Morrison & Foerster LLP advised China Huiyuan Juice in its agreement to issue HK$1B of convertible bonds to SDF III Holdings Limited. The deal is subject to shareholder approval and pursuant to the General Mandate.
O'Melveny represented China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited, Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch, Guotai Junan Securities (Hong Kong) Limited and CLSA Limited, as the Placing Agents, in the private placement of 3,314,961,482 new H Shares at HK$1.35 per H Share (the H Share Placement) of Sinopec Oilfield Service Corporation (SSC) on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (1033.HK).
Shearman & Sterling represented the Province of Ontario in connection with its public offering of $3 billion of its 2.55% bonds due February 12, 2021. Application has been made to the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LSE) for the bonds to be admitted to trading on the Euro MTF Market of the LSE.
Ontario is the largest Canadian province by population and home to both the nation’s capital and most populous city.
Sidley has succeeded in obtaining a £41 million judgment for Murray Holdings Limited, an Isle of Man-incorporated subsidiary of Kaupthing ehf, ending a nine-year long High Court action concerning £130 million of proceeds from the 2008 sale of the Somerfield supermarket chain.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Acea S.p.A., one of the main multi-utility providers in Italy, on its €1 billion bond issuance in two tranches: €300 million floating rate notes due 2023 and €700 million 1.5% notes due 2027.
The notes have been issued under Acea's €3 billion Euro Medium Term Note Programme, listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and offered and sold pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised the bank syndicate on the €550 million 1.625% senior secured notes due 2028 issued by SIAS S.p.A., a leading Italian motorway operator.
The notes have been issued under SIAS' €2 billion Euro Medium Term Note Programme, listed on the Irish Stock Exchange and offered pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act.
Global law firm Reed Smith LLP today announced that James Segroves has joined the firm’s Life Science Health Industry group as partner in the Washington, D.C. office. Segroves brings extensive experience representing clients on a wide array of complex healthcare regulatory and litigation matters, including federal False Claims Act (FCA) cases, government investigations and regulatory disputes.
James Hargrove, an English lawyer and specialist in international arbitration, has joined Orrick as a partner. James was previously a partner at Eversheds-Sutherland. He will be based in Orrick’s Geneva office and also work out of the London office.
James is the latest addition to Orrick’s growing international arbitration practice, headed by Charles Adams, the former U.S. Ambassador to Finland who joined the firm last year.
King & Spalding today announced that Kevin Glenn has joined as a partner in the New York office. Glenn, a former partner at KPMG, joins the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Investments practice group, which includes the firm’s tax practice, to provide U.S. tax advice to U.S. and foreign multinational companies on cross-border financing, joint venture, and M&A transactions.
Gerald Hodgkins has joined Covington as a partner in the Securities Litigation and Enforcement and White Collar Defense and Investigations practices in Washington. Mr. Hodgkins most recently served as an Associate Director in the Enforcement Division of the Securities and Exchange Commission and has worked at the SEC’s Enforcement Division since 1997.