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- Debevoise advises the U.S. Department of Energy, as senior secured lender, in connection with its highly-publicized $529 million loan awarded to green car manufacturer Fisker Automotive, Inc.
August 29, 2013
- Debevoise Advises Mitsui in Pending Joint Venture with Celanese Corporation to Establish Methanol Production Business
May 22, 2013
- Debevoise Advises Mitsui in its Agreement to Participate in Jirau Hydropower Project in Brazil
May 14, 2013
- Debevoise Advises Kelso in its Acquisition of PowerTeam Services from CIVC Partners and True North Equity
May 7, 2013
- Debevoise Partners take landmark arbitration appeal to the UK Supreme Court
May 3, 2013
- Debevoise advises on three Russian Eurobonds worth US$2.15billion
May 2, 2013
- Debevoise Advises Highland Capital Management in the Sale of Communications Corporation of America
April 25, 2013
- Debevoise Advises Schneider on Consolidation of 100% Stake in ElectroShield
April 22, 2013
- Debevoise advises Rexel in €650 million and US$500 million note offering
April 22, 2013
- Debevoise advises Rothschild in obtaining approval of its retention and as investment banker to Arcapita Bank. B.S.C.(c), an international investment firm headquartered in Bahrain
April 18, 2013
- Debevoise advises Evercore Group in obtaining approval of its contested joint retention as investment banker by Inspiration Biopharmaceuticals, a chapter 11 debtor, and Ipsen Pharma S.A.S., a creditor and owner of related assets
April 18, 2013
- Debevoise Advises AXA Financial in $1.06 Billion Life Insurance M&A Transaction with Protective
April 11, 2013
- Debevoise advises HellermannTyton executive directors on IPO
April 5, 2013
- Debevoise advises MAG Group in sale of MAG Americas to Fives Group
March 28, 2013
- Debevoise advises Kelso & Company in its all-cash offer for EACOM Timber Corporation
March 25, 2013
- Debevoise Wins Unanimous Jury Verdict for Bristol-Myers Squibb in $3.4 Billion Lawsuit Brought by Apotex
March 19, 2013
- Debevoise Advises Emergency Medical Services Corporation in Repricing and Increasing its Term Loan and Asset Based Loan Facilities to $1.59 billion and $450 million
March 19, 2013
- Debevoise advises Learning Care Group, a portfolio company of Morgan Stanley Global Private Equity, in the $260 million refinancing of its existing indebtedness with a new senior secured term loan and revolving credit facility
March 8, 2013
- Debevoise advises Polyus Gold International Limited in the sale of its Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan assets
March 7, 2013
- Debevoise Advises Dentsu Inc. in its €181 Million Sale of Shares in Publicis Groupe
March 4, 2013
- Debevoise Advises Ray Investment in its €640 Million Sale of Shares in Rexel
February 28, 2013
- Debevoise Advises The Carlyle Group in Raising $308 Million for its Peru Fund
February 20, 2013
- Debevoise advises NLMK in its $800 million eurobond offering of 4.45% notes due 2018
February 19, 2013
- Debevoise Advises AssuraMed, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and GS Capital Partners in the Sale of AssuraMed to Cardinal Health for $2.07 Billion
February 14, 2013
- Debevoise Advises Warner Music Group in its Agreement to Acquire Parlophone Label Group
February 7, 2013
- Debevoise advises Syniverse in new delayed draw credit agreement related to its acquisition of MACH
February 5, 2013
- Debevoise Advises the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Dell in its Agreement to be Acquired by Michael Dell and Silver Lake for $24.4 Billion
February 5, 2013
- Debevoise advises Wilsonart International Holdings in the repricing and incremental issuance under its $915 million term loan credit facility
February 4, 2013
- Debevoise Advises Strongwood Insurance Holdings Corporation in the Sale of Its Subsidiary, Sequoia Insurance Company, to AmTrust Financial Services
January 22, 2013
- Debevoise represents Cascade Investment, an entity wholly owned by Bill Gates, in its investment along with co-investors, of an aggregate of up to $1 billion in OCI, N.V., an affiliate of Orascom Construction Industries
January 7, 2013
- Debevoise represents a Ukrainian company in an LCIA arbitration concerning a dispute arising out of a shareholders’ agreement
January 1, 2013
- Debevoise represents MetLife in a purported class action arising from its acquisition of certain lines of business from an insurer in receivership
December 31, 2012
- Debevoise advises Oaktree Capital Management in the establishment of a revolving credit facility for certain portfolio companies within its European Principal Opportunities Fund III
December 28, 2012
- Debevoise Wins Major Victory for Yves Saint Laurent in Litigation Brought by Louboutin
December 27, 2012
- Debevoise Advises Markel in Agreement to Acquire Alterra for Approximately $31 Per Share in Stock and Cash
December 21, 2012
- Debevoise advised Prudential Capital Partners in raising $1.15 billion for its fourth mezzanine fund
December 21, 2012
- Debevoise Advises Kelso & Company in its Acquisition of Power Holdings Businesses from Huntsman Gay
December 21, 2012
- Debevoise Advises Sun Life Financial in the Sale of its U.S. Annuity Business for US$1.35 Billion
December 21, 2012
- Debevoise advised AIG in its $6.45 billion sale of ordinary shares of AIA Group Limited
December 20, 2012
- Debevoise advised in the sale of a controlling stake in Karo Film Group to a consortium of private equity investors
December 14, 2012
- Debevoise Wins Landmark Victory on Behalf of Edgar Morales in First-Ever Case of a Gang Member Tried as a Terrorist
December 12, 2012
- Debevoise advised Interros in an agreement with Millhouse and UC RUSAL on settlement of the shareholders’ conflict, corporate governance, and sale of shares in MMC Norilsk Nickel
December 11, 2012
- Debevoise represents Pueblo Viejo Dominicana Corporation, a joint venture between Barrick Gold and Goldcorp Inc., in a dispute with the Government of the Dominican Republic regarding the Pueblo Viejo gold, silver and copper mine
December 11, 2012
- Debevoise Advises Prudential in Completed Pension Risk Transfer with Verizon
December 10, 2012
- Debevoise advises Providence Equity Partners in raising more than $24 billion for multiple global buyout and credit opportunities funds and separate accounts specializing in investments in media, entertainment, communications and information companies
December 10, 2012
- Debevoise Advises AIG in Agreement to Sell up to 90 Percent of International Lease Finance Corporation
December 9, 2012
- Debevoise Advises Galderma in its Agreement with Valeant Pharmaceuticals on Restructuring of North American Aesthetics Arrangements
December 7, 2012
- Debevoise advises Oaktree Capital Management in its joint venture with the Kushner Companies on the acquisition and financing of a mixed-use development in Philadelphia, PA known as Northern Liberties
December 7, 2012
- Debevoise Advises Clayton, Dubilier & Rice on Debt Financing for its Agreement to Acquire a Stake in B&M Retail
December 4, 2012
- Debevoise Advises Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in its Acquisition of Commercial Rights to Minivelle™
December 3, 2012
- Debevoise represents an investment firm in two BIT cases against the Government of Laos arising under the ICSID Additional Facility Rules and the UNCITRAL Rules
December 3, 2012
- Debevoise represents Nambaryn Enkhbayer, the former President of Mongolia, in defence of corruption charges brought against him by the current Government of Mongolia
December 2, 2012
- Debevoise represents a European bank in an ICSID case against the Government of Greece related to Greece’s sovereign bond restructuring
December 2, 2012
- Debevoise represents Sellers’ Representatives of Landis+Gyr AG in a dispute with a Japanese company related to a $2.3 billion transaction
December 1, 2012
- A foreign investor in a CIS country in connection with claims for expropriation
December 1, 2012
- Debevoise represents an international financial institution in investigations by Central European and Channel Islands authorities and litigation in the UK
November 30, 2012
- Debevoise represents a financial services company in a dispute related to a sovereign debt issuance under a bilateral investment treaty
November 30, 2012
- Debevoise represents a leading Brazilian company in a series of disputes totaling US$400 million relating to an investment in a Brazilian food retail business
November 30, 2012
- Debevoise represents Léo Apotheker, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard Company, in securities class actions, derivative litigation and regulatory inquiries arising from HP’s acquisition of Autonomy
November 29, 2012
- Debevoise represents Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (Mex. v. U.S.), 2004 I.C.J. 1. Mexico on its claims against the United States for violations of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations in respect of 52 Mexican nationals sentenced to death
November 29, 2012
- Debevoise represents an investor in bonds issued by the Republic of Argentina in winning a $750 million judgment in the single largest claim to date successfully brought against Argentina arising from its December 2001 debt default
November 29, 2012
- Debevoise represents Oy Metsä-Botnia AB in its US $1.3 billion greenfield investment in the Orion pulp mill project in Uruguay and the Case Concerning Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina v. Uruguay) in the International Court of Justice
November 29, 2012
- Debevoise represents a tire manufacturing company in ICDR and CPR arbitrations involving a US$20 million dispute over a contract to provide tires for a mining equipment manufacturer
November 28, 2012
- Debevoise represents in internal investigation concerning a Russian subsidiary of a US energy company
November 28, 2012
- Debevoise Advises Oriental Trading Company in its sale to Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
November 27, 2012
- Debevoise represents a Brazilian battery manufacturing company in an ICC arbitration involving $25 million in damages over a contract purchase price dispute
November 27, 2012
- Debevoise represents a former leader of an Asian country accused of criminal misconduct
November 27, 2012
- Debevoise represents an Argentine timber company in a U.S. court proceeding involving environmental damage claims of approximately US$30 million against an oil company
November 26, 2012
- Debevoise represents a Chilean natural gas company in an ICC arbitration involving a $200 million dispute over a long-term supply agreement
November 26, 2012
- Debevoise Advises American International Group in Joint Venture with PICC Life
November 22, 2012
- Debevoise Advises Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A. in its Offering of US$1.87 Billion of 5.125% Subordinated Notes due 2023
November 16, 2012
- Debevoise advises Pacific Life Insurance Company in a tender offer for its 9.25% Surplus Notes due 2039 and its parent company, Pacific LifeCorp, in a related offering of $500 million 5.125% Senior Notes due 2043
November 15, 2012
- Debevoise advised on a successful private issue of exchangeable unlisted bonds due 2014
November 12, 2012
- Debevoise advises Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in raising more than $10 billion for multiple global buyout funds
November 10, 2012
- Debevoise Advises Mitsui in New Loan Agreement with Codelco and Additional Acquisition of Acrux Shares to close on November 26
November 2, 2012
- Debevoise advises Highland Capital Management, Contrarian, J.P. Morgan and Black Diamond Capital Management in Connection with Clean Harbors' Definitive Agreement to Acquire Safety-Kleen
November 1, 2012
- Debevoise advises Berkshire Hathaway in its €600 million reinsurance deal with CaixaBank
October 31, 2012
- Debevoise advises Warner Music Group in its offering of $500 million of 6.000% senior secured notes due 2021 and €175 million of 6.250% senior secured notes due 2021 and related refinancing transactions
October 24, 2012
- Debevoise Wins Significant Victory for Occidental Petroleum Corporation in BIT Arbitration with Ecuador
October 23, 2012
- Debevoise advises FLAG Capital Management in pending acquisition of Squadron Capital
October 22, 2012
- Debevoise advises Sears Holdings Corporation in the separation of its Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores businesses through a rights offering
October 11, 2012
- Debevoise advises AIA in Acquisition of ING’s Malaysian Insurance Companies
October 11, 2012
- Debevoise advised Viewdle in Sale to Google Inc.'s Motorola Mobility
October 10, 2012
- Debevoise advises Rockwood Capital in raising more than $3 billion for multiple U.S.-focused real estate funds
October 10, 2012
- Debevoise advises Providence Equity Partners in the sale of a minority interest in the firm to a U.S. state pension fund and non-U.S. sovereign wealth fund
October 9, 2012
- Debevoise advises the Principal Financial Group in its acquisition of AFP Cuprum S.A. (Cuprum), a leading pension manager in Chile
October 8, 2012
- Debevoise advised the Management of Group NBT in the Company's Equity Plan
October 4, 2012
- Debevoise advises Baring Vostok Capital Partners in $1.5 billion fund formation
October 4, 2012
- Debevoise advised Global Infrastructure Partners in $8.25 Billion GIP II Fund
October 4, 2012
- Debevoise Advises Morgan Stanley Global Private Equity in Acquisition of Creative Circle, LLC
October 3, 2012
- Debevoise advised Reynolds Group Holdings Limited in Refinancing Transactions
October 2, 2012
- Debevoise advises Cunningham Lindsey in its pending recapitalization by CVC Capital Partners
October 1, 2012
- Debevoise Advises Prudential in Agreement to Acquire The Hartford's Individual Life Insurance Business
September 27, 2012
- Debevoise advises AIA in Acquisition of Leading Sri Lankan Insurance Company
September 27, 2012
- Debevoise Advises Galloping Horse in Joint Venture with Reliance MediaWorks to Acquire Assets of Digital Domain and Mothership in Digital Domain Media Group Bankruptcy Auction
September 26, 2012
- Debevoise advises NLMK in its debut $500 million eurobond offering of 4.95% notes due 2019
September 26, 2012
- Debevoise advises Westpac Banking Corporation in its registered public offering of $1.25 billion 1.25% notes due 2015 and $1 billion floating rate notes due 2015
September 25, 2012
- Debevoise advises AIG Century as main shareholder of AIRE in connection with the merger-related squeeze out of minority shareholders
September 18, 2012
- Debevoise advises The Rockefeller Group in its joint venture with Mitsubishi Estate New York on the acquisition of 50 Beale St.
September 14, 2012
- Debevoise advises New York Life Insurance Company in sale of its Mexico surety subsidiary, Fianzas Monterrey, to ACE Group
September 13, 2012
- Debevoise advised AIG in its $2 billion sale of ordinary shares of AIA Group Limited
September 11, 2012
- Debevoise Advises Sberbank in Formation of Joint Venture with BNP Paribas Group
September 6, 2012
- Debevoise advises KKR and KKR Asset Management in formation of various private funds, joint ventures and separate accounts
September 1, 2012
- Debevoise advises Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in agreement to acquire David's Bridal
August 28, 2012
- Debevoise advises Hertz in Dollar Thrifty Acquisition
August 26, 2012
- Debevoise advises Mitsui in agreement with Codelco with respect to the acquisition of 29.5% of Anglo American Sur
August 23, 2012
- Debevoise advises Domtar Corporation in its registered public offering of $250 million 6.25% notes due 2042
August 23, 2012
- Debevoise advises Kelso & Company on Tallgrass Energy Partners' acquisition of significant midstream assets from Kinder Morgan Energy Partners
August 21, 2012
- Debevoise advises Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in agreement to acquire controlling stake in Wilsonart International
August 16, 2012
- Debevoise advises The Carlyle Group in agreement with Getty Images management to acquire Getty Images from Hellman & Friedman for $3.3 billion
August 15, 2012
- Debevoise advises New York Life Insurance Company in the sale of New York Life Insurance Taiwan Corporation, its Taiwan life insurance subsidiary, to Taishin Financial Holding
August 9, 2012
- Debevoise advised Footprint Power in acquisition of Salem Harbor Power Station
August 6, 2012
- Debevoise advises on the acquisition of Novus Leisure
August 1, 2012
- Debevoise advises Booz Allen Hamilton on $2.25 billion financing
August 1, 2012
- Debevoise partner Sophie Lamb served as co-arbitrator in a shareholders agreement dispute between OAO Gazprom and the Republic of Lithuania
July 31, 2012
- Debevoise Advises Stone Point Capital in partnership with KKR to Form KKR - SPC Merchant Advisors
July 27, 2012
- AgroGeneration in its innovative €9.4 million offering on NYSE Alternext of 8% bonds due April 2015
July 12, 2012
- Debevoise Advises Syniverse in Pending Acquisition of MACH
July 3, 2012
- Debevoise advises HarbourVest Partners, LLC in $1.4 billion purchase of the investment portfolio of Conversus Capital, L.P.
July 2, 2012
- Debevoise advises Footprint Power in Agreement with Dominion Energy to Acquire Salem Harbor Power Station
June 29, 2012
- Debevoise advises Najafi Companies in its acquisition of the European assets and business of Cinram International Income Fund
June 25, 2012
- Culligan Investments S.à r.l., a leading provider of global water treatment solutions, and over 40 affiliates in the U.S., Canada and Europe in connection with their successful out-of-court restructuring
June 25, 2012
- Debevoise advises Polyus Gold International on its $9 billion premium listing on the London Stock Exchange
June 21, 2012
- Debevoise advises Eutelsat Communications in its $228 million acquisition of the GE-23 Satellite and associated customer contracts and orbital rights from General Electric Capital Corporation
June 19, 2012
- Debevoise advises the Carlyle Group in several transactions through which it sold its remaining $548 million ownership interest in Triumph Group Inc.
June 12, 2012
- Learning Care Group, a privately held provider of child care services with operations in 36 US states and three countries, in the successful out-of-court restructuring of more than $300 million in debt obligations
June 7, 2012
- Debevoise advises AIG in its public takeover offer for AIRE, a real estate investment company
June 4, 2012
- Debevoise advises Verizon Communications in its pending acquisition of Hughes Telematics
June 4, 2012
- Multiple bond guarantors on issues related to the Dodd-Frank Act
June 1, 2012
- Debevoise advises International Paper in its $470 million sale of three containerboard mills
June 1, 2012
- Debevoise advises an Asian government in an inter-state dispute in an ad hoc international arbitration under the auspices of the Permanent Court of Arbitration
June 1, 2012
- Culligan Ltd., a portfolio company of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, in its out-of-court restructuring
June 1, 2012
- Debevoise advises JPMorgan Chase NA in civil actions brought by the Massachusetts and New York Attorneys General in connection with mortgage foreclosure practices
June 1, 2012
- Debevoise Advises P2 Capital Partners in Pending Acquisition of Interline Brands for $1.1 Billion
May 29, 2012
- Debevoise Advises Kelso & Co. in Investment to Venari Resources
May 24, 2012
- Debevoise advised INTER RAO UES on the largest private equity transaction in Russian utilities sector
May 17, 2012
- Debevoise advises Polyus Gold in connection with Jenington's sale of shares of Polyus Gold to Chengdong Investment Corporation and JSC VTB Bank
May 11, 2012
- Debevoise advised Capital International in $3.0 Billion Global Emerging Markets Fund
May 11, 2012
- Debevoise advises Syniverse on Debt Refinancing
May 7, 2012
- BofA Merrill Lynch and J.P. Morgan as dealer managers for Liberty Mutual's tender offer for four series of debt securities
May 4, 2012
- BofA Merrill Lynch and J.P. Morgan as representatives of the initial purchasers in Liberty Mutual's offering of $500 million of 4.95% senior notes due 2022 and $500 million of 6.50% of senior notes due 2042
May 4, 2012
- Debevoise advises NCI Building Systems in its pending agreement to acquire Metl-Span LLC
May 3, 2012
- Debevoise Advises Ronald Lauder in connection with Central European Media Enterprises Reducing Indebtedness
May 2, 2012
- Debevoise Advises HarbourVest Partners in connection with Investment in BenefitMall and CompuPay Merge
May 2, 2012
- Debevoise Advises Stone Point Capital in Completed Deal with Lockton
May 1, 2012
- Debevoise represents Universal Music Group and its Island Def Jam label in a criminal prosecution by the Nassau County District Attorney, relating to an incident arising from a Justin Bieber promotional event
May 1, 2012
- Debevoise advises Omega in announced public bid by Canopius
April 26, 2012
- Debevoise advises Rochdale Investment Management in its sale to City National Bank
April 25, 2012
- Debevoise advises Westfield Group in its pending agreements to divest eight non-core shopping centers in the U.S.
April 23, 2012
- Debevoise advises Stone Point Capital in the sale of an interest in Securis Investment Partners to Northill Capital
April 23, 2012
- Debevoise advises Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in agreement to acquire Roofing Supply Group
April 20, 2012
- Debevoise advises AmBev in its agreement to form a strategic alliance with E. León Jimenes in the Caribbean
April 16, 2012
- Debevoise Advises Morgan Stanley Global Private Equity in Acquisition of Access Cash
April 10, 2012
- Debevoise Advises the Management of Eurofiber in Pending Acquisition by Doughty Hanson
April 5, 2012
- Debevoise & Plimpton advises a syndicate of investors in formation of Modern Capital Holdings and FNBNY Bancorp
April 5, 2012
- Kelso & Company in its acquisition of Augusta Sportswear, a manufacturer of sports team uniforms
April 2, 2012
- Debevoise represents UBS in connection with federal and state regulatory investigations relating to auction-rate securities.
April 1, 2012
- Debevoise represesents An international auto manufacturer in connection with numerous US state and federal inquiries and investigations involving activities in the US and abroad.
April 1, 2012
- Prudential Financial in a resecuritization of real estate mortgage investment conduits and related offering of $1 billion of 2.997% class A notes due 2015 of Prudential Covered Trust 2012-1
March 30, 2012
- Debevoise advises SPIE in its offering of €375 million 11% senior notes due 2019
March 28, 2012
- Debevoise advises Rexel in its $500 million offering of 6.125% senior notes due 2019
March 28, 2012
- Debevoise advises Rexel in its $500 million offering of senior notes due 2019
March 26, 2012
- Debevoise advises Hardy in pending acquisition by CNA Financial
March 21, 2012
- Debevoise advises HD Supply in the $4.9 billion refinancing of its existing senior secured credit facilities and senior unsecured notes
March 17, 2012
- Debevoise advises Globo Comunicação e Participações S.A. in a 144A/Reg S offering of US$300 million 4.875% senior notes due 2022
March 12, 2012
- Debevoise advises AIG in the $6 billion sell-down of its controlling stake in AIA Group Limited
March 9, 2012
- Debevoise advises JPMorgan Chase NA in class action litigation in several jurisdictions in connection with mortgage servicers’ use of the Mortgage Electronic Recording System (MERS)
March 1, 2012
- Debevoise Advises Goldman Sachs in Pending Acquisition of Operations of Reinsurer Ariel Re
March 1, 2012
- Debevoise represents founder of PokerStars, the World’s largest online poker cardroom, in his defense of criminal charges currently pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
March 1, 2012
- Debevoise Advises Access Industries in $7.15 Billion Pending Acquisition of El Paso’s Exploration & Production Company
February 24, 2012
- Debevoise advises 3W Power S.A. in connection with the public takeover offer by Andrem Power
February 24, 2012
- Tower Group in tax matters relating to its investment in Canopius Group
February 23, 2012
- Reynolds Group in its $1.25 billion offering of 9.875% senior notes due 2019
February 15, 2012
- Debevoise advises Multitest in Successful Tax Case
February 6, 2012
- Debevoise advised Catalent Pharma Solutions
February 6, 2012
- Debevoise advises Crump Group, Inc. in pending sale of life and property & casualty insurance divisions to BB&T
February 3, 2012
- Prudential, in the proposed sale to a General Motors retirement plan of a group annuity contract that will provide annuity payments for certain GM salaried retirees as part of GM's plan to reduce pension obligations by approximately $26 billion
February 2, 2012
- Debevoise represents a Fortune 100 company in DOJ and SEC investigations into possible FCPA violations
February 1, 2012
- Debevoise advises EIG Global Energy Partners in sale of minority interest to CIC
February 1, 2012
- Debevoise represents a leading insurance company in numerous investigations by the N.Y. Attorney General, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the New York Insurance Department and the SEC
February 1, 2012
- Debevoise advises Lagardère in its minority investment in the joint venture Because Group Limited, a musical productions company
January 23, 2012
- Debevoise advises Reynolds Group in its $4.5 billion acquisition of Graham Packaging Company
January 17, 2012
- Debevoise advises Kelso & Company in acquisition of Nivel Holdings
January 17, 2012
- Debevoise represents Pernod Ricard, in obtaining dismissal of ownership claims filed by a Russian Federation entity related to the Stolichnaya trademark
January 17, 2012
- Debevoise represents Kate Spade, in defeating Saturdays Surf LLC’s motion for a temporary restraining order seeking to enjoin Kate Spade’s the new brand Kate Spade Saturday
January 16, 2012
- Debevoise represents Absolut Spirits, in defending against claims for misappropriation of trade secrets and theft of an idea arising out of its sponsorship of a new television reality show
January 16, 2012
- Debevoise represents Louis Vuitton, in litigations involving infringement and dilution of its S-Lock and Epi marks
January 14, 2012
- Debevoise represents Nestlé, in back-to-back victories in false advertising disputes against Ross Laboratories over advertising for Ross’s Isomil Advance and Similac EarlyShield baby formulas
January 14, 2012
- Debevoise represents Novartis and Bayer, in obtaining a preliminary injunction against the illegal importation of foreign pet medicines into the United States
January 13, 2012
- Hony Capital in its formation of Hony Capital Fund V, a $2.37 billion fund for investments in China
January 13, 2012
- Debevoise represents Cubaexport and Pernod Ricard, in litigations relating to the famous Havana Club brand of rum
January 12, 2012
- Debevoise advises the management in the purchase by Altamir Amboise and Funds administered by Apax Partners of BNP Paribas Personal Finance (Cetelem Belgium)
January 12, 2012
- Debevoise advises Pernod Ricard in the issuance of $2.5 billion of US dollar denominated Fixed-Rate Notes, comprised of $850 million 2.95% Fixed-Rate Notes due 2017, $800 million 4.25% Fixed-Rate Notes due 2022
January 12, 2012
- Debevoise advises Booz Allen Hamilton in the sale of its state and local transit consulting business to CH2M HILL
January 10, 2012
- Debevoise represents the International Trademark Association, in amicus briefs filed in the Chewy Vuiton, Charbucks, Chloé v. Queen Bee, Levi Strauss v. Abercrombie & Fitch, Tiffany v. eBay, Rosetta Stone v Google, Betty Boop, and Already v. Nike appeals
January 10, 2012
- Debevoise advises Beacon Capital Partners in the joint venture acquisition and financing of 195 Broadway in New York City
January 4, 2012
- Debevoise represents Universal Music Group in connection with the New York State Attorney General’s investigation of radio promotion practices
January 2, 2012
- Debevoise represents Perenco Ecuador against the Republic of Ecuador in ICSID proceedings concerning Ecuador's amendment of the Hydrocarbons Law to increase the State's participation to 99% of all revenues from oil sales above a fixed "reference price"
January 1, 2012
- Debevoise represents the Bank of New York in negotiation of a non-prosecution agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the Southern District of New York and Eastern District of New York arising out of misconduct by bank employees
January 1, 2012
- Debevoise represents Israel Discount Bank in the successful motion to dismiss third party complaint in Alien Tort Act/Anti-Terrorism Act case
January 1, 2012
- Alstom in the establishment of its EMTN Programme and the issue of €500 million in notes under the Programme
January 1, 2012
- Debevoise represents JPMorgan Chase in various federal and state regulatory matters in connection with mortgage servicing issues
January 1, 2012
- Debevoise represents various large, multi-national companies in conducting anti-bribery and anti-corruption due diligence in connection with potential transactions
January 1, 2012
- Debevoise advises a sovereign in an inter-state dispute concerning natural resources
January 1, 2012
- Debevoise advises Deutsche Telekom in connection with Department of Justice and SEC investigations relating to payments made by its Hungarian subsidiary, Magyar Telekom
December 29, 2011
- Debevoise advises Sberbank in its joint venture with BNP Paribas Personal Finance
December 29, 2011
- Debevoise advises Third Point in its formation and initial capitalization of Third Point Reinsurance Ltd
December 22, 2011
- Debevoise advises Exal Corporation, a Teachers Private Capital portfolio company, in the €85 million sale of its European division to Ardagh Group
December 21, 2011
- Debevoise advises RSC Holdings in the financing aspects of its $4.2 billion acquisition by United Rentals
December 16, 2011
- Debevoise advises Phoenix Life Insurance Company in a reinsurance transaction with Nomura Financial involving its demutualization closed block
December 16, 2011
- Debevoise advises International Lease Finance Corporation and AeroTurbine Inc. on Debt Refinancing
December 12, 2011
- Debevoise advises the Federal Reserve Bank of New York defending against damage claims exceeding $25 billion by a company that received rescue lending and one of its shareholders challenging the terms of the rescue loan
December 6, 2011
- Debevoise advises Prudential Financial in its sale of Prudential Real Estate and Relocation Services (PRERS), the company’s real estate brokerage and relocation services unit, to Brookfield Residential Property Services
December 6, 2011
- Debevoise represents ACE INA in connection with the New York State Attorney General’s investigation of the insurance industry
December 1, 2011
- Debevoise represents Syracuse University in a defamation action brought against it and its head basketball coach, James Boeheim
December 1, 2011
- Debevoise represents a major pharmaceutical company in an internal review of its compliance program and related practices
November 30, 2011
- Tethyan Copper Company Pty Limited in simultaneous arbitrations asserting investment treaty and contract claims against the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Pakistani province of Balochistan, respectively
November 30, 2011
- Debevoise advises AMR Corporation and American Airlines in their consensual out-of-court restructuring program with more than 100 aircraft financing parties
November 29, 2011
- Debevoise advises American Airlines in winning approval in bankruptcy court to repay $1.3 billion in debt without payment of a make-whole premium over the objection of the bond trustee
November 29, 2011
- American Airlines, as special aircraft financing counsel, in its pending New York-based Chapter 11 proceeding involving the restructuring of complex financing and purchase arrangements relating to over 1,000 aircraft
November 29, 2011
- Debevoise advises TA Associates in its management buy-out of Quotient BioScience Group
November 22, 2011
- Debevoise advises Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and Deutsche Bank as joint book-running managers in the $650 million offering of common stock by Cigna Corporation
November 22, 2011
- Debevoise advises International Paper in its $900 million offering of 4.75% notes due 2022 and in its $600 million of 6.00% notes due 2041
November 16, 2011
- Debevoise advises Lafarge Shui On Cement Limited in its Reg S offering of CNY1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of 9.00% Guaranteed Noted due 2014
November 14, 2011
- Debevoise wins victory for Norilsk Nickel in shareholder battle in Nevis courts
November 14, 2011
- Norilsk Nickel in a shareholder dispute with UC Rusal in a Nevis court
November 14, 2011
- Debevoise advises Morgan Stanley, BofA Merrill Lynch, UBS Investment Bank and HSBC as joint book-runners in Cigna Corporation’s $600 million offering of 2.750% senior notes due 2016, $750 million of 4.000% senior notes due 2022
November 10, 2011
- Debevoise advises Pan-American Life Insurance in its acquisition of select businesses and assets from MetLife in the Caribbean, Panama and Costa Rica
November 9, 2011
- Debevoise & Plimpton advises Oceana Therapeutics in its pending sale to Salix Pharmaceuticals
November 8, 2011
- Debevoise advises Alibaba in its sale of a $1.6 billion stake to a consortium of investors including Silver Lake Technology Management, Digital Sky Technologies, Temasek Holdings and Yunfeng Capital
November 3, 2011
- Debevoise represents Universal Music Group and its Island Def Jam division in connection with a Department of Justice investigation of the rap music business
November 1, 2011
- Debevoise advises Universal Cargo Logistics Holding in a $4.2 billion acquisition of Freight One and a $3.75 billion financing of the transaction provided by a syndicate of banks
October 28, 2011
- Debevoise advises Cigna in regulatory and tax matters relating to its $3.8 billion acquisition of HealthSpring
October 24, 2011
- Debevoise advises Prudential Financial in its sale of Afore XXI, S.A. de C.V., a Mexican private pension manager, to Banorte
October 20, 2011
- Debevoise represents Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its £417 million acquisition of Bodycote Testing Group, the laboratory materials testing business of Bodycote Plc
October 19, 2011
- Debevoise advised J.F. Lehman & Company in $575 Million Private Equity Fund
October 12, 2011
- Chemtura Corporation in its successful multi-billion dollar chapter 11 restructuring of complex funded debt issues as well as contentious mass tort and environmental claims asserted in amounts well over $2 billion
October 11, 2011
- Debevoise & Plimpton LLP advised Dover Corporation in connection with the sale of its Paladin business
October 6, 2011
- Assured Guaranty in a $435 million excess-of-loss reinsurance facility designed to address Standard & Poor's revised capital calculations
October 5, 2011
- Debevoise advises Westpac Banking Corporation US$1 billion 2.45% covered bonds due 2016
October 5, 2011
- Debevoise represents a founder of a mutual fund complex in investigations by the SEC and New York Attorney General of alleged market-timing, and in a related multidistrict litigation
October 1, 2011
- Debevoise wins dismissal of Trump defamation action against author Timothy L. O’Brien and publisher
September 30, 2011
- Debevoise advises Providence Equity Partners and Altegrity in the sale of TrialGraphix, a division of Kroll
September 30, 2011
- Debevoise advises Bank of America Merrill Lynch as financial advisor to Nationwide Financial in its $760 million merger with Harleysville Mutual
September 29, 2011
- Debevoise represents Suzuki Motor Corporation as Claimant in consolidated ICC London arbitration proceedings against Volkswagen in respect of a dispute involving a multibillion euro cross-shareholding and arising out of a commercial alliance
September 28, 2011
- Debevoise advises Galderma S.A. in its pending acquisition of certain assets of Graceway Pharmaceuticals, LLC
September 28, 2011
- Debevoise advises Omega in recent deal approaches
September 26, 2011
- Debevoise advises Artémis in its acquisition of a majority stake in CAPI France
September 21, 2011
- Debevoise advises J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. in purchase of 200 Fifth Avenue
September 20, 2011
- Debevoise advises Omega Insurance Holdings Limited in the partial cash offer by Haverford (Bermuda) Limited to acquire up to 25% of Omega's common shares listed on the London Stock Exchange
September 13, 2011
- Debevoise advises Omega in the disposal of a 25% stake to HBL
September 13, 2011
- Debevoise advises Meinl Bank in the strategic restructuring by Meinl European Land Limited, the central and eastern European focused property owner and developer
September 12, 2011
- Debevoise represents the Trustees of Great Lakes (UK) Limited Pension Plan, a major creditor, in connection with the bankruptcy proceeding of Chemtura Corporation
September 12, 2011
- Debevoise advises HarbourVest Partners, LLC in its acquisition of Absolute Private Equity, Ltd.
September 7, 2011
- Debevoise advises International Paper in pending acquisition of Temple-Inland
September 6, 2011
- Debevoise advises Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, AXA Private Equity and CDPQ in the acquisition of SPIE from PAI Partners for a total consideration of €2.1 billion
September 1, 2011
- Debevoise represents a pharmaceutical manufacturer in connection with a third-party payor class action litigation
September 1, 2011
- The General Counsel of Computer Associates in Department of Justice and SEC investigations of accounting irregularities
September 1, 2011
- Debevoise represents a private equity firm in parallel investigations by the SEC and the N.Y. Attorney General concerning alleged “pay-to-play” payments involving public pension funds
August 31, 2011
- Debevoise represents Kenneth D. Lewis, former CEO of Bank of America, in regulatory matters relating to the Merrill Lynch acquisition
August 27, 2011
- Debevoise advises Diamond Castle Holdings in connection with the pending sale of York Label Group to Multi-Color Corporation
August 26, 2011
- Debevoise advises Notz, Stucki & Cie and Notz Stucki Management (Bermuda) Ltd., manager of Plaza Investments, a feeder fund for investments placed with Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, in the dismissal of a class action filed in the SDNY
August 25, 2011
- Debevoise advised American International Group in connection with the sale of its interest in its Taiwan life insurance unit, Nan Shan, to Ruen Chen
August 18, 2011
- Debevoise advises Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in pending acquisition of Hussmann from Ingersoll Rand
August 8, 2011
- Debevoise advises Tenex Capital Management in $452 million Tenex Capital Partners fund
August 8, 2011
- Debevoise advises ILFC in its pending acquisition of AeroTurbine
August 3, 2011
- Debevoise advises LivingSocial in its pending acquisition of Korean deal provider Ticket Monster
August 2, 2011
- Debevoise advises the management of Capsugel in connection with the management equity program implemented following KKR’s $2.4 billion acquisition of Capsugel from Pfizer
August 1, 2011
- Debevoise advises Beacon Capital Partners in the joint venture acquisition of two office buildings located in Washington, D.C. and the recapitalization of 1633 Broadway, a 2.4 million-square-foot office building in midtown Manhattan
August 1, 2011
- Debevoise advises Editis in the €68 million sale of Belgian publisher Groupe de Boeck to Ergon Capital Partners
July 28, 2011
- Debevoise advised on the completion of the $11 bn combination of Polyus Gold with KazakhGold
July 28, 2011
- Debevoise advises Altegrity in acquisition of CVM Solutions
July 27, 2011
- Debevoise & Plimpton LLP advises Pirelli in its joint venture project with Russian Technologies State Corporation and joint investment in the tyre assets of SIBUR Holding
July 25, 2011
- Debevoise advises American Airlines in financing aspects of largest aircraft order in history
July 21, 2011
- Debevoise advises Mitsui in joint venture with Dow Chemical in Brazil
July 21, 2011
- Debevoise represents BTL Employees' Trust, a shareholder in Belize Telemedia Limited, concerning the re-nationalisation without compensation of BTL
July 20, 2011
- Debevoise advises Pernod Ricard in its investment in Tequila Avión
July 20, 2011
- Debevoise advises US Foods in its new $425 million term loan credit agreement, an "amend and extend" ABL credit agreement amendment, and its offering of $400 million of 8.5% senior notes due 2019
July 16, 2011
- Debevoise advises Prudential Financial, Inc. in its joint venture with the Fosun Group in the People’s Republic of China
July 11, 2011
- Debevoise advises Vinci Capital Gestora de Recursos in its formation of Vinci Capital Partners II, a $1.4 billion private equity fund focused on Brazil
July 6, 2011
- Debevoise advises Najafi Companies in Direct Brands pending acquisition of Borders Group, Inc.
July 5, 2011
- Debevoise advises Eurosic in its €810 million public takeover by Batipart, the holding company of French property entrepreneur Charles Ruggieri
July 1, 2011
- Debevoise & Plimpton LLP advises RTS in its $5 billion merger with MICEX Group
June 29, 2011
- Debevoise advises Novolipetsk Metallurgical Kombinat in its acquisition of Angira Metal Products Private Limited, Nippon Transcore Private Limited, and M/s National Lamination Industries
June 29, 2011
- Debevoise advises Uralkali in its $8.1 billion merger with Silvinit
June 24, 2011
- Debevoise advises AREA in the formation of its European real estate funds
June 24, 2011
- Debevoise advises Reynolds Group Holdings Limited in its agreement to acquire Graham Packaging Company Inc.
June 17, 2011
- Debevoise advises The Carlyle Group in raising $1 billion for investments in Brazil and South America
June 15, 2011
- Debevoise represents the United Nations in successfully asserting its rights under the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations and corresponding U.S. law
June 8, 2011
- Debevoise advises Miller Buckfire & Co. in its sale of an interest in Miller Buckfire to Stifel Financial
June 8, 2011
- Debevoise advises Mitsui in its $5.8 billion bridge loan to Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (“CODELCO”) to finance CODELCO’s potential acquisition of up to a 49% interest in Anglo American Sur S.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of Anglo American plc
June 7, 2011
- Debevoise advised Najafi Companies in its agreement to acquire DirectGroup France, Belgium, Switzerland and Quebec from Bertelsmann
June 3, 2011
- Debevoise represents UBS Financial Services, as lead trial counsel, in the successful defense in a FINRA arbitration brought by former UBS clients in connection with investment losses during the Fall of 2008
June 1, 2011
- Debevoise advises Schneider Electric in its agreement to acquire the leading software firm TELVENT
June 1, 2011
- Debevoise advises a bank in anti-arbitration injunction proceedings brought by the host state to avoid arbitration under a BIT in the courts of Belize and Caribbean Court of Justice
June 1, 2011
- Debevoise represents a leading retailer in defending various lawsuits involving trademark, copyright, unfair competition, and other claims
May 31, 2011
- Debevoise advises Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in its $4.3 billion sale of Diversey Holdings to Sealed Air
May 31, 2011
- Debevoise advises Baring Vostok Capital Partners as a selling shareholder in the initial public offering by Yandex
May 27, 2011
- Debevoise advises Rexel in its issuances of €650 million 8.25% senior notes due 2016 and €500 million 7% senior notes due 2018
May 27, 2011
- Debevoise advises Uralkali in its $1 billion pre-export financing
May 25, 2011
- Debevoise advises Morgan Stanley Private Equity in acquisition of EmployBridge
May 24, 2011
- Rexel in its offering of €500 million of senior unsecured notes due 2018
May 23, 2011
- Debevoise advises EIG in $4B energy fund
May 10, 2011
- Debevoise advises EIG Global Energy Partners in its formation of EIG Pelican Spillover Fund, L.P., a $375 million single investment fund
May 10, 2011
- Debevoise advises Access Industries in agreement to acquire Warner Music Group
May 9, 2011
- Debevoise advises Hertz in its proposed acquisition of Dollar Thrifty
May 9, 2011
- Debevoise advises Melco Crown Entertainment in its offering of RMB2.3 billion (or approximately US$355 million) of 3.75% bonds due 2013, the first RMB-denominated bond to be issued by a company listed on the NASDAQ
May 9, 2011
- Debevoise advises Beacon Capital Partners in the restructuring of a securitized mortgage loan with a face amount of approximately $2.7 billion
May 4, 2011
- Debevoise advises Wendel Investment in the setting-up of a Luxembourg investment fund
May 2, 2011
- Prudential Financial in its acquisition of a portfolio of private equaity funds from Verizon Management Pension Plan and the General Motors Pension Plan
May 1, 2011
- Debevoise advises Providence Equity Partners and Altegrity, Inc. in sale of Explore Information Services, LLC to Solera Holdings, Inc.
April 25, 2011
- Debevoise advises Aspen Marketing Services in sale to Alliance Data's Epsilon Business
April 25, 2011
- Debevoise advises The Hanover Insurance Group in its £313 million public bid for Chaucer Holdings Plc
April 20, 2011
- Debevoise represents Prudential Financial in the sale of a German subsidiary
April 20, 2011
- Debevoise advises the Capital Group and other selling shareholders in the $1.3 billion initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange of Arcos Dorados Holdings, the world’s largest McDonald’s franchisee by systemwide sales and number of restaurant
April 20, 2011
- Debevoise advises HarbourVest Partners and Paul Capital Advisors, as part of a consortium providing equity financing for the formation of NewQuest Asia Fund
April 18, 2011
- Debevoise advises Forethought Financial Group in its $150 million offering of 8.625% senior notes due 2021
April 15, 2011
- Debevoise advises Yves Saint Laurent, in defeating a motion for a preliminary injunction by Christian Louboutin and subsequently obtaining a favorable ruling by the Court of Appeals concerning YSL’s red-soled shoes
April 15, 2011
- Debevoise advises Morgan Stanley, Barclays Capital and Goldman Sachs in the $353 million initial public offering by CVR Partners
April 13, 2011
- Debevoise advises Park Square Capital, LLP in its formation of Park Square Capital Partners II, an €850 million mezzanine debt fund
April 13, 2011
- Debevoise advises Harbinger Group Inc. in acquisition of Old Mutual U.S. Life Holdings
April 6, 2011
- Debevoise advises Schneider Electric in acquisition of US-based Lee Technologies
April 5, 2011
- Debevoise advises Guggenheim Securities as financial advisor to Pfizer in Pfizer's $2.38 billion sale of Capsugel, a leading maker of hard capsule and other drug-delivery systems, to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
April 4, 2011
- Debevoise advises Providence Equity Partners in its $1.9 billion going private acquisition of SRA International, a leading provider of technology and strategic consulting services
April 1, 2011
- Debevoise advises Oaktree Capital Management in the $955 million acquisition of the North American businesses of Taylor Wimpey plc, together with TPG Capital and JH Investments
April 1, 2011
- Debevoise represents a financial services firm and its CEO in achieving the favorable settlement of a high-profile employment litigation involving alleged breaches of contractual and fiduciary obligations
March 31, 2011
- Debevoise advises a group of investors, including Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. and Avenue Capital Group in connection with the acquisition of the assets of the Sea Island Resort through its Chapter 11 case
March 31, 2011
- Debevoise advises Capital Group, PineBridge and the International Finance Corporation in the sale of a 39% stake in Jumbo Retail Argentina to UBS for $442 million
March 30, 2011
- Debevoise advises D. E. Shaw in its joint venture with Reliance Industries to create a broad financial services and investment business in the Indian markets
March 29, 2011
- Debevoise advises Miller Buckfire as financial advisor to Keystone Automotive in its exchange offer and consent solicitation of $173 million of its 9.75% senior subordinated notes due 2013 for new common stock of Keystone's holding company
March 29, 2011
- Debevoise advises Schneider Electric in agreement to acquire Summit Energy
March 25, 2011
- Debevoise advises Hertz in refinancing of senior secured credit facilities
March 21, 2011
- Debevoise advises American Airlines in its $1 billion offering of 7.50% senior notes due 2016 and secured by route authorities, airport landing and take-off slots, and rights to use or occupy airport terminals
March 15, 2011
- Debevoise represents various funds in connection with the collapse of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, LLC
March 14, 2011
- Debevoise advises Reynolds Group Holdings Limited in its agreement to acquire Dopaco from Cascades
March 11, 2011
- Debevoise advises Goldman Sachs, Citi and Credit Suisse as book-running managers for $9.7 billion combined primary and secondary offerings of common stock and common equity units by MetLife and AIG
March 8, 2011
- Debevoise advises Groupe Rasec on its acquisition of 80% of the JEB Group
March 4, 2011
- Debevoise wins victory for Norilsk Nickel in $3.5bn Russian shareholder battle in Nevis courts
March 1, 2011
- Debevoise advises The Reynolds Group in a $2 billion senior secured and unsecured notes issuance and restatement of its $2.235 billion and €250 million senior credit facility
February 15, 2011
- Debevoise advises CD&R in agreement to acquire Emergency Medical Services Corporation
February 14, 2011
- Debevoise advises Lagardère SCA in a binding offer from Hearst Corporation for its international magazine business
February 9, 2011
- Debevoise advises RSC Equipment Rental in the refinancing of its existing senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility with a five-year $1.1 billion senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility
February 9, 2011
- Debevoise advises Booz Allen Hamilton on debt refinancing
February 4, 2011
- Debevoise advises Baring Private Equity Asia in raising US$2.46 billion for Fund V
February 1, 2011
- Debevoise advises Rank Group Limited in acquisition of Honeywell consumer products group business for $950 million
January 28, 2011
- Debevoise advises Prudential Financial, Inc. in its private equity fund with Fosun Group
January 13, 2011
- Debevoise advises Helios Investment Partners in the acquisition of a controlling stake in Interswitch
January 12, 2011
- Debevoise advises Helios Investment Partners in the acquisition of a controlling stake in Interswitch, Nigeria´s largest electronic transaction switching and payment processing service provider, from several Nigerian banks
January 12, 2011
- Debevoise advises AIG in agreement to sell Nan Shan to Taiwan-based consortium led by Ruentex Group
January 12, 2011
- Debevoise advises Cunningham Lindsey in acquisition of the loss adjusting business of GAB Robins
January 4, 2011
- Debevoise represents claimant Tethyan Copper Company in an ICSID arbitration against the Government of Pakistan and an ICC arbitration against the Government of Balochistan in disputes regarding a copper and gold mining project in north-west Pakistan.
January 1, 2011
- Debevoise represents investors in challenging the expropriation of shares in a telecoms company in Belize
January 1, 2011
- Debevoise advises financial industry groups, such as the American Council of Life Insurers and the Financial Services Roundtable, in connection with the rulemaking process under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
January 1, 2011
- Debevoise represents a leading investment bank in a Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower claim that settled favorably following two weeks of hearings
January 1, 2011
- Debevoise represents AIG in its private takeover of a German company
January 1, 2011
- Debevoise represents a leading insurance company in investigations by the N.Y. Attorney General
December 31, 2010
- Debevoise represents the Government of Ghana in a dispute about the enforcement of an arbitral award under a public works contract
December 31, 2010
- Debevoise advises Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Mineração (CBMM) in the sale of a stake in CBMM to a consortium of five Chinese companies for $1.95 billion, and on a separate sale, to a consortium of Japanese and Korean companies
December 22, 2010
- Debevoise advises International Finance Corporation in ongoing securities law compliance and as selling shareholder in the initial public and follow-on equity offerings of HiSoft Technology International
December 22, 2010
- Debevoise advises Protective Life in reimbursement agreement
December 21, 2010
- Debevoise advises non-life insurer Novae Group plc on its return of £32.9 million of surplus capital to shareholders
December 20, 2010
- Debevoise advises Univar in the financing aspects of its acquisition of Basic Chemical Solutions, a global distributor and trader of commodity chemicals
December 20, 2010
- Debevoise advises Stone Point Capital in its formation of Trident V, L.P., a $3.5 billion financial services buyout fund
December 20, 2010
- Debevoise advises Forest Laboratories in its acquisition of the Colistin business of Grünenthal GmbH
December 19, 2010
- Debevoise advises Globo Comunicação e Participações S.A in its approximately $600 million sale of a strategic equity stake in SKY Brasil to DIRECTV
December 16, 2010
- Debevoise advises the Dolan family in the tax-free leveraged spin-off of Rainbow Media Holdings to the stockholders of Cablevision Systems Corporation
December 16, 2010
- Debevoise advises Mitsui in its joint venture with Dow Chemical to construct, own and operate a membrane chlor-alkali facility in Freeport, Texas
December 16, 2010
- Debevoise advises JFK International Air Terminal as lessee and operator of Terminal 4 at JFK International Airport in The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s $796.28 million offering of special project bonds
December 9, 2010
- Alternative asset managers in arbitration of a dispute arising out of partnership and employment agreements
December 9, 2010
- Debevoise represents the Private Equity Growth Capital Council with respect to the implementation of the regulatory changes affecting the private equity industry as a result of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
December 7, 2010
- Debevoise advises Ripplewood Holdings in its strategic combination with RHJ International SA
December 7, 2010
- Debevoise advises D.E. Shaw and Newport Global Advisors in the formation of hedge funds
December 3, 2010
- Debevoise advises New York Life Investments in agreement to acquire majority stake in Private Advisors, LLC
December 2, 2010
- Debevoise advises private equity investors seeking to a acquire stakes in numerous banking organizations
December 1, 2010
- Debevoise advises major U.S. and European banks on Dodd-Frank implementation issues
December 1, 2010
- Debevoise advises Headland Capital Partners, the former Asian arm of HSBC Private Equity, in its spin-off from HSBC
December 1, 2010
- Debevoise represents investors in a constitutional challenge to legislation imposing draconian penalties for breach of an anti-arbitration injunction in Belize
December 1, 2010
- Debevoise advises Rank Group Limited in agreement to acquire UCI International, Inc.
November 29, 2010
- Debevoise advises Booz Allen Hamilton in its initial public offering
November 22, 2010
- Debevoise advises Discovery Communications in sale of BBC worldwide interests in joint ventures to Discovery
November 16, 2010
- Deboise advises Diamond Castle, Gramercy, NCH, Newport Global Advisors, Pharos and Third Point in the formation of private equity funds with a variety of strategies
November 10, 2010
- Debevoise advises Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in agreement to acquire Tyco International’s Electrical and Metal Products business to be renamed Atkore International
November 9, 2010
- Debevoise advises Amazon.com in agreement to acquire Diapers.com and Soap.com
November 8, 2010
- Debevoise advises Oriental Trading Company, a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group, in its Chapter 11 proceedings
November 5, 2010
- Debevoise advises Macquarie Capital as financial advisor to Erie Indemnity Company in its sale of three wholly owned property and casualty subsidiaries and shares of Erie Family Life Insurance to the Erie Insurance Exchange
November 4, 2010
- Debevoise advises Kelso & Company in its investment in Sandler O'Neill + Partners, a full-service investment banking firm specializing in financial services companies
November 4, 2010
- Debevoise advises GENEX Holdings in its acquisition of assets of International Rehabilitation Associates, a subsidiary of CIGNA Corporation
November 4, 2010
- Debevoise advises BGI and GE Asset Management in investments in joint ventures, private equity and hedge fund sponsors and open- and closed-ended private funds
November 1, 2010
- Debevoise advises a sovereign wealth fund on questions of immunity
November 1, 2010
- Debevoise advises Sun Life in agreement to sell reinsurance business to Berkshire Hathaway
November 1, 2010
- Debevoise advises AIG and AIA in the initial public offering of AIA
October 30, 2010
- Drax Holdings, owner of England’s larger power station, in its restructuring of approximately £1.3 billion of senior secured debt, which involved concurrent schemes of arrangement in England, Jersey and the Cayman Islands
October 28, 2010
- Debevoise advises Protective Life in coinsurance agreement with Liberty Life
October 22, 2010
- Debevoise advises Exova in its £155 million high yield offering of 10.5% senior notes
October 22, 2010
- Debevoise advises Hardy in its rejection of a takeover approach by Beazley
October 19, 2010
- Debevoise advises Schneider on acquisition of 50% stake in ElectroShield
October 18, 2010
- Debevoise advises MassMutual in the sale of its interest in its Taiwan-based affiliate, MassMutual Mercuries Life Insurance Co.
October 16, 2010
- Debevoise advises Apax in its acquisition with Bridgepoint Capital of Histoire d'Or from Silverfleet Capital and Marc Orian from Qualium Investissement
October 14, 2010
- Debevoise advises Deutsche Telekom AG in its $3.2 billion sale of a 15% stake and a 10% stake in Mobile TeleSystems, a leading Russian cellular operator
October 12, 2010
- Debevoise advises Kelso & Company in its acquisition of Logan's Roadhouse, a casual dining restaurant chain, from an investor group led by Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co.
October 6, 2010
- Debevoise advises Kelso & Company as sponsor in Logan's Roadhouse's $355 million offering of 10.75% senior secured notes due 2017
October 4, 2010
- Debevoise advises Rockefeller Group International in its acquisition of a majority interest in Europa Capital
October 4, 2010
- Debevoise represnts Owens Corning, as Special Counsel in its Chapter 11 Reorganization, including the defense of over 500 property damage claims and trial counsel in the multi-billion dollar valuation trial of its asbestos liabilities
October 1, 2010
- Debevoise advises Prudential Financial in agreement to acquire AIG Star and AIG Edison in Japan
September 30, 2010
- Debevoise represents a large integrated agricultural commodities company in responding to a Section 220 demand under Delaware Corporate law
September 27, 2010
- Debevoise advises Novae on unique insurance transfer into Lloyd’s
September 27, 2010
- Debevoise advises Wendel Investissement in the €567 million sale by Wendel and KKR of 23.7 million shares of Legrand
September 20, 2010
- Debevoise advises Tower Group in its $150 million offering of 5.00% convertible senior notes due 2014
September 20, 2010
- Debevoise advises Protective in agreement to acquire United Investors Life
September 14, 2010
- Debevoise represents Swiss cement manufacturer Holcim Ltd. in its ICSID arbitration against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela for the expropriation of its Venezuelan subsidiary, in which Holcim announced a settlement for some US$650 million
September 13, 2010
- National Australia Bank in its proposed acquisition of a German financial services firm
September 3, 2010
- Debevoise advises Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in agreement to invest in Univar, a global market leading chemicals distributor
September 2, 2010
- Acting as Secretary to the Tribunal in an ICC Arbitration in a contractual dispute between a company and a state
September 1, 2010
- Debevoise represents Forest Laboratories in the settlement of civil and criminal investigations and related civil qui tam litigation, regarding marketing, promotional and other activities for its products Celexa, Lexapro and Levothroid
September 1, 2010
- Debevoise advises Navis Capital Partners in its formation of Navis Asia Fund VI L.P., a $1.16 billion fund for investments in Asia
August 31, 2010
- Debevoise represents Mechel OAO a Russian mining and metals conglomerate in securities fraud claims in the Southern District of New York
August 27, 2010
- Debevoise advises AmBev in combination of businesses in Venezuela with Cerveceria Regional
August 20, 2010
- Debevoise advises Reynolds Group in its pending acquisition of Pactiv Corporation
August 17, 2010
- Debevoise advises Oaktree Capital Management in its investment in LNR Property Corp. in a comprehensive recapitalization of LNR
August 16, 2010
- Debevoise advises Dell in acquiring 3PAR, a leading global data-storage provider
August 16, 2010
- Debevoise advises United BioSource Corporation in its acquisition by Medco
August 16, 2010
- Debevoise advises a minority bank management group in acquiring a Mid-Atlantic or Southeast franchise, with an expected capital raise of $300 million
August 5, 2010
- Debevoise represents Ahlstrom Corporation in the sale of its Sealing & Shielding Business to Interface Solutions
August 3, 2010
- Debevoise advises BofA Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Securities, HSBC, UBS Investment Bank and Wells Fargo Securities as book-running managers in MetLife's offering of 86,250,000 shares of its common stock, valued at $3.6 billion
August 2, 2010
- Debevoise advises underwriters in several MetLife offerings
August 2, 2010
- Debevoise advises SAIF Partners in its formation of SAIF Partners IV L.P., a $1.28 billion pan-Asian growth capital fund
August 1, 2010
- Debevoise advises an individual in an application to the European Court of Human Rights for breach of Article 6 ECHR
August 1, 2010
- Debevoise advises Kelso & Company in majority equity investment in The Cronos Group and related transactions
July 29, 2010
- Debevoise represents Yukos Oil Company and its officers in securities fraud claims in the Southern District of New York related to Russian tax enforcement proceedings
July 27, 2010
- Debevoise advises Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and GS Capital Partners in agreement to acquire HGI Holdings, Inc., a leading medical supplies distributor
July 27, 2010
- Debevoise advises Teachers' Private Capital in completion of SonicWALL merger
July 26, 2010
- Debevoise advises The Carlyle Group in the formation, with Banco do Brasil, of a R$400 million fund to invest in Brazilian companies with plans to expand international operations
July 23, 2010
- Debevoise advises BM&FBOVESPA S.A. in a transaction with CME Group Inc.
July 22, 2010
- Debevoise represents Renaissance Capital and GLG in connection with their investment in a major oil company
July 19, 2010
- Debevoise advises Aeroflot in its $2 billion acquisition of eleven A330 aircraft from Airbus
July 16, 2010
- Debevoise represents banks named as defendants in “mistake” actions brought by Fairfield Sentry Limited and affiliated funds
July 13, 2010
- Debevoise advises Hewitt Associates, Inc. in agreement to merge with Aon Corporation
July 12, 2010
- Debevoise advises a U.S.-based financial institution in its response to Federal Reserve inquiries regarding its data security practices
July 9, 2010
- Debevoise advises Mitsui in agreement with The Dow Chemical Company
July 8, 2010
- Debevoise advises on $10bn proposed combination of Polyus Gold with KazakhGold
July 5, 2010
- Debevoise advises Delta Air Lines in its $450 million offering of EETCs secured by 22 Boeing aircraft delivered to Delta between 1999 and 2000 and two Boeing aircraft delivered to Delta in 2010
July 2, 2010
- Debevoise advises Lagardère, as selling shareholder of a 20% stake in the French pay TV channel Canal+ France
July 2, 2010
- Debevoise obtains a favorable settlement, just prior to the arbitration hearing, for an insurance company sued by its former CEO
July 1, 2010
- Debevoise advises Verizon Communications in the refinancing of the public-debt portion of a leveraged lease transaction in connection with its spin-off and merger of its wireline businesses in 14 states to Frontier Communications Corporation
July 1, 2010
- Debevoise represents Interstate Bakeries Corporation and three of its former officers and directors in securities class action and derivative litigation in the Western District of Kansas
June 27, 2010
- Debevoise advises Doughty Hanson on the establishment of its European buyout, real estate and technology funds
June 24, 2010
- Debevoise advises Oaktree Capital Management in the formation of Oaktree Opportunities Fund VIII, a $4.5 billion global distressed fund, and Oaktree Opportunities Fund VIIIb, a $2.7 billion global distressed fund
June 24, 2010
- Debevoise & Plimpton LLP advised RusHydro in its acquisition of a 100% stake in the capital of CJSC Malaya Dmitrovka from Ferro-Story
June 17, 2010
- Debevoise advises Altegrity in acquiring Kroll, the world’s leading risk consulting firm, from Marsh & McLennan
June 7, 2010
- Debevoise advises Culligan in sale of Culligan Store Solutions business to Primo Water Corporation
June 7, 2010
- Debevoise advises The Carlyle Group in its acquisition of Giannoni France
June 7, 2010
- Debevoise advises international organizations and NGOs (International Commission of Jurists; Commonwealth Lawyers Association; and Human Dignity Trust) in a constitutional challenge to the legislation that criminalises homosexuality in a Caribbean country
June 1, 2010
- Debevoise represents a financial services company in an internal investigation addressing allegations made by a senior female managing director that others in senior management had discriminated against her on the basis of gender
June 1, 2010
- Debevoise represents Royal Dutch Shell and more than a dozen of its current or former officers, directors and employees in SEC enforcement proceedings, and in securities class action litigation, ERISA class action litigation, and derivative litigation
May 27, 2010
- Debevoise advises Deutsche Bank on the establishment of its secondary opportunity funds
May 20, 2010
- Debevoise advises a minority bank in its solicitation of $500 million of capital to roll up minority bank franchises across the country
May 18, 2010
- Oaktree Capital Management in its formation of Oaktree Real Estate Opportunities Fund V, a $1.25 billion real estate fund
May 18, 2010
- Debevoise advises Teachers’ Private Capital, the private equity arm of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, in its acquisition of Exal Group, the world’s largest specialty maker of aluminum containers
May 10, 2010
- Debevoise advises Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in its financing for the acquisition of Exal Group
May 10, 2010
- Debevoise advises Reynolds Group Holdings Limited in connection with the issuance of notes
May 4, 2010
- Debevoise advises a management group in its acquisition of Domestic Bank, a Rhode Island federal savings bank
May 4, 2010
- Debevoise advises a group of institutional investors holding Ambac-wrapped residential mortgage-backed securities allocated to the segregated account of Ambac in connection with the rehabilitation of the segregated account
May 3, 2010
- Debevoise represents a consortium of banks in a putative class action alleging violations of the WARN act
May 1, 2010
- Debevoise advises Itaú Unibanco Holding in the establishment of a $10 billion medium term note program
April 30, 2010
- Debevoise advises Stanfield Capital in agreement with Carlyle
April 30, 2010
- Debevoise represents Global Crossing and more than 30 of its current or former officers, directors and employees in SEC enforcement proceedings and Congressional investigations
April 27, 2010
- Debevoise advises Hertz in definitive agreement to acquire Dollar Thrifty
April 26, 2010
- Debevoise advises Providence Equity Partners in its acquisition of AcadeMedia AB. Debevoise acted as tax counsel.
April 22, 2010
- Debevoise advises The Carlyle Group in partnership with RPK Capital Management to purchase more than $1 billion in commercial aviation assets around the globe
April 22, 2010
- Debevoise advises Novolipetsk Mettallurgical Kombinat in the restructuring of SIF, a joint venture it established with Duferco, including the sale of assets to Duferco
April 21, 2010
- Debevoise advises Stone Point and Hellman & Friedman in acquisition of Sedgwick CMS for $1.1 billion
April 20, 2010
- Debevoise advises CDH Investments in its formation of CDH Fund IV L.P., a $1.46 billion fund to invest in China
April 19, 2010
- Debevoise advises Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant in its acquisition of Nova Zinc, a Kazakhstan mining company
April 14, 2010
- Debevoise advises Air France in its proposed acquisition of Czech Airlines
April 14, 2010
- Debevoise advises Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant in its $313.5 million initial public offering of shares and global depository shares and its listing on the London Stock Exchange
April 14, 2010
- Debevoise represents Leiner Health Products, L.L.C. in its purchase of Pharmaceutical Formulations, Inc. in a Chapter 11 sale.
April 6, 2010
- Debevoise advises a leading hedge fund on the workout and restructuring of a $1.3 billion equity bridge loan made to Harry and William Macklowe in connection with their acquisition of a portfolio of office buildings from Equity Office Properties
April 2, 2010
- Debevoise represents an international bank in the successful defense, following a three-day hearing, of a compensation-related arbitration brought by 10 former directors and managing directors which also prevailed on the bank’s sole counterclaim
April 1, 2010
- Debevoise advises Schlumberger in $1.07 billion acquisition of Geoservices
March 31, 2010
- Debevoise advises BWAY Holding Company in acquisition by Madison Dearborn Partners
March 29, 2010
- Debevoise represents a large overseas telecommunications company that is listed in the US, in a review of anti-corruption compliance issues as a subsidiary
March 27, 2010
- Debevoise represents Justice Gary Stein, the trustee and conservator of the Tropicana Atlantic City
March 15, 2010
- Debevoise advises AXA Real Estate Investment Managers in establishing a real estate joint venture platform with US-based operating partners
March 5, 2010
- Debevoise represents a major professional services firm in connection with various governmental investigations
March 1, 2010
- Debevoise advises AIG in sale of its Asian Life Insurance Unit (AIA) to Prudential PLC for $35.5 billion
March 1, 2010
- Debevoise advises The Capital Group in its investment in Grupo IBMEC Educacional SA
February 28, 2010
- Debevoise represents a large US food products company in a review of anti-corruption compliance issues at an overseas subsidiary
February 27, 2010
- Debevoise advises Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America in selling mortgage loans secured by a wide range of properties located throughout the United States
February 26, 2010
- Debevoise advises Oaktree Principal Fund V, a $2.8 billion global distressed fund
February 25, 2010
- Debevoise advises in successful pro bono habeas petition
February 24, 2010
- Debevoise advises Board of Directors of Security Benefit Mutual Holding Company in acquisition of Security Benefit by Guggenheim Partners
February 17, 2010
- Debevoise advises Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and affiliated companies in their definitive agreement with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation to participate in the development of the Marcellus Shale gas project
February 16, 2010
- Debevoise advises Prudential Financial in the $425.4 million sale of its South Korean investment and fund management business, Prudential Investment & Securities Co. Ltd. and Prudential Asset Management Co. Ltd., to Hanwha Securities Co.
February 12, 2010
- Debevoise advises BM&FBOVESPA in Memorandum of Understanding to become Global Preferred Strategic Partners with CME Group
February 12, 2010
- Debevoise represents Principal Financial in its $740 million acquisition from Washington Mutual of WM Advisors, manager of approximately $26 billion in assets, including the WM Group of Funds
February 5, 2010
- Debevoise represents Ingenico in its €290 million acquisition of German payment services provider easycash
February 2, 2010
- Debevoise advises Altegrity in its acquisition of Corporate Risk International
February 1, 2010
- Debevoise represents a leading medical device manufacturer in winning a multi-million dollar claim, and successfully defending a counterclaim, in an arbitration against its former parent
February 1, 2010
- Debevoise represents Discovery Communications Inc. in a breach of contract and unfair competition action in which the plaintiff dismissed all claims voluntarily after Discovery filed its motion to dismiss in New York Supreme Court
February 1, 2010
- Debevoise advises Oaktree Capital Management, as mezzanine lender, in the out-of-court restructuring of Provo Craft & Novelty
January 28, 2010
- Debevoise represents the Audit Committee of a US public company in the pharmaceutical industry in China in a review under the FCPA
January 27, 2010
- Debevoise advises Prudential Capital Partners in closing of third mezzanine fund at $965 million
January 26, 2010
- Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in the acquisition by its affiliate, CDR Jaguar Investor, of approximately 45.9% of the outstanding common stock of JohnsonDiversey Holdings, and the related financing transactions
January 25, 2010
- Debevoise advises the incoming board of directors of Omega Insurance Holdings Limited on the requisitioned shareholder meetings
January 21, 2010
- Debevoise represents Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. in the US$300 million sale of its Ukrainian businesses
January 21, 2010
- Debevoise advises LG Electronics, Inc., in the establishment of a strategic alliance with Viking Range Corporation
January 21, 2010
- Debevoise represents Swiss Re in transfer of risk from closed block of US individual life reinsurance business to Berkshire Hathaway
January 20, 2010
- Debevoise advises a management group in the establishment of a Northeast commercial banking franchise, with an expected capital raise of $600 million
January 19, 2010
- Debevoise represents Amazon.com in its $300 million public takeover of digital audio books provider Audible
January 15, 2010
- Debevoise represents Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in closing of $5 billion fund
January 8, 2010
- Debevoise assists in pro bono voting rights victory
January 6, 2010
- Debevoise advises American Airlines and Delta Air Lines in numerous offerings of EETC pass through certificates financing more than 200 aircraft and raising in excess of $7 billion in aggregate proceeds
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