Davis Polk was lead counsel on nine transactions that were named 2010 “Deals of the Year” by International Financing Review. The deals that were recognized involved Davis Polk’s representation of:

• Agricultural Bank of China in its US$22.1 billion IPO, the largest in history at the time. IFR named the deal both “Global IPO of the Year” and “Asia-Pacific Equity Issue of the Year”
  
  
• The lenders to Merck KGaA in connection with its $7.2 billion acquisition of Millipore Corp., which was named “EMEA Loan of the Year”
  
  
• Odebrecht Drilling Norbe VIII/IX Ltd. in connection with its US$1.5 billion project bond offering, which was named “Latin America Bond of the Year”
  
  
• The underwriters in connection with Canada’s global €2 billion bond offering, which was named “SSAR Bond of the Year”
  
  
• The underwriters in connection with the concurrent SEC-registered offerings of common stock and equity units of PPL Corporation, which totaled $3.63 billion and was named “Americas Equity Issue of the Year”
  
  
• PANDORA A/S on its $2 billion initial public offering and listing on NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen, which was named “EMEA Equity Issue of the Year”
  
  
• The underwriters on the $632.5 million public offering by Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., which was named “Americas Structured Equity Issue of the Year”
  
  
• The initial purchasers on the US$1.84 billion Regulation S convertible bond offering by Billion Express Investments Limited, a subsidiary of China Unicom (Hong Kong)  Limited, which was named “Asia-Pacific Structured Equity Issue of the Year” 
  
  
• Bank of America in connection with various exposures to CIT Group, which was named “Americas Restructuring of the Year”