A team of lawyers including Jordan Altura (SF), Susan Meyer (SD), and Benni Amato (SD), successfully defended a lawsuit filed by two actresses in Contra Costa Superior Court against our client, a large consignment company which hired those actresses for a television commercial (more…)
Simpson Thacher is representing Suzhou Gold Mantis Construction Decoration Co., Ltd. in connection with its US$75 million acquisition of 70% equity interest in HBA International, a world leader in interior design services for the hospitality industry (more…)
Davis Polk advised CSG Systems International, Inc. (CSG) in connection with its $250 million amended and restated senior secured revolving and term loan credit facility (more…)
Alston & Bird LLP announced today that James R. Evans, Jr., has joined its litigation team as a partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office (more…)
Simpson Thacher represented Sears Holdings Corporation (Sears Holdings) in the spin-off of approximately 44.5% of the common shares of Sears Canada Inc. (Sears Canada) on a pro rata basis to holders of Sears Holdings common stock. Sears Holdings will retain an ownership interest of approximately 51% in Sears Canada (more…)
Corporate Partner Andrew Katz led the MS&K team in assisting California Republic Bank, Newport Beach, California, with its first securitization transaction in which $186.56 million in notes and $13.5 million of trust certificates backed by the Bank’s auto loans were sold to qualified institutional buyers in a private offering which closed November 8, 2012 (more…)
Arnold & Porter LLP announced today that Richard S. Millard has joined its Corporate and Securities practice group as senior counsel in its San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices (more…)
Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Arthur L. Haubenstock has joined the firm’s San Francisco and Washington, D.C. offices as a Senior Counsel in the Environment, Energy & Resources (EER) practice (more…)
Adam R. Mehr, former EVP, Business Affairs and General Counsel of Gold Circle Films, has joined MS&K’s Entertainment & New Media and Corporate & Business Transactions practices (more…)
Shearman & Sterling is representing SafeNet, Inc. in its definitive agreement to sell its Government Solutions Business to an undisclosed buyer. The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, including required regulatory approvals, is expected to close by the end of 2012. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed (more…)
Davis Polk advised Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC as lead arranger and Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent in connection with the redemption of McJunkin Red Man Corporation’s (MRMC) 9.5% senior secured notes due 2016 (the “Notes”) with a new $650 million senior secured term loan credit facility (more…)
Shearman & Sterling represented BMO Capital Markets Corp., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as lead underwriters in connection with Bank of Montreal’s registered public offering of $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 0.80% Senior Notes due 2015 and $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.55% Senior Notes due 2022 under its US medium-term note program (more…)
