Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC in connection with an SEC-registered secondary offering of 9,250,000 shares of common stock of MoneyGram International, Inc. by affiliates of Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. (Thomas Lee), Goldman, Sachs & Co. (Goldman Sachs) and Silver Point Capital L.P. (Silver Point).

MoneyGram is a leading global payment services company, providing global money transfers, bill payment solutions and financial paper products. MoneyGram’s transfer services are available through more than 256,000 agent locations in 192 countries and territories.

The Davis Polk corporate team included partner Richard J. Sandler and associates Wendi Hoeben, Henrique Canarim (admitted only in Brazil) and Reuben Grinberg (not yet admitted). The tax team included partner Harry Ballan and associate Isaac MacDonald (not yet admitted). Counsel Reena A. Sahni and associate Andrew H. Nash provided bank regulatory advice. Caroline Cima and Maiqi (Michael) Ouyang were the legal assistants on the transaction. All members of the Davis Polk team are based in the New York office.