DLA Piper and Davis announce combination in Canada

DLA Piper LLP (US) and Davis LLP announced today that they have reached an agreement to join forces, effective April 2015. The firm will operate as an integrated part of DLA Piper’s global platform and brand, and will adopt the name DLA Piper (Canada) LLP.

The proposed combination will unite the breadth of practices and industry experience of DLA Piper, one of the world’s leading global law firms, with 4,200 lawyers in the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East, with Davis, a firm with more than 260 lawyers and deep roots in the Canadian and international business communities. More >>

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Shearman & Sterling Advises on Sprint Corporation’s $1.5 Billion High Yield Notes Offering

Shearman & Sterling represented Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Barclays Capital Inc., Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc., Mizuho Securities USA Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., as joint bookrunning managers, and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as senior co-manager, and The Williams Capital Group, L.P., as co-manager, in connection with Sprint Corporation’s registered offering of an aggregate principal amount of $1.5 billion of 7.625% Notes due 2025. More >>

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Bruce Leonard joins Miller Thomson

Miller Thomson is pleased to announce that Bruce Leonard has joined the firm’s Toronto office as part of its Insolvency and Restructuring practice.

With lawyers in key centres across the country, the firm’s Insolvency and Restructuring Group is recognized for its depth and experience in advising clients across the full range of insolvency proceedings, from security enforcement to national and international financial reorganizations. More >>

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Canadian Pacific Railway Completes $700 Million Public Debt Offering

Paul, Weiss client Canadian Pacific Railway Company completed a public offering in the United States of $700 million of its 2.900% senior notes due 2025. The joint bookrunning managers were Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC. Canadian Pacific Railway, which provides rail and intermodal transportation services, is based in Calgary, Alberta. More >>

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TransCanada PipeLines Completes $750 Million Public Offering

TransCanada PipeLines Limited completed a public offering in the United States for gross proceeds of approximately $750 million, including $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 1.875% senior notes due 2018 and $250 million of its floating rate senior notes due 2018. TransCanada PipeLines is a Canadian company that operates primarily in three business segments: natural gas pipelines, oil pipelines and energy. Paul, Weiss represented the underwriters, led by Deutsche Bank Securities and J.P. Morgan, in connection with the offering. More >>

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Shearman & Sterling Advises on Cott’s $625 Million Senior Notes Offering in Connection with Cott’s Acquisition of DSS Group, Inc.

Shearman & Sterling represented Barclays Capital Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as joint bookrunning managers, in connection with a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $625 million aggregate principal amount of 6.75% Senior Notes due 2020 of Cott Beverages Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cott Corporation. The offering was used to finance Cott Corporation’s acquisition of DSS Group, Inc., parent company of DS Services of America, Inc., a leading water and coffee direct-to-consumer services provider in the United States. More >>

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Shearman & Sterling Advises Underwriters in Agrium’s $500 Million Offering of Debentures

Shearman & Sterling represented Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, RBC Capital Markets, LLC and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., as joint book-running managers, and BMO Capital Markets Corp., CIBC World Markets Corp., AltaCorp Capital Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., National Bank of Canada Financial Inc., TD Securities (USA) LLC, ANZ Securities, Inc., Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc., Mizuho Securities USA Inc. and RBS Securities Inc. as co-managers, in connection with Agrium Inc.’s (“Agrium”) offering of US$500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.250% debentures due 2045. More >>

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Lundin Mining Closes $1 Billion Offering of Senior Secured Notes

Paul, Weiss client Lundin Mining Corporation, a Canadian base metals mining company, closed an offering of $1 billion of senior secured notes in two tranches: $550 million of 7.5% senior secured notes due 2020 and $450 million of 7.875% senior secured notes due 2022. The offering was made pursuant to Rule 144A and outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. acted as joint bookrunning managers for the offering. The net proceeds from the offering, along with proceeds from a Cdn$674 million equity financing and the sale of a stream on Candelaria’s and Ojos del Salado’s gold and silver production, will be used to fund the company’s acquisition of Freeport-McMoRan Inc.’s 80 percent ownership stake in the Candelaria and Ojos del Salado copper mining operations in Chile. More >>

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Shearman & Sterling Advises on Consolidated Communications Finance II Co.’s $200 Million Senior Notes Offering

Shearman & Sterling represented Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and RBS Securities Inc. as joint-lead and bookrunning managers in connection with a private placement of $200 million aggregate principal amount of 6.50% Senior Notes due 2022 of Consolidated Communications Finance II Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Consolidated Communications, Inc. (“CCI”), pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S. The proceeds from the offering will be used to fund CCI’s acquisition of Enventis Corporation. More >>

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