The global law firm Jones Day has announced that three lawyers have joined the Firm as partners in its Silicon Valley Office. Wendy Davis is now a member of Jones Day’s Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Practice, and Janet M. McNicholas, Ph.D. and Gregory P. Silberman have joined as members of Jones Day’s Intellectual Property Practice (more…)
The Firm recently represented the initial purchasers, led by Morgan Stanley, Goldman, Sachs & Co., and J.P. Morgan, in connection with Micron Technology, Inc.’s offering of $600 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Senior Notes due 2033. The notes were offered in two tranches and only to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (more…)
Simpson Thacher represented LineRate Systems, Inc. in connection with the sale of the company to F5 Networks, Inc. Based near Boulder, Colorado, LineRate Systems, Inc. provides software that offers layer 7+ network services. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed (more…)
Davis Polk advised the Republic of Guatemala on its Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $700 million aggregate principal amount of 4.875% senior notes due 2028. The sole book-running manager of the offering was HSBC Securities (USA) Inc (more…)
Davis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint book-running managers and representatives of the underwriters on an SEC-registered public debt offering by Airgas, Inc. of $325 million principal amount of its 1.65% notes due 2018 and $275 million principal amount of its 2.375% notes due 2020 (more…)
Shearman & Sterling represented the Province of Ontario (“Ontario”) in connection with Ontario’s public offerings of US$500,000,000 of its Floating Rate Bonds due August 13, 2015 and US$1,000,000,000 of its 1.200% Bonds due February 14, 2018 (together, the “Bonds”). Application will be made to the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (“LSE”) for the Bonds to be admitted to trading on the Euro MTF Market of the LSE (more…)
Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as initial purchasers in a Rule 144A offering by Accuray Incorporated of $100 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.50% convertible senior notes due 2018 (more…)
DLA Piper announced today that Ute Krudewagen has joined the firm’s Labor & Employment practice as a partner in the Silicon Valley office (more…)
James W. Soong has joined the Palo Alto office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property practice group, joining from Greenberg Traurig (more…)
Davis Polk is advising Comcast Corporation on its $16.7 billion acquisition of General Electric Company’s 49% common equity stake in the NBCUniversal Media, LLC joint venture. NBCUniversal will also purchase from GE the properties used by NBCUniversal at 30 Rockefeller Plaza and CNBC’s headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey for approximately $1.4 billion. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close by the end of the first quarter of this year (more…)
Simpson Thacher represented the underwriters, led by BofA Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank Securities and J.P. Morgan, in connection with the offering by Air Lease Corporation of $400 million aggregate principal amount of 4.750% Senior Notes due 2020. The Notes are being offered pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement that the Company previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The net proceeds of the offering will be used to fund the acquisition of commercial aircraft and for other general corporate purposes (more…)
The Firm recently represented KKR Financial Holdings LLC (NYSE: KFN) in an offering of 14,950,000 7.375% Series A LLC Preferred Shares, which includes the underwriters’ full exercise of their over-allotment option. The Shares are expected to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on January 29, 2013 under the symbol “KFP”. The offering raised proceeds to the company of approximately $370 million (more…)
