The Firm represented Connacher Oil and Gas Limited as issuer in a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of $200 million face value of 11.75% First Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2014 completed on June 16, 2009. Credit Suisse acted as Sole Book-Running Manager and RBC Capital Markets and TD Securities acted as Joint Lead Managers. Connacher is a Calgary, Canada based integrated oil company.
The Simpson Thacher team for this transaction included: Joe Kaufman, Max Kirchner, Soo K. Chung and Ishan Banerjee (Corporate), Jonathan Cantor and Jason Vollbracht (Tax) and Mike Isby and Timothy Mulvihill (Environmental). Paralegals Christopher Stone and Amy Craiger provided valuable assistance.