquisition by entities associated with CHAMP of a 33.2% stake in Miclyn Express Offshore Limited (“Miclyn”) from Macquarie Capital Group Limited and related processes.
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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Waypoint Homes, a leading acquirer of single-family properties, in a $245 million financing facility from Citibank, which is a uniquely structured financing vehicle for multiple single family homes.
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Morgan Lewis announced today that Richard Morris, a leading exchange traded fund (“ETF”) lawyer, will join the firm as a Partner in its Investment Management and Securities Industry practice, resident in the firm’s New York office.
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Simpson Thacher recently represented J.P. Morgan and Nomura in connection with concurrent offerings by TPK Holding Co., Ltd. (“TPK”) of US$230 million Zero Coupon Convertible Bonds due 2017 (the “Bonds”) and US$236.2 million of global depositary shares (the “GDSs”). TPK is a leading touch solution provider with manufacturing facilities in China. TPK’s touch solutions are applied in a large number of market leading smartphones and tablets. The common shares of TPK are traded on the Taiwan Stock Exchange under the trading code “3673”. Both the Bonds and the GDSs are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
Tags: Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | BeijingSimpson Thacher represented DJO Finance LLC (the “Company”) and DJO Finance Corporation, both wholly-owned subsidiaries of DJO Global, Inc., in Rule 144A and Regulation S offerings of $100.0 million aggregate principal amount of 8.75% Second Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2018 and $440.0 million aggregate principal amount of 9.875% Senior Notes due 2018. The net proceeds of the issuances are being used to refinance the issuers’ $465.0 million aggregate principal amount of 10.875% Senior Notes due 2014, pay related fees and expenses, and repay $38.0 million of borrowings under the Company’s senior secured revolving credit facility. The offerings closed on October 1, 2012.
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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, a national law firm with 450 lawyers and government relations professionals, announced today that it will open a Charlotte, NC office with three local banking and finance lawyers – shareholderMike Wielechowski, counsel Nathan Fuller and associate Kerri DeRuyter. The firm is seeking office space in Uptown Charlotte with plans to open in the next two weeks.
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International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised the Vitus group (whose shareholders include Deutsche Bank and Round Hill Capital) on the refinancing of its multi-family housing portfolio involving a €754m commercial mortgage backed securitisation (CMBS) and a new mezzanine loan provided by a major European institutional investor. Proceeds from the deal were used to refinance the loans made to the Vitus Group under a previous securitisation.
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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP recently secured a significant victory in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for Belgian bank KBC, a longtime Orrick client. The plaintiff, Lazare Kaplan International, the largest diamond manufacturing and distribution company in the United States, filed a US$1.5 billion RICO lawsuit against KBC and its subsidiary, Antwerp Diamond Bank (ADB), in December 2011. The suit was based on the alleged theft of US$135 million in diamonds from Lazare’s Belgian and other foreign subsidiaries.
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The Paris office of international law firm Eversheds has announced today the appointment of two leading employment partners who join the firm from US law firm Winston & Strawn LLP.
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