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Representation of United Arab Shipping Company and its majority shareholders, Qatar Holding LLC and the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, on its business combination with Hapag-Lloyd AG. The combined company will rank among the world's five largest container shipping lines, with a fleet of 237 ships and an enterprise value of US$12 billion.
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Representation of Haier Group, the Chinese consumer electronics manufacturer, in the US$5.4 billion acquisition of GE Appliances unit from General Electric through an auction process. This transaction won the “Cross-Border Deal of the Year (>US$1 billion)” and “M&A Deal of the Year (US$5-20 billion)” by M&A Advisor Awards 2016.
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Representation of Barclays Capital Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Mizuho Securities USA Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC , in connection with the offering by the Tennessee Valley Authority of US$1 billion in aggregate principal amount of its 2.875% Global Power Bonds.
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Representation of the underwriting syndicate, including Barclays Capital Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, in connection with an offering by Delta Air Lines, Inc. of (i) US$1 billion in aggregate principal amount of 2.875% Notes due 2020 and (ii) US$1 billion in aggregate principal amount of 3.625% Notes due 2022.
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Representation of FLNG Liquefaction 2, LLC (“FLIQ2”), a subsidiary of Freeport LNG and IFM Investors, in the private placement of US$1.25 billion of investment grade project bonds. The proceeds of the issuance were used to refinance a portion of the US$4.025 billion senior secured loans incurred by FLIQ2 to initially finance the development and construction of the second liquefaction train of the multi-train natural gas liquefaction and LNG export facility being constructed at Quintana Island near Freeport, Texas. The 4.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2038 were rated BBB by both S&P and Fitch.
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Representation of PV Salvador SpA as the project company and its shareholders Holding Solventus Salvador SpA, Total Nuevas Energías Chile SpA, and Etrion Chile SpA in connection with the development, construction and financing of the 70MW Salvador solar photovoltaic power project in the Atacama desert region of Chile, the world’s largest merchant solar project.
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Representation of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc. in connection with the refinancing of its existing EETCs for five Aircraft using proceeds of US$224,500,000 convertible note offering.
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Representation of aircraft lessors and airline operators in a variety of cross-border aircraft operating lease, sale/leaseback, engine pooling and engine and aircraft finance transactions.