http://www.davispolk.com/ Feed containing all Davis Polk & Wardwell news. en-us © 2011 Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Thu, 23 May 2013 09:24:51 GMT Thu, 23 May 2013 09:24:51 GMT Davis Polk advised China Galaxy Securities Co., Ltd (“China Galaxy Securities”) in connection with its initial public offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and an international offering in reliance on Rule 144A and Regulation S. The gross proceeds from the offering amounted to approximately HK$8.3 billion ($1.1 billion) without the exercise of the over-allotment option. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2265 News 20621b61-af31-4150-ae1e-14213720444b Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters, in connection with the $106 million SEC-registered secondary offering of 2,315,000 shares of Cubic Corporation’s common stock sold by certain selling stockholders, at a price to the public of $45.75 per share. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2272 News cfe6ac09-01ef-42f9-b015-26a08f273bf3 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley in connection with its SEC-registered global offering of $2 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.1% subordinated notes due 2023. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2270 News da33a583-8703-45d4-8c80-25e52fe01584 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as representatives of the underwriters in connection with the SEC-registered secondary offering of 8,000,000 shares of common stock of Pike Electric Corporation sold by LGP Pike II LLC, an entity affiliated with Lindsay Goldberg LLC. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2273 News b8bb6547-febb-467c-9f66-291842d3b121 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk acted as special product counsel for Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. as sole book-running manager and representative of the initial purchasers in connection with a Rule 144A offering by VIVUS, Inc. of $220 million aggregate principal amount of 4.5% convertible senior notes due 2020. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2271 News cdc2edbc-40bb-4aa8-bdec-260319b7efc4 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Warner Chilcott plc in connection with its approximately $8.5 billion acquisition by Actavis, Inc. in a stock-for-stock transaction. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2264 News 08c9eddf-26c5-4c5b-8629-f4c5ab5ae6cc Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised underwriters represented by BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC in connection with the offering of $6.5 billion aggregate principal amount of notes issued by Merck & Co., Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2268 News 8d3c6e3d-a9de-4263-aadf-1f5b4c05f4f4 Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as representatives of the initial purchasers in connection with a Rule 144A offering by Shutterfly, Inc. of an aggregate principal amount of $300 million of its 0.25% convertible senior notes due 2018. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2269 News d60b8fd3-5815-4810-b5fa-25c390390e00 Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley in connection with its SEC-registered global offering of AUD 700 million aggregate principal amount of 4.75% fixed-rate senior registered notes due 2018. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2267 News 5f5c7ef8-5113-4ded-8732-1a9c74f11476 Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised The AES Corporation in an SEC-registered offering of $250 million aggregate principal amount of 4.875% senior notes due 2023, a reopening of an offering of $500 million of such notes in April of this year. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2266 News 0ac3e8db-873c-440e-8490-19ddfa5ba852 Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2256 News 3264425a-80aa-4774-8879-ec55097afd3a Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2255 News 26578ae6-ba0e-4484-8933-eba5236d74f6 Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk acted as special product counsel for Barclays Capital Inc. as manager of the underwriters on a registered public offering by Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. of $345 million aggregate principal amount of 3.75% convertible senior notes due 2017, which included the full exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2263 News 7a46657d-6f43-43da-9bc1-e323881f65ff Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Barclays Capital Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as joint book-running managers in connection with an SEC-registered offering of $750 million aggregate principal amount of 2.95% senior notes due 2023, issued by Covidien International Finance S.A. and guaranteed by Covidien plc and Covidien Ltd. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2262 News acea0e9f-d0b4-4c25-8e82-defe8aa69479 Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Vikram Pandit in connection with his strategic investment, along with his business partner Hari Aiyar, in a 3% equity stake in JM Financial Limited and potential additional investments in its non-banking finance company (NBFC), proposed bank and joint distressed asset fund. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2254 News eeb62344-6ba4-4bc7-9434-7c060f3659b7 Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as the underwriters in an SEC-registered public offering by Fifth Third Bancorp of 600,000 depositary shares, each representing a 1/25th ownership interest in a share of its 5.1% fixed-to-floating rate non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock, Series H, no par value per share, with a liquidation preference of $25,000 per share. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2261 News 2d7cdfd6-f093-4eb1-8a8d-dbd28b7cc5fc Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as joint book-running managers and representatives of the underwriters on an SEC-registered public debt offering by Brinker International, Inc. of $250 million principal amount of its 2.6% notes due 2018 and $300 million principal amount of its 3.875% notes due 2023. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2259 News c6557f56-87a4-449c-a476-da3449791dab Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. as joint book-running managers in connection with the initial public offering of 20,000,000 units of Capitol Acquisition Corp. II, including 2,000,000 units purchased pursuant to the underwriters’ over-allotment option, for an aggregate of $200 million. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2249 News 61850d87-5538-4d24-aa7a-467bb22406d8 Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Jefferies LLC and JMP Securities LLC as joint bookrunners in connection with a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering by Cash America International, Inc. of $300 million aggregate principal amount of 5.75% senior notes due 2018. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2260 News 147755c2-4273-47a4-aed9-dafbb1c68fbb Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised the French State in connection with the disposal of 1.5% of the total share capital of EADS, completed on April 16, 2013, through a share buyback for a total amount of €483 million, and a subsequent private placement by way of an accelerated book-building relating to 2.1% of the total share capital for a total amount of €707 million and completed on May 2, 2013. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2252 News fd917804-4350-4f94-a79d-497f6bff03f5 Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and RBS Securities Inc. as joint book-running managers on an SEC-registered offering by Statoil ASA of $3 billion principal amount of notes guaranteed by its operating subsidiary, Statoil Petroleum AS. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2257 News 28e4d437-42c0-4fd2-9ed5-d786682071b4 Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters, in connection with a $967 million SEC-registered secondary offering of 40,714,704 shares of Vantiv, Inc.’s Class A common stock by Fifth Third Bank and certain funds managed by Advent International Corporation at a price to the public of $23.75 per share. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2258 News 44401440-ec04-4f85-b011-d9ae19b4b756 Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Goldman Sachs International, Merrill Lynch Far East Limited and BNP Paribas Securities (Asia) Limited as joint bookrunners and lead managers in connection with a Regulation S offering of $220 million zero coupon convertible bonds due 2018 by Asia Cement Corporation. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2250 News 197f4f90-cfe1-4067-9315-4696dd282b08 Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Bonnier Corporation in connection with the sale of Parenting and Babytalk magazines and their related digital assets to Meredith Corporation. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2248 News 3c13bfdd-947f-4688-a0b1-2d03b28e1ec1 Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as representatives of the several underwriters in connection with an SEC-registered offering of 9,000,000 shares of common stock of Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2251 News b1cd01ed-be35-45cd-b8d9-47af2f41ba63 Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2245 News 8a0405e4-6580-45f8-8048-387c7ef14d8a Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2247 News f6606564-b55a-453c-950b-3d33c5e5a49e Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising CITIC Capital Partners in connection with the $890 million going-private acquisition of Nasdaq-listed AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc. by a consortium led by CITIC Capital Partners and that includes Edward Tian, a co-founder and significant stockholder of AsiaInfo-Linkage. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2233 News 75793b8f-c5db-42cc-84f4-91c08d8fe017 Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Verdere Sàrl, a Luxembourg company, in connection with its acquisition of 5.2 million class A shares in Investment AB Kinnevik from SMS Sapere Aude Trust, HS Sapere Aude Trust Delaware and Sophie Stenbeck for SEK 169.20 (approximately $25.68) per share. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2234 News 60688c5d-5ab9-4da8-9d3b-9a5c2761fca5 Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Martin Rogers and James Wadham, leading litigators in Asia, have joined the firm as partners in Hong Kong. Their arrival expands Davis Polk’s global enforcement and litigation platform and extends the firm’s leadership among the elite corporate law firms in Asia with an outstanding litigation capability. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2231 News dae1dcc1-2dcf-4792-bd94-d64c27656891 Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as the underwriters in an SEC-registered public offering of 8,744,850 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Webster Financial Corporation, sold by Warburg Pincus Private Equity X, L.P. and Warburg Pincus X Partners, L.P., as the selling stockholders. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2246 News 2310df22-09d8-48f9-bf1c-3b2bf896ef6c Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised CNOOC Limited as to U.S. and Hong Kong law in connection with the SEC-registered offering of guaranteed notes by CNOOC Finance (2013) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of CNOOC Limited, of its $750 million 1.125% guaranteed notes due 2016, $750 million 1.75% guaranteed notes due 2018, $2 billion 3% guaranteed notes due 2023 and $500 million 4.25% guaranteed notes due 2043. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2243 News 1c46986a-124e-438b-a36a-3492999cf55e Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Cobalt International Energy, Inc. (Cobalt) in connection with an SEC-registered secondary offering of 50,000,000 shares of common stock of Cobalt sold by certain selling stockholders for an aggregate price of approximately $1.3 billion. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2244 News 8729ce41-c527-4be3-a7f8-37f813abff09 Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Texas Instruments Incorporated on its SEC-registered debt offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of notes, consisting of $500 million of 1% notes due 2018 and $500 million of 2.25% notes due 2023. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2242 News 18feea91-066f-4de0-99af-3337983effcb Wed, 08 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising BofA Merrill Lynch as financial adviser to BMC Software, Inc. in connection with its approximately $6.9 billion acquisition by a private investor group led by Bain Capital and Golden Gate Capital together with GIC Special Investments Pte. Ltd. and Insight Venture Partners. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2228 News de7a86e8-0eac-4c4a-b9e0-e8ee655eacfb Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Baidu, Inc. in connection with its $370 million acquisition of the online video business of PPS. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2229 News eee729c0-9fdb-4042-8042-e93af89702f9 Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised underwriters represented by BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, RBS Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC in connection with a public offering by International Business Machines Corporation of $1 billion principal amount of its 0.45% notes due 2016 and $1.25 billion principal amount of its 1.625% notes due 2020. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2240 News 21c16ab4-8ba0-4f29-a423-2fb44646abbf Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. as representatives of the several underwriters in connection with the $1.27 billion offering of 65,192,307 shares of common stock of ING U.S., Inc., at a price to the public of $19.50 per share. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2239 News c64e39f1-d02a-4b70-97c9-2b76581b81ec Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised the underwriters on the registered offering of $475 million aggregate principal amount of 1.25% notes due 2018 and $175 million aggregate principal amount of 3.55% notes due 2042 by Praxair, Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2241 News 553fe082-ac52-4981-813d-3288ef7912c0 Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised CITIC Securities Corporate Finance (HK) Limited, Bank of China Limited, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Standard Chartered Bank, Merrill Lynch International, Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Barclays Bank PLC and ABCI Capital Limited as joint bookrunners in connection with a Regulation S offering of $800 million aggregate principal amount in 2.5% credit enhanced bonds due 2018 by CITIC Securities Finance 2013 Co., Ltd. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2237 News 332ef89e-bae1-4600-95c7-21e00e87ef77 Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley as sole bookrunner in the $53.2 million SEC-registered secondary offering of 3,800,000 ordinary shares of Fabrinet. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2238 News 73ed82e3-16f6-43fd-a620-2500a0a90d44 Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Smith & Nephew plc in connection with its acquisition of Adler Mediequip Private Limited and the brands and assets of Sushrut Surgicals Private Limited. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2230 News a048f6ef-c3e8-43aa-942f-ead545d45748 Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Telefónica, S.A. and Telefónica Emisiones, S.A.U. on the SEC-registered $2 billion aggregate principal amount off-the-shelf note offering by Telefónica Emisiones, S.A.U., fully guaranteed by Telefónica, S.A. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2235 News 83e4041e-0967-4f40-99d7-1858c59e7d44 Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Jefferies LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint book-running managers and initial purchasers with respect to a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $50 million aggregate principal amount of 12.625% senior secured notes due 2017 issued by DriveTime Automotive Group, Inc. and DT Acceptance Corporation (together, “DriveTime”). http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2236 News e4e42f1e-0ce2-4a4a-a4e6-1edb8b7ca6d4 Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Banco do Brasil Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Bradesco Securities, Inc., Itaú BBA USA Securities, Inc., BTG Pactual US Capital LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Brasil Plural Securities LLC and Banco Votorantim Securities as joint bookrunners on the Rule 144A/Regulation S initial public offering of common shares of BB Seguridade Participações S.A. on the São Paulo Stock Exchange. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2227 News f687652c-f914-4069-a7bf-ca4521c63595 Thu, 02 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising an affiliate of Goldman, Sachs & Co. in connection with its $820 million acquisition of Ebix, Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2226 News 6a55340f-bd3d-4b50-b696-6428c9d13819 Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised The AES Corporation in an SEC-registered offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 4.875% senior notes due 2023, and on its concurrent tender offers for any and all of its outstanding 7.75% senior notes due 2014, and up to a total of $300 million aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 7.75% senior notes due 2015, 9.75% senior notes due 2016 and 8.00% senior notes due 2017. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2223 News 8ff91cc3-eb42-49e2-a014-0ad7f0ca106d Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Barclays Capital Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Santander Investment Securities Inc., Standard Chartered Bank and UBS Securities LLC as joint book-running managers on an SEC-registered offering by Diageo Capital plc of $750 million principal amount of 0.625% notes due 2016, $650 million principal amount of 1.125% notes due 2018, $1.35 billion 2.625% notes due 2023 and $500 million principal amount of 3.875% notes due 2043, in each case guaranteed by Diageo plc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2222 News 9ea6865e-55e8-4b6b-84c0-00797326ffc0 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised BHG S.A. – Brazil Hospitality Group in connection with an offering of 18,779,343 of its common shares for an aggregate amount of approximately $330 million. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2224 News fa1f9f39-326d-4d3f-9007-0b19aa23208f Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. in connection with its approximately $107 million acquisition of Global Futures & Forex, Ltd. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2221 News 28eca294-125c-4cca-82bd-b64473164321 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as representatives of the underwriters in connection with a $1 billion SEC-registered notes offering by NIKE, Inc., consisting of $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 2.25% notes due 2023 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.625% notes due 2043. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2225 News 9d6a6ec8-b9d7-48be-98fa-0f3fa533332d Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2219 News f14701e2-a08e-44a1-a480-a931bd286eab Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Banco de Crédito del Perú (BCP) on its offer to exchange up to $350 million aggregate principal amount of its outstanding $700 million 4.75% senior notes due 2016 for its 4.25% senior notes due 2023. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2220 News b582a1b4-ecef-4205-8751-002c637e36de Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2218 News 841af062-e267-41aa-a8ed-a8ca3142102d Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as joint book-running managers of the several underwriters in connection with the initial public offering of 15,789,474 shares of common stock of Taminco Corporation at $15.00 per share for net proceeds to Taminco of approximately $223.8 million. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2216 News ae42522c-636b-4459-930f-512748d8c042 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as representatives of the several underwriters in connection with an offering of 5,750,000 shares of common stock of ChemoCentryx, Inc., including 750,000 shares from the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option. The gross proceeds from the offering were $69 million. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2214 News a349cc23-9194-46c4-860f-4f77087f43e7 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising the senior management of Strategic Partners, Credit Suisse’s dedicated secondary private equity business, on the sale of Strategic Partners to Blackstone. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2215 News 98826236-3826-4bc5-b5a5-e57a30a92cc3 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2217 News 8f41f85d-bb78-4fd9-83b6-a5774c05c387 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2213 News 13430d0e-30e1-4d60-b812-4db182733a54 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk has served as lead counsel to Pinnacle Airlines Corp. and its subsidiaries throughout their approximately year-long chapter 11 proceedings. On April 17, 2013, Pinnacle Airlines’ Plan of Reorganization was confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2204 News bcf34bc0-7352-4983-892f-384e218c518a Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2203 News 8667391a-aefa-4b81-97b5-174d789aa120 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as representatives of the several underwriters in connection with an SEC-registered offering by The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The Hartford) of $300 million of 4.3% senior notes due 2043. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2200 News 793ce5a4-893e-4b33-bd23-1324e0be6d4b Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Barclays Bank PLC, CITIC Securities Corporate Finance (HK) Limited, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, UBS AG, Hong Kong Branch and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited as joint lead managers in connection with a Regulation S offering by Asia Standard International Group Limited of CNY500 million aggregate principal amount of 6.5% senior notes due 2018 under its US$1 billion Medium Term Note Programme. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2202 News 5d73c772-e3fd-4b12-913c-16718ba2024a Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Jefferies LLC as representatives of the several underwriters in connection with the SEC-registered follow-on offering of 8,222,500 shares of common stock of Durata Therapeutics, Inc., including 1,072,500 shares from the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares, for a price to the public of approximately $57.6 million. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2201 News d0ba4216-7b13-43b8-a4cf-13c9c78514b4 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised the underwriters in connection with an initial public offering of 6,900,000 shares of common stock of Rally Software Development Corp. (including 900,000 shares in respect of the exercise in full of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares) at $14.00 per share for gross proceeds of $96.6 million. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2199 News bd08aed4-ec05-44f1-9e41-2a9f1ccc896b Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Cowen and Company, LLC as joint book-running managers of the several underwriters in connection with the $117.85 million initial public offering of 8,418,000 shares of common stock of Chimerix, Inc., which included 1,098,000 shares from the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option in full. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2195 News d630eb8e-f10a-4f87-b913-dc358464ccda Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised iKang Guobin Healthcare Group, Inc. in connection with its issuance and sale of convertible redeemable series F preferred shares to Goldman Sachs (GS) and Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC). http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2198 News f7debbd8-ce07-426e-8719-2a60a8e85115 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2197 News e2b00cad-a740-4d5c-a1d9-e2ce9401ce72 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Canaccord Genuity Inc. as joint book-running managers and representatives of the underwriters of an approximately $90 million SEC-registered offering of 16,375,000 shares of common stock of Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2196 News cf0a37b8-3265-4f10-8bdd-e0854ede2aa5 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Bank of America Merrill Lynch as financial adviser to National Financial Partners Corp. in connection with its approximately $1.3 billion acquisition by a controlled affiliate of Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2194 News 7f5a49c7-39d8-4667-b981-c45999a63a09 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising affiliates of Warburg Pincus and Alliance Tire Group in connection with the sale of Alliance Tire Group to affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., a global private equity firm. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2193 News 088adf09-12eb-48c9-90c8-0d33dcb82625 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. on its SEC-registered offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 4.500% senior notes due 2023, which are guaranteed by certain of Reliance’s subsidiaries. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC acted as joint book-running managers for the offering. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2192 News eec276e4-e633-414f-8517-0be7dcbfc802 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised FedEx Corporation on its SEC-registered offering of $250 million principal amount of 2.7% notes due 2023 and $500 million principal amount of 4.1% notes due 2043. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2191 News 05f54081-1143-44d0-8c50-e81625bb6e2d Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2182 News 271b1b30-cba5-49a3-8c70-02aad22bfc0b Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, UBS Securities LLC and Barclays Capital Inc. as representatives of the underwriters in an SEC-registered public offering by Goodrich Petroleum Corporation of 4,000,000 depositary shares, each representing a 1/1000th interest in a share of its 10% Series C cumulative preferred stock, par value $1.00, with a liquidation preference of $25,000 per share. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2189 News 3a16aced-bea8-4f47-bc76-c048d0baaa2e Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Banco de Crédito del Perú (BCP), acting through its Panamanian branch, in connection with the reopening of BCP’s $170 million fixed-to-floating-rate subordinated notes due 2027, which constitute a further issuance of BCP’s $350 million fixed-to-floating- rate subordinated notes due 2027 that were issued on April 24, 2012, pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2188 News 218aacc3-6921-491d-baa1-b9f362babec9 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC as joint lead arranger and Credit Suisse AG as administrative agent in connection with a $500 million senior secured term loan provided to New HB Acquisition, LLC and New HB Acquisition (RE) LLC (collectively, the “Company”) in connection with the Company’s approximately $410 million acquisition of certain assets of Hostess Brands, Inc.’s cake business, including the Twinkies, Ho Hos, Ding Dongs and Donettes trademarks and other property. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2205 News b77d918c-ff1b-41a8-b791-393f7d8f38f1 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as administrative agent in connection with the refinancing of approximately $540 million of Rovi Corporation's senior secured term loan facilities. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2207 News 727eca90-6e1a-4aa6-bbc9-40e255ec42d2 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Bank of America, N.A., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Barclays Bank PLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners and Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent, in connection with a $900 million senior secured term loan for Apria Healthcare Group Inc. (Apria). http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2208 News 2665ffe3-d431-49e0-ac0a-43f695953b8c Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as representative of the initial purchasers on a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by Continental Resources, Inc. of $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.5% senior notes due 2023. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2186 News d2a1e992-6659-4a4d-bf66-b653216b0968 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk Tops First Quarter U.S. and Global M&A and Capital Markets League Tables http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2181 News 2fc6c0eb-862b-44c7-a1fc-259576f6ef1a Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc and Barclays Capital Inc. as representatives of the underwriters of an offering by RDA Microelectronics, Inc. (“RDA”) and certain selling shareholders of 8,350,000 American Depositary Shares, each representing six ordinary shares of RDA. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2187 News ceb7e521-38a2-4714-bdba-b74412967292 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2180 News 13a04ad2-38f5-41fe-a853-7b9edfdceca8 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT In celebration of the 20th anniversary of Davis Polk’s Hong Kong office, the firm hosted the Market Open Ceremony at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on March 22, 2013. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2178 News da59ad06-c0ac-49c5-affd-0003cf7508dc Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2179 News 220be4a2-fbd3-45b7-9e3e-01937bc67d9b Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2177 News e2b547b5-f65f-474c-af47-17bbbe134c7c Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Banco de Crédito del Perú (BCP), on a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of $350 million aggregate principal amount of 4.25% senior notes due 2023. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2184 News adaac306-b9d4-4fe2-b50e-b1e2dd0dcf63 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2176 News 3cad3662-d98d-40f1-903c-151bd218ce8c Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc as placing agent in connection with the placement of 300,000,000 shares held by Nabors Drilling International II Limited in Honghua Group Limited for a total consideration of HK$1.08 billion. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2185 News 8756e364-3033-45b9-9e0a-b4144e3e001e Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Masco Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and Masco Europe S.á r.l., a société à responsabilité limitée under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (collectively, “Masco”) in connection with the refinancing of Masco’s existing $1.25 billion revolving credit facility. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2209 News 6a59f3d7-f0fb-4622-85bb-444450196b21 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BTG Pactual US Capital, LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as global coordinators and joint bookrunners for the international portion of a rights offering of 6,473,976,239 new shares of Enersis S.A., including shares of common stock represented by ADSs, which raised net proceeds of $2.3 billion. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2183 News 3f9a4913-bfd8-468a-bcd2-af720f330fc1 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent in connection with a $975 million credit facility for MoneyGram International, Inc., comprising an $850 million term credit facility and a $125 million revolving credit facility. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2210 News 415a66dd-e478-4707-a63f-46a5b28636ff Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2175 News 1d564bc4-9dff-4abd-89b8-01140af5754d Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Tele2 AB on the sale of its Russian operations to VTB Group in a cash transaction comprising $2.4 billion in equity value and $1.15 billion in net debt. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2174 News c628f22f-4e88-412e-81ff-004fec351329 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc in connection with amendments to and repricing of (i) NRUCFC’s existing $1.125 billion 3-year revolving credit facility agented by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., (ii) its $1.006 billion 4-year revolving credit facility agented by The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and (iii) its $958 million 5-year revolving credit facility agented by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2190 News f1ff9c93-aaa4-4e3a-ad51-e277fab6486d Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Comcast Corporation and NBCUniversal Media, LLC in connection with the cross-guarantee by Comcast and certain of its cable holding companies of NBCUniversal’s $11 billion of public debt securities and by NBCUniversal of Comcast’s and the cable guarantors’ $30 billion of public debt securities and Comcast’s $6.25 billion credit facility. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2171 News c2aa1942-4f17-4b54-99c7-e2c93074e1b9 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Cosan Luxembourg S.A. and Cosan S.A. Indústria e Comércio, as guarantor, in connection with the reopening of Cosan Luxembourg’s R$350 million 9.5% notes due 2018, which constitute a further issuance of the R$500 million 9.5% notes due 2018, which were issued on March 14, 2013 pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2172 News 00f6ba0b-6c16-43b8-8451-e576c9ebd9e1 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised underwriters represented by Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC in connection with an offering by The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. of $175 million principal amount of its 6.35% subordinated debentures due 2053. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2173 News c0262019-2908-4b30-a37e-e9e2da89f3fb Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Comcast Corporation, NBCUniversal Media, LLC and NBCUniversal Enterprise, Inc. in connection with the issuance and sale of $4 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes and $725 million aggregate liquidation preference of Series A cumulative preferred stock of NBCUniversal Enterprise, Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2164 News 3f63920e-7b69-48c9-aee7-193eaa0c18bd Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC as joint book-running managers of the several underwriters in connection with the initial public offering of 4,600,000 shares of common stock of Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for approximately $60 million. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2163 News 9dc3aed2-9f5f-427d-8d33-1571a13c07b4 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Barclays Capital Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as joint book-running managers on a $3 billion registered notes offering by Medtronic, Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2165 News 0a62dbec-2a1d-4122-818f-1bd77d025be2 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Leerink Swann LLC as the sole book-running manager in connection with an SEC-registered offering of 2,300,000 shares of common stock of Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (CSI), including 300,000 shares from the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2162 News a8d0ea67-a069-4e87-b961-146848416017 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative agent, and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as sole lead arranger and bookrunner, on a $200 million asset-based senior revolving debtor-in-possession credit facility (DIP Revolver) for Eastman Kodak Company (Kodak). http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2166 News 78cf34d2-6ef3-4a68-b5eb-054467f8805d Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. (Orbitz) in connection with its new $515 million senior secured credit agreement consisting of four and one-half year tranche B term loans in an initial aggregate principal amount of $150 million, six year tranche C term loans in an initial aggregate principal amount of $300 million and a four and one-half year revolving credit facility in an initial aggregate principal amount of $65 million. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2167 News 331a0960-3858-4ffa-a604-05cefa3a0285 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Shire plc in connection with its acquisition of SARcode Bioscience, Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2157 News 4318ac00-8289-4053-b781-0a27e8872b5c Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Westar Energy, Inc. in connection with its SEC-registered offering of $250 million in aggregate principal amount of 4.10% first-mortgage bonds due 2043. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2160 News 6967518e-f960-41a3-9f13-0ec7345231c6 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as underwriters in connection with an SEC-registered offering of 7 million shares of Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.’s common stock (NYSE: HE) and advised an affiliate of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC in connection with the concurrent execution of forward sale agreements relating to an equal number of shares. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2161 News 2c9ec6e1-a250-4288-b133-11744af31a27 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co. in connection with a variable maturity, capped accelerated share repurchase transaction it entered into with The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. under which McGraw-Hill is repurchasing $500 million of its common stock. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2158 News 31e0322b-bb74-4820-bfc7-0c279fa940e8 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse AG, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Bank of Montreal in connection with the $2 billion credit and bond financing provided to Apollo Management, L.P. in connection with its acquisition of McGraw-Hill Education. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2156 News b8ac7173-f294-4c77-98ee-89d8ac6ff29c Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT For the second year in a row, Davis Polk has been named “Americas Firm of the Year” by International Financial Law Review. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2133 News 562c8f72-cc5e-499c-adaf-b04ff6ef35f8 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc and BNP Paribas Capital (Asia Pacific) Limited in their capacity as placing agents for the top-up placement of 200,000,000 shares in NagaCorp Ltd. for a total consideration of approximately US$154 million. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2136 News 9cf73203-5bd4-4881-ac6f-5fc9f5430728 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Goldman Sachs Bank USA as lead arranger, bookrunner and syndication agent in connection with the refinancing of Hologic, Inc.’s existing tranche A term loan facility with $975 million in new tranche A term loans and its existing revolving credit facilities with $300 million in new revolving credit facilities, which, along with its existing $1.49 billion tranche B term loan facility, had been originally borrowed in August 2012 http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2168 News b333656e-3360-4f67-adbc-0005737edd74 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Banco Santander, S.A. in connection with its cash tender offer for any and all of the outstanding fixed-to-floating callable subordinated notes due 2019 issued by Santander Issuances S.A. Unipersonal and guaranteed by Banco Santander, S.A. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2137 News e804ed57-09fa-4b42-8955-60ff6de54089 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as representatives of the underwriters on the SEC-registered secondary offering of 22,540,000 shares of common stock of BankUnited, Inc. sold by investment funds affiliated with The Blackstone Group, The Carlyle Group, Centerbridge Partners, L.P., WL Ross & Co. LLC and certain officers and directors of BankUnited, Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2140 News ce08650d-40c9-4178-b540-6982f4f9f10e Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2134 News dbaf5e2b-5423-4cb9-b833-b090e22fa75d Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC as joint book-running managers and representatives of the several underwriters in connection with an SEC-registered offering of $350 million 3.250% senior notes due 2023 and $850 million 4.875% senior notes due 2043 by Discovery Communications, LLC. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2139 News 574380b3-4286-439a-b00b-6645dbf8fa55 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as joint book-running managers in connection with a $1.5 billion SEC-registered debt offering by Goldcorp Inc., consisting of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 2.125% notes due 2018 and $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 3.700% notes due 2023. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2138 News 74c31d8f-0138-4a4d-8ae5-615629bb9041 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as representatives of the several underwriters in connection with an SEC-registered follow-on offering by Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. of 9,000,000 shares of Kennedy-Wilson’s common stock. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2142 News e2060a73-2c04-49f8-936b-73c406228421 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised RS Platou Markets, Inc. as sole manager of the placement agents in connection with the approximately $235 million SEC-registered direct offering of 29,012,000 shares of common stock of Scorpio Tankers Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2141 News a01ad863-80b8-44f0-a530-6f9cc9e6c9be Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Morgan Stanley as financial adviser to Obagi Medical Products, Inc. in connection with its $360 million acquisition by Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2135 News f3b01151-9a2a-417d-a573-5e68f7ed3813 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Crestview Partners as member of an investor group in connection with the $2.617 billion sale of approximately 26.9 million shares and approximately 1.1 million warrants in Charter Communications, Inc. to Liberty Media Corporation. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2129 News 3e6080d0-d82c-4757-91d8-004907e20f5e Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as sole book-running manager and representative of the underwriters of a $149 million SEC-registered offering of 1,725,000 shares of common stock of HeartWare International, Inc., including 225,000 shares from the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2132 News 68e78231-fefa-48c7-82d5-041456d50566 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Simmons & Company International, Jefferies LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint book-running managers for the several underwriters in connection with the SEC-registered secondary offering of 9,775,000 shares of common stock of U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc., which includes 1,275,000 shares of common stock purchased by the underwriters pursuant to their additional share purchase option. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2131 News 55abf036-7771-435f-9940-00d624eff3ef Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised E*TRADE Financial Corporation in connection with an SEC-registered block trade by Citadel Equity Fund Ltd., an affiliate of Citadel LLC, of 27,394,448 shares of E*TRADE common stock. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2128 News aa0ef218-a5a5-4d2c-93c3-58698422a324 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as joint book-running managers on an SEC-registered debt offering by Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 3.375% senior notes due 2023. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2123 News 39b386a0-28c7-45a6-941a-74211cce9026 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC as representatives of the several underwriters on the $92.86 million initial public offering of 5,462,500 shares of common stock of Silver Spring Networks, Inc., including 712,500 shares from the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2121 News 348871f9-15e0-4231-8775-38bc80454387 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as sole lead arranger and bookrunner in connection with $1.77 billion of financing provided to Tempur-Pedic International Inc. for its acquisition of Sealy Corporation, which closed on March 18, 2013. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2130 News c2db27a9-84cd-4a24-98a4-af35a3ee2269 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as underwriters in connection with the SEC-registered secondary offering of 26,679,386 Class A shares of Yandex N.V., including 2,425,399 additional Class A shares sold pursuant to an option granted to the underwriters. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2122 News f909a8a5-4623-4d0a-8434-3c7ea16d7239 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised the initial purchasers represented by Goldman Sachs & Co. in connection with NANA Development Corporation’s $275 million debut offering of 9.500% senior secured notes due 2019, which were issued pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2125 News e046fda4-e953-4152-b23e-2a48e312f968 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised PPL Capital Funding, Inc. on its registered offering of $450 million aggregate principal amount of 5.9% 2013 Series B junior subordinated notes due 2073 (the “Notes”), fully and unconditionally guaranteed by PPL Corporation (PPL), which amount includes the underwriters’ option to purchase up to an additional $50 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2124 News ad646829-3df6-4e97-8fbc-28b9d479d405 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Cosan Luxembourg S.A. and Cosan S.A. Indústria e Comércio, as guarantor, in connection with Cosan Luxembourg’s US$500 million offering of 5.00% notes due 2023 and R$500 million offering of 9.500% notes due 2018, which were issued pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2153 News f9b05341-1f17-462f-bd2b-846b2fa691b7 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley in connection with its SEC-registered global offering of €1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.25% fixed-rate senior notes due 2018. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2152 News d947bf4a-5549-469f-8423-83f08669d66e Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2107 News e7930129-64ec-4284-b2d4-0f9203615d0d Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc. as representatives of the underwriters on the public offering by Kansas City Power & Light Company of $300 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.15% notes due 2023. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2155 News 501ec777-0201-4bf1-9f08-855bd2af098c Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC as underwriters in connection with the SEC-registered secondary offering of 25,000,000 shares of common stock of NXP Semiconductors N.V. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2154 News b057e404-1320-48b2-a2d6-850ee0ad4183 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Bestgain Real Estate Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of China Vanke Co., Ltd. (China Vanke), in connection with its Regulation S offering of $800 million 2.625% guaranteed bonds due 2018. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2150 News d632ccd6-45f0-4268-91e1-809524dcb9d7 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A. (Rabobank) on its €1.935 billion sale of approximately 90.01% of the equity in Robeco Groep N.V. to ORIX Corporation. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2106 News b4caed88-406f-4b14-afdb-e6fb266e7f5d Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT In the latest of several recent awards honoring Davis Polk’s Latin America Practice, the firm’s representation of Línea Amarilla S.A.C. on its $885 million hybrid project financing in Peru earned ProjectFinance’s 2012 “Latin American PPP Deal of the Year.” http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2105 News 158bd751-4284-406d-90da-8a2bc9759bf5 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as sole book-running manager of a $207.2 million SEC-registered offering of 2,200,000 shares of common stock of Pharmacyclics, Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2151 News 9fb6b839-964a-4965-9abc-812fae343cc2 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Jefferies LLC as the joint book-running managers on a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. of $150 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.125% senior notes due 2021, guaranteed by Acadia’s domestic subsidiaries that guarantee its senior secured credit facility. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2149 News 46fc5782-9601-4e5b-9d84-7c06295f546c Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as joint book-running managers on a $600 million SEC-registered debt offering by Allergan, Inc., consisting of $250 million aggregate principal amount of 1.35% notes due 2018 and $350 million aggregate principal amount of 2.8% notes due 2023. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2147 News 9fe0f6f1-bdc4-4cf6-b459-7a3c37921f37 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. as joint book-running managers and representatives of the several underwriters in connection with an SEC-registered secondary offering of 8,450,000 shares of Discovery’s Series C common stock, sold by FTI Ventures LLC, as the selling stockholder. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2148 News 86992d29-a218-4796-bd37-7a57410d4222 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2104 News 64f209fb-e7f1-41f6-927d-6c8c66bf427f Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co., Barclays Capital Inc. and Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, as representatives of the underwriters, in connection with the SEC-registered offering of 26.45 million shares of common stock of MRC Global Inc. sold by PVF Holdings LLC, an entity controlled by funds affiliated with Goldman, Sachs & Co. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2146 News e9d05677-0d67-408e-85a5-78855cfead71 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Barclays Capital Inc. as sole book-runner in connection with a $314.4 million SEC-registered secondary offering of 5,375,000 ordinary shares of Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2145 News 25df7438-b49a-4d5a-9e0a-76777007f539 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised underwriters represented by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated in connection with the offering of $900 million aggregate principal amount of notes issued by McKesson Corporation. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2144 News 088958f4-d813-43f3-86cb-75bf44e50260 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised RBC Capital Markets, LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as lead managers on an SEC-registered offering by Royal Bank of Canada of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 0.85% senior notes due 2016 and $1 billion aggregate principal amount of senior floating-rate notes due 2016 under its $25 billion medium-term notes program. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2143 News 8a95afe7-19e4-4323-82b6-73dc194d723c Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (FCX) in connection with its $6.5 billion Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of senior notes, consisting of $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.375% senior notes due 2018, $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 3.1% senior notes due 2020, $2 billion aggregate principal amount of 3.875% senior notes due 2023 and $2 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.45% senior notes due 2043. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2126 News f002c01c-cc14-4fd4-b986-2ad2b03206c9 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as the lead arranger and bookrunner in connection with $425 million of financing provided to Sycamore Partners for the proposed take-private LBO of Hot Topic, Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2211 News a715abb3-5768-4d92-98a5-4b7e24add9c0 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as the lead arranger and bookrunner in connection with $425 million of financing provided to Sycamore Partners for the proposed take-private LBO of Hot Topic, Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2169 News 4a4cd8df-3d6e-4a30-955f-040d96dd4f9c Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised UBS Limited as dealer manager in connection with cash tender offers by UBS AG for up to $2.5 billion aggregate principal amount of certain of its U.S. dollar-denominated senior notes and up to €2.25 billion aggregate principal amount of certain of its Euro- and Italian lira-denominated senior notes. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2127 News 00f308e9-8e80-47be-bc76-2c039a6e6564 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Digicel Limited (Digicel) in connection with the offering by Digicel of an aggregate of $1 billion of Digicel's 6% senior notes due 2021 and a concurrent cash tender offer by Digicel for any and all of its 12% senior notes due 2014. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2102 News 8d8abe03-1fff-4075-accd-0d794c91cec7 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Equinix, Inc. on its SEC-registered offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.875% senior notes due 2020 and $1 billion aggregate principal amount of its 5.375% senior notes due 2023. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2101 News 344dd05d-2802-40a5-933b-0cc3ce650abf Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Goldman Sachs & Co., Barclays Capital Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as dealer managers in connection with a Rule 144A/Regulation S exchange offer by Education Management LLC and Education Management Finance Corp. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2103 News 45fa03bc-cb5a-4241-85fd-1868503350d4 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. as joint book-running managers and representatives of the underwriters in connection with a $400 million SEC-registered debt offering by Lexmark International, Inc. of its 5.125% senior notes due 2020. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2100 News a506f0b4-32c1-44c4-b72a-0c4e15cf6fcc Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised the underwriter on the registered offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 1.2% notes due 2018 by Praxair, Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2099 News b6230564-bf0a-4c4c-a183-0a8fa959f4ff Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised PepsiCo, Inc. on its registered offering of $625 million aggregate principal amount of floating-rate notes due 2016, $625 million aggregate principal amount of 0.700% senior notes due 2016 and $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.750% senior notes due 2023. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2097 News 3f7cb5b4-69b3-43d9-bcc3-6c42cc159df6 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and SEB Enskilda Inc. as underwriters in connection with an SEC-registered Schedule B debt offering by KEXIM of $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 1.75% notes due 2018. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2098 News 78b3d9a3-5519-4130-ba63-6cfa96ade523 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Lazard Asia (Hong Kong) Limited and Houlihan Lokey (China) Limited as financial advisers to an independent committee of the board of directors of China Nuokang Bio-Pharmaceutical Inc. in connection with its management buyout led by the chairman and chief executive officer and certain of his affiliates. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2253 News 612d10c3-29b1-4cff-990b-4c1c39e3ea51 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley in connection with its SEC-registered global offering of $4.5 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes, consisting of $1.25 billion 1.75% fixed-rate notes due 2016, $750 million floating-rate notes due 2016 and $2.5 billion 3.75% fixed-rate notes due 2023. The lead manager for the underwriters was Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2095 News 1369a202-ac81-4097-8010-681131cbe404 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk, together with Linklaters, represented the joint administrators of Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (“LBIE”) in connection with the litigation and settlement of $38 billion in claims between LBIE and Lehman Brothers Inc (“LBI”). http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2094 News 03f085d2-887a-4399-9e03-018013909c17 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as joint book-running managers for the several underwriters in connection with the SEC-registered secondary offering of 25,000,000 ordinary shares of Michael Kors Holdings Limited sold by certain selling shareholders for a price to the public of $1.538 billion. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2096 News 78347b31-4379-487d-92b8-6aa2c01d688f Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Earlier this month, Davis Polk secured pro bono victories for the Kings County District Attorney’s Office in affirming two separate rape convictions. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2120 News f74132a1-e964-402c-ae81-38b3c8e39518 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P. as dealer manager for First BanCorp., in connection with the offer by First BanCorp. to exchange up to 10,087,488 newly issued shares of its common stock, par value $0.10, for any and all of its issued and outstanding shares of five series of preferred stock. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2093 News 8a429a41-1acd-4047-be9e-0217ce19c73f Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as joint book-running managers and representatives of the underwriters on an SEC-registered offering by Wyndham Worldwide Corporation of $450 million principal amount of its 2.5% senior unsecured notes due 2018 and $400 million principal amount of its 3.9% senior unsecured notes due 2023. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2092 News e33c563f-a7e0-4d37-b5ec-01241750ef26 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. as joint book-running managers and representatives of the several underwriters on the SEC-registered offerings by Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. of approximately $300 million of its common shares and approximately $731 million of its depositary shares, each representing a 1/40th share of its new 7% Series A mandatory convertible preferred stock, Class A. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2089 News 55935469-7e51-464d-b4a0-f98c6f4d6b52 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Crestview Partners on its $246 million acquisition of Victory Capital Management Inc. from KeyCorp. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2080 News 5b30e134-c684-4424-bca4-dbdf9cfb0138 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Kosmos Energy Ltd. (“Kosmos”) and certain selling shareholders who are members of Kosmos’s management in connection with a SEC-registered secondary offering of 30,000,000 common shares by certain funds affiliated with Warburg Pincus LLC and The Blackstone Group L.P., respectively, and certain members of Kosmos’s management, at a price to the public of $11 per share. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2091 News 4aef152a-a94c-4cc0-b857-fbe3f40f2802 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised the underwriters on the registered offering of $400 million aggregate principal amount of 0.75% notes due 2016 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of 2.7% notes due 2023 by Praxair, Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2090 News 13f7b603-c2e0-4bfc-8756-f9f04a5aff38 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as joint book-running managers in connection with an offering of $600 million aggregate principal amount of notes issued by Arrow Electronics, Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2086 News ca040db5-0b76-456b-b5e4-e79d93dfaf5d Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. in connection with a variable maturity accelerated share repurchase transaction for Celgene Corporation, under which Celgene Corporation will repurchase $600 million of its common stock. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2087 News f3e9088e-6418-46dc-9ef4-eab0f784b84b Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as representatives of the underwriters in connection with an SEC-registered offering by Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE: EMR) of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 2.625% notes due 2023. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2088 News 3a726510-0649-4d38-a131-ebf15615dd9d Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as representatives of the initial purchasers on a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by Flextronics International Ltd. of $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.625% notes due 2020 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 5% notes due 2023. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2085 News 47bde5cf-ea4f-44f0-ac01-e50758e3d60e Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2079 News e15e452d-6715-4248-8abd-73563ffc010f Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2078 News 9eeb78f9-88a1-457b-a5c8-70b334156c6b Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Banco de Bogotá S.A. in connection with its global offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.375% subordinated notes due 2023, pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2083 News f0f87467-b442-40ee-96be-e359a4b4cc9a Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (FCX) in connection with a $4 billion five-year syndicated senior unsecured term loan and a $3 billion five-year syndicated senior unsecured revolving credit facility, in each case agented by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2170 News 0a99ec9a-205f-490e-b8ae-02a8362d5696 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (FCX) in connection with a $4 billion five-year syndicated senior unsecured term loan and a $3 billion five-year syndicated senior unsecured revolving credit facility, in each case agented by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2212 News 9e299e49-388c-449e-90ac-4d5164bd5b11 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT With more than a dozen deals valued at nearly $70 billion in the aggregate in just the first six weeks of 2013, Davis Polk is leading the market year-to-date in M&A activity. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2076 News e5c97d6e-6da2-440b-9537-dbb3814a5796 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co. as the underwriter in connection with an SEC-registered block trade of 25,000,000 ordinary shares of LyondellBasell Industries N.V. by funds affiliated with Apollo Management Holdings, L.P. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2084 News 869b9e3f-997e-4211-9a38-e3676f13437b Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising BofA Merrill Lynch as financial adviser to Netspend Holdings, Inc. in connection with its approximately $1.4 billion acquisition by Total System Services, Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2077 News 4f60adb2-49fb-46cb-8e4c-6b1744d41187 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Artio Global Investors Inc.’s Strategic Review Committee of independent directors in connection with Artio Global’s acquisition by Aberdeen Asset Management PLC for $2.75 in cash per share. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2075 News bd020302-167c-4aa4-ae70-3b5e9fa7dbc2 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as representatives of the initial purchasers in a Rule 144A offering by Molina Healthcare, Inc. of $550 million aggregate principal amount of its 1.125% cash convertible senior notes due 2020 (which included the full exercise of the over-allotment option). http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2082 News 1741b945-a949-4653-83ac-dd1dc53984ed Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Goldman Sachs International, J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and TD Securities (USA) LLC in connection with the offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 1.2% bonds due February 14, 2018, issued by the Province of Ontario. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2081 News 5fc64b9b-f130-4a08-aa3c-db0be20f2cad Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as initial purchasers in a Rule 144A offering by Accuray Incorporated of $100 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.50% convertible senior notes due 2018. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2072 News 9de1d555-a6f0-4e06-b570-2d9fa4e7a8a3 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint book-running managers and representatives of the underwriters on an SEC-registered public debt offering by Airgas, Inc. of $325 million principal amount of its 1.65% notes due 2018 and $275 million principal amount of its 2.375% notes due 2020. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2070 News f53458c0-2e85-4ae1-8c53-2a6a03735d0a Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Bank of America Merrill Lynch, as lead arranger and lead bookrunner of a $1.3 billion senior unsecured bridge facility for Cardinal Health, Inc. in connection with its proposed acquisition of AssuraMed, Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2074 News 3a338be5-3ba6-435f-94e7-33e6719cdfed Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising CNOOC Ltd. in connection with its proposed $15.1 billion acquisition of Canadian energy company, Nexen, Inc., including clearing the transaction through the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2066 News 8ea6ecef-f5d7-4c85-9db6-206ab7e6c69a Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Delphi Corporation in connection with an SEC-registered offering of $800 million aggregate principal amount of its 5% senior notes due 2023. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2068 News 143e8d1b-d318-43e1-b06b-290a2cc2d07b Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising H. J. Heinz Company on its $28 billion acquisition by an investment consortium comprised of Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital, the largest transaction ever in the food industry. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2064 News 59ad356b-fd8f-422e-b4f9-1d48f9858c30 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising NBCUniversal Media, LLC in connection with its acquisition from LIN TV Corp. of LIN’s entire equity interest in the joint venture between NBCUniversal and LIN. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2065 News 4e4a25dd-03b3-4419-ae29-1ed54df32635 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised PartnerRe Ltd. on an SEC-registered offering of 10,000,000 of its 5.875% Series F non-cumulative redeemable preferred shares for an aggregate price to the public of $250 million. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2071 News 8e368a37-deff-49af-8e81-2af31e877b9a Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised BTG Pactual US Capital, LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Itaú BBA USA Securities, Inc., and Morgan Stanley &Co. LLC as joint bookrunners on the Rule 144A/Regulation S initial public offering of common shares of Linx S.A. on the São Paulo Stock Exchange. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2067 News b05e53a1-255f-4c6a-a987-26577eb40fd2 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Banco BTG Pactual – Cayman Branch, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. as dealer managers and solicitation agents in connection with HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.’s (i) offer to purchase for cash any and all of Minerva Luxembourg’s outstanding 9.5% notes due 2017, (ii) offer to purchase for cash and consent solicitation with respect to any and all of Minerva Luxembourg’s outstanding 10.875% notes due 2019 and (iii) offer to purchase for cash and consent solicitation with respect to Minerva Luxembourg’s outstanding 12.25% notes due 2022. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2073 News 063fb499-230b-4465-8e13-2f9e511be2d9 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised the Republic of Guatemala on its Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $700 million aggregate principal amount of 4.875% senior notes due 2028. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2069 News 600d062c-70f5-4190-8908-2a6619af53c2 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as initial purchasers in a Rule 144A offering by Accuray Incorporated of $100 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.50% convertible senior notes due 2018. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2058 News fda46d95-4022-4be9-aef1-f2a651efb8f2 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised HII on its $65.3 million initial public offering of Class A common stock. The Class A common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “HIIQ.” http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2059 News 90fc4f8b-7d8c-4315-aed1-0c4ba8f057f2 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Comcast Corporation on its $16.7 billion acquisition of General Electric Company’s 49% common equity stake in the NBCUniversal Media, LLC joint venture. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2046 News ab615a0b-1257-4ab0-8223-f513251694f9 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised CITIC Resources Holdings Limited in connection with a modified Dutch auction cash tender offer by CITIC Resources Finance (2007) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of CITIC Resources Holdings Limited, for up to $200 million of its outstanding $1 billion 6.75% senior notes due 2014. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2063 News e7df82b8-9f23-4e5d-8d6b-19558828266d Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised underwriters represented by Barclays Capital Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Mizuho Securities USA Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC in connection with a public offering by International Business Machines Corporation of $1 billion principal amount of its 1.25% notes due 2018 and $1 billion principal amount of its floating rate notes due 2015. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2062 News 8a198520-eeab-4fe4-a044-175bdda71abe Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, in connection with $375 million of first-lien term loans for Blackboard Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2047 News fcaf0b56-a860-4856-bbf9-e7a4a20c1236 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) in connection with the sale of the business process outsourcing businesses owned by its subsidiary SPi Global Holdings, Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2034 News c57643e1-2d8a-4bbb-8e8f-01cf292f1382 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT In November 2011, Davis Polk filed a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of four derivative children who were wrongfully denied U nonimmigrant status by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”). http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2119 News 284a6dd3-8485-40ca-82c9-3802221eabf1 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Barclays Capital Inc. and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC as underwriters in connection with the SEC-registered secondary offering of 30,000,000 shares of common stock of NXP Semiconductors N.V. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2060 News d1381fc9-a44f-4877-ba29-131c2c893f23 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, J.P. Morgan Securities plc and Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc. in connection with the offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of floating-rate bonds due 2015, issued by the Province of Ontario. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2061 News 9f2856f8-94c5-4818-80a5-14daba5e48b9 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Barclays Bank PLC, Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., Nomura Securities International, Inc. and UBS Securities LLC as joint bookrunners and joint lead arrangers, and Credit Suisse AG as administrative agent, in connection with a $820 million incremental term loan credit facility for WMG Acquisition Corp., a subsidiary of Warner Music Group Corp., to finance the acquisition of the Parlophone Label Group from Universal Music Group, a subsidiary of Vivendi. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2035 News f7dde9dd-8b76-44d9-868e-100dd626e131 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised CVS Caremark Corporation in connection with its first ever international acquisition – Drogaria Onofre, a retail drugstore chain in Brazil. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2033 News 44b1b8ae-e802-4854-9e32-bbc296e1533c Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. in connection with its $1.2 billion acquisition of Metals USA Holdings Corp. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2032 News 96512a18-9f96-4ff0-bc75-333db6007381 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised RS Platou Markets, Inc. as sole manager of the placement agents in connection with the approximately $230 million SEC-registered direct offering of 30,672,000 shares of common stock of Scorpio Tankers Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2056 News 62b3e7bd-8019-4528-a3c8-0c3cf934634c Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as representatives of the several underwriters on the $2.57 billion initial public offering of 99,015,000 shares of Class A common stock of Zoetis Inc., including 12,915,000 shares from the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2054 News 3059dde9-807e-4261-8703-fd6fa6061ba0 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as underwriter in connection with an SEC-registered secondary offering of 13,900,000 shares of Adecoagro S.A. by HBK Master Fund L.P., at a price to the public of $8.00 per share. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2052 News a3b26880-304b-48d6-b367-f83473fd639f Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk, in conjunction with the Legal Aid Society, represented a man convicted, after a non-jury trial, of one count of attempted murder in the second degree, one count of attempted assault in the first degree, and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon. In a second matter, also working with the Legal Aid Society, Davis Polk represented a man convicted, also after a non-jury trial, of minimum wage violations. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2118 News 692ceb1e-36ea-4350-8458-36ba555f57dc Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Barclays Capital Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as representatives of the several underwriters in connection with an SEC-registered follow-on offering of 7,700,000 ordinary shares of Fleetmatics Group PLC sold by a selling shareholder for a price to the public of approximately $192.5 million. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2051 News dfa03891-c3e0-47c8-b509-f71befcd6646 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk acted as special product counsel for Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC. as representatives of the underwriters on an SEC-registered offering by KB Home of an aggregate principal amount of $230 million of its 1.375% convertible senior notes due 2019, which included the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional notes. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2055 News 9c790b82-4fd9-4add-8d9b-09ecd0c18a3b Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as sole book-running manager and representative of the underwriters of an $80 million SEC-registered offering of 9,469,100 shares of common stock of Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., including 1,235,100 shares from the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2053 News d52213f0-c262-4626-b870-f9eae336dbb2 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as financial adviser to the special committee of independent directors of Dell Inc. in connection with its $24.4 billion acquisition by Michael Dell, Dell’s Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Silver Lake Partners. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2031 News 324d9950-eb97-43c5-b351-176d5bbcc7cb Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT On January 31, 2013, Groupe du Louvre, SAS, a subsidiary of Starwood Capital Group, sold four French luxury hotels to the Constellation Group: the Concorde La Fayette (950 rooms) and Hôtel du Louvre (177 rooms) in Paris, the Hôtel Martinez (409 rooms) in Cannes and the Palais de la Méditerranée (188 rooms) in Nice. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2030 News ce3e6217-7d00-4b8c-a0a5-065e6b15064d Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Banco BTG Pactual S.A. – Cayman Branch, HSBC Securities (USA) LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC as initial purchasers in connection with the offering by Minerva Luxembourg S.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of Minerva S.A., of $850 million aggregate principal amount of its 7.75% notes due 2023, guaranteed by Minerva S.A. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2050 News 7eb6339e-76a0-46e3-a034-f54d115e70ce Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as financial adviser to Avery Dennison Corporation in connection with its $500 million sale of its Office and Consumer Products and Designed and Engineered Solutions businesses to CCL Industries Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2029 News bd10dfdb-dde8-4b02-875d-4ee4ea4c9a3c Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Our client, a U.S. Navy veteran, was referred to us by the City Bar Justice Center Veterans Assistance Program in September 2010. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2117 News e9625994-41d4-4861-89e3-2ff97df570bf Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, in connection with a $700 million credit facility for DigitalGlobe, Inc. to finance DigitalGlobe’s acquisition of GeoEye, Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2049 News d1781896-a8e9-4406-907b-e94452de4f16 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as joint book-running managers in connection with the offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of notes issued by General Mills, Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2043 News 8f3ee9c1-b64f-435f-980a-f3341e3e201e Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Barclays Capital Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint book-running managers on an SEC-registered offering by Mohawk Industries, Inc. of $600 million aggregate principal amount of 3.85% senior notes due 2023. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2042 News 5782d73c-b232-40dc-9323-efd0d43f1b3b Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as joint bookrunners, and Barclays Bank PLC and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as joint lead arrangers, in connection with an $825 million incremental term loan facility for Walter Investment Management Corp., pursuant to Walter Investment’s existing senior secured credit facility. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2045 News 1a287f73-9e1f-4635-8bcb-f4c7702fa4e9 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk acted as special product counsel for Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as joint book-running managers and representatives of the underwriters on a registered public offering by Auxilium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. of $350 million aggregate principal amount of 1.5% convertible senior notes due 2018, which included the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional notes. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2040 News d2c96437-c57b-4d88-98a9-ee66167244b7 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2028 News b2e6b471-bdbb-4c5a-9eb5-047c3be9408a Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as the joint book-runners on a $271 million SEC-registered offering of 44,166,666 shares of common stock of Molycorp, Inc. (Molycorp), of which 37,500,000 shares were offered and sold by Molycorp and 6,666,666 shares are being loaned by Molycorp to Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC under a share lending agreement. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2041 News 771c14b3-8ebd-4f2b-8ef1-ef96cb1f1fd0 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation in connection with its $2 billion senior debt offering in reliance on the Section 3(a)(2) exemption of the Securities Act. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2038 News dab243c2-5f91-4d8d-abb9-ec55dbe1dead Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Barclays Bank PLC, Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Limited, Goldman Sachs International, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, KDB Asia Limited, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and UBS AG, Hong Kong Branch as underwriters in connection with concurrent SEC-registered Schedule B debt offerings by The Korea Development Bank of $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 1% notes due 2016 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 1.5% notes due 2018. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2036 News 6ac3862c-f8da-4c28-b78d-eae0d2b83879 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised the initial purchasers in a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering by Zoetis Inc. of $400 million aggregate principal amount of 1.15% senior notes due 2016, $750 million aggregate principal amount of 1.875% senior notes due 2018, $1.35 billion aggregate principal amount of 3.25% senior notes due 2023 and $1.15 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.7% senior notes due 2043. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2037 News 4ddb84b4-4ef1-4e71-97de-ebdf7a20422f Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk recently achieved a favorable result for our pro bono client and her son, who is a multiply disabled special needs child. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2116 News 37769b1b-f80b-46a1-a150-2caf2f5f59cb Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Solazyme, Inc. on a Rule 144A offering of $125 million aggregate principal amount of its 6% convertible senior subordinated notes due 2018. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2025 News 02d9514d-b8bb-4bba-97f0-0f53ec72fa7f Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as sole book-running manager of the registered public offering by Theravance, Inc. of $287.5 million aggregate principal amount of its 2.125% convertible subordinated notes due 2023 (which included the full exercise of the over-allotment option). http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2026 News c30ca7d2-1c28-41c3-89e2-10c013b2cd51 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Aetna, Inc., two wholly owned subsidiaries of Aetna (Aetna Life Insurance Company and Health Re, Inc., a special-purpose captive finance subsidiary), and Vitality Re IV Limited (Vitality IV), a Cayman Islands exempted company licensed as a Class C insurer, in connection with a $150 million reinsurance transaction. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2024 News 2948a3ec-20a7-40fa-a1e2-0e6dd7d82c7d Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising MSCI Inc. in connection with its $23.5 million acquisition of Investor Force Holdings, Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2019 News 7d8f5890-99ed-4fdb-bbe9-9d963e59be31 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. as joint book-running managers on a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $700 million aggregate principal amount of 6.375% senior notes due 2023 by Windstream Corporation. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2023 News a43d5e3a-b63d-486f-b8fe-0b1b4b1be74d Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as joint book-running managers of an $185 million SEC-registered offering of 9,200,000 shares of common stock of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc, including 1,200,000 shares from the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2022 News 32c090b5-bf1a-4dd8-ae0d-077e0a3a757f Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Aetna Inc. on its sale of Missouri Care, its Missouri Medicaid business, to WellCare Health Plans, Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2017 News f0f5ecc7-4b8c-42cb-a956-90c3b2a76f9f Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. in connection with the acquisition from OM Group, Inc. of a large scale cobalt refinery in Kokkola, Finland through a newly formed joint venture to be held by Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Lundin Mining Corporation and La Generale des Carrieres et des Mines for total consideration of up to $435 million. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2018 News 4e177150-5d60-4c65-a61a-94e860bb387b Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2015 News 823495c3-ee72-429a-b50d-532962fa6097 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk has been named a “Practice Group of the Year” in both Securities and White Collar by Law360. Winners were selected based on significance of litigation wins; size and complexity of the wins; and the number of significant, large or complex lawsuits the group won between November 2011 and November 2012. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2011 News 87b9e3d3-3995-4b95-aefe-a3de32805e9b Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Barclays Capital Inc. as underwriters in connection with an SEC-registered offering of 4,400,000 shares of common stock of Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for approximately $350 million. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2021 News 6ad0c82b-b236-4176-8959-46d14559feff Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Indiabulls Real Estate Limited (IBREL) on its internal reorganization, including a demerger of IBREL’s power business to its subsidiary Indiabulls Infrastructure and Power Limited (IIPL) pursuant to a demerger scheme approved by the High Court of Delhi, and an SLB 4 distribution and listing of 8,554,235 Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs) representing 8,554,235 equity shares of IIPL. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2020 News d7220ec1-b5b1-4ffb-bd03-462d7f132fa1 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Cobalt International Energy, Inc. (Cobalt) in connection with an SEC-registered secondary offering of 40,000,000 shares of common stock of Cobalt sold by certain selling stockholders for an aggregate price to the public of $1 billion. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2057 News 5bafcd8a-0fb9-4c2b-a84d-f117a8761f4c Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2012 News 07987b56-9d8a-407d-9673-43fcfe872d79 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2009 News d7b2b7fe-d44a-494e-bb0b-30cdc67c6457 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2016 News 6ae04b91-130e-4493-afe7-545a0d89e473 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, UBS Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint book-running managers on an SEC-registered offering by KKR Financial Holdings LLC of 14,950,000 7.375% Series A LLC Preferred Shares, which includes the full exercise of the over-allotment option. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2014 News f9e454da-2cf3-48ec-81c6-33e5a69c946e Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co. as sole global coordinator and joint bookrunner, and Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as joint bookrunners, on two concurrent SEC-registered offerings of equity and mandatorily convertible subordinated notes by ArcelorMittal. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2010 News 061ac063-94f7-4ab4-b563-a61e3f5bd3ff Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as sole book-running manager on a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of $300 million aggregate principal amount of 6.75% senior notes due 2023 of Automotores Gildemeister S.A. (Gildemeister). http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2008 News c02c1ef2-8873-4d92-9ee5-e8f4ac603502 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Comcast Corporation on its SEC-registered debt offering of $750 million aggregate principal amount of 2.85% notes due 2023, $1.7 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.25% notes due 2033 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of 4.5% notes due 2043. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2039 News 6d887fb0-d63f-41fe-95e4-ec95a3fa4942 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Comcast Corporation on its SEC-registered debt offering of $750 million aggregate principal amount of 2.85% notes due 2023, $1.7 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.25% notes due 2033 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of 4.5% notes due 2043. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2006 News e8ac55dd-174f-4db8-bc64-e6368ef6fbfd Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Comcast Corporation in connection with its $150 million acquisition of shares of the common stock of ARRIS Group, Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2005 News 44f6987b-6c25-44a0-a854-88e44436f3c4 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised RBC Capital Markets, LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as lead managers on an SEC-registered offering by Royal Bank of Canada of $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 1.5% senior notes due 2018 under its $25 billion medium-term notes program. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2007 News 8c3f6360-a027-4f2f-9473-e778eac5d4f6 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2013 News 515efb62-24d3-479d-9b2f-463471cce41a Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Greenhill & Co., LLC as financial adviser to SUPERVALU Inc. in connection with its $3.3 billion sale of its Albertsons, Acme, Jewel-Osco, Shaw’s and Star Market stores and related Osco and Sav-on in-store pharmacies to AB Acquisition LLC, an affiliate of a Cerberus Capital Management L.P.-led investor consortium that also includes Kimco Realty Corporation, Klaff Realty LP, Lubert-Adler Partners and Schottenstein Real Estate Group. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2003 News b6695b85-e2fe-4d66-a0b5-5176b19d7ca4 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Shire plc on its acquisition of Lotus Tissue Repair, Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2002 News 3f4618b8-a840-4cd2-8657-169eb27d62f2 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk serves, and has served since inception, as principal outside counsel to iCivics, an educational non-profit organization that uses online interactive games to teach students about government and civics. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2115 News 6bb74e2c-3a57-4c12-87d1-29954314e8ba Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Unitas Capital Pte. Ltd. on its proposed acquisition of a majority-stake equity interest in Shenzhen ZTE NetView Technology Co., Ltd. (ZNV), an indirect subsidiary of ZTE Corporation. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2001 News 234bd390-054e-47fa-a821-05c5273a9df5 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2000 News 857b19e0-6a6d-4fda-a471-086607169df0 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1999 News 14b6a27f-1b9b-497d-9cc6-05907f3cd009 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as administrative agent and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as joint lead arranger and bookrunner in connection with a $1.1 billion senior secured exit term loan facility for Tribune Company entered into pursuant to Tribune’s chapter 11 plan of reorganization. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1998 News 2aa0e74b-2d0d-4609-8658-037eb9c07528 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent for the pre-petition senior lenders owed more than $8.5 billion (Senior Lenders) in the successful chapter 11 restructuring of the Tribune Company, which emerged from bankruptcy today. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1997 News 477c5eaa-28ca-480b-bc84-01300fcf32d8 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised CVS Caremark Corporation in connection with its cash tender offers for any and all of its 6.60% Senior Notes due 2019 and up to a maximum amount of its 6.125% Senior Notes due 2016 and 5.750% Senior Notes due 2017. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1990 News 141770a7-55a3-4d96-972e-2796bdb5e299 Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Jefferies & Company, Inc. and Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., as initial purchasers, on a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by Harbinger Group Inc. of $700 million aggregate principal amount of its 7.875% senior secured notes due 2019. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1991 News 4744b9e6-2f70-4043-b53e-2b9a3034b3b9 Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising CITIC Capital on the acquisition of Focus Media Holding Limited through a going-private transaction. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1989 News 4ffd10b3-fbc1-4b17-871e-273e3932d295 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising DLF Global Hospitality Limited in connection with its sale of Silverlink Resorts Limited, the holding company for Amanresorts. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1996 News 4ba7ad46-b520-49a1-b8c4-2e10c42f0c01 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Barclays Bank plc, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and UBS Securities LLC as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners in connection with a $385 million senior secured first-lien credit facility, consisting of a $310 million term loan and a $75 million revolving credit facility, and a $105 million senior secured second-lien term loan facility, to finance the leveraged buyout of Crossmark Holdings, Inc. (Crossmark) by WP Horizon Merger Sub LLC, a subsidiary of Warburg Pincus LLC (Warburg Pincus). http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1977 News 041c4e0e-bfdf-4c69-a3c8-22b45118f1dd Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1963 News b70e0aec-9a95-4814-8625-e341356cdf12 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Morgan Stanley as financial adviser to IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. in connection with its cash-and-stock $8.2 billion acquisition of NYSE Euronext, Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1988 News 50e3d89f-63c7-4ce6-8bb3-22e078a348f3 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising BofA Merrill Lynch as financial adviser to Alterra Capital Holdings Limited in connection with its approximately $3.13 billion acquisition by Markel Corporation. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1987 News 8e86eec7-18ed-4170-ab56-2197c587afdf Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and Goldman Sachs Bank USA as joint lead arrangers and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as arranger in connection with Riverbed Technology, Inc.’s new $575 million senior secured term loan facility. The facility was used by Riverbed to fund the acquisition of OPNET Technologies, Inc., which closed concurrently with the financing. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1954 News 855953bc-5eb6-4057-9ea3-f1747e7e0e37 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised UBS AG and Morgan Stanley & Co International plc as placing agents on the $375 million placing of H shares by China Longyuan Power Group Corporation Ltd. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1953 News bdb8dfaf-871a-48db-b704-ef1ed0402dbb Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT We are very thankful to the several Davis Polk staff who volunteered across a range of departments on December 17th and 18th to make 600 phone calls on behalf of The Legal Aid Society. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2114 News 96a82161-7cbe-4b53-8f97-27b8e33751ad Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Jefferies & Company, Inc. as sole book-running manager on the SEC-registered secondary offering of 20,000,000 shares of common stock of Harbinger Group Inc., sold by Harbinger Capital Partners Master Fund I, Ltd., Harbinger Capital Partners Special Situations Fund, L.P. and Global Opportunities Breakaway Ltd., as the selling stockholders. The aggregate price to the public totaled $150 million. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1952 News 3642913a-e5de-4c8f-a4e0-eba9c1693627 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representatives of the initial purchasers, in a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by Michael Foods Holding, Inc. (Michael Foods) of $275 million aggregate principal amount of its 8.5%/9.25% senior notes due 2018. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1950 News 177c0a7b-fb64-4c6c-950e-e812927c3ccc Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as financial adviser to Nielsen Holdings N.V. in connection with its approximately $1.26 billion acquisition of Arbitron Inc. for $48 per share in cash. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1986 News 20449636-b649-403b-b3ff-13e01f0b474b Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. as representatives of the initial purchasers in connection with a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by Taminco Acquisition Corporation of $250 million aggregate principal amount of 9.125% / 9.875% senior PIK toggle notes due 2017. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1951 News 4389c8cc-a1a3-4f5e-8845-eb190ec0ce0b Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Cobalt International Energy, Inc. (Cobalt) in connection with an SEC-registered offering of $1.38 billion aggregate principal amount of its 2.625% convertible senior notes due 2019, which included $180 million aggregate principal amount of notes sold pursuant to the underwriters’ fully exercised overallotment option. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1948 News 9003a44b-7541-478a-a2f7-a6ed16203f6d Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Asylum Research Corporation on its acquisition by Oxford Instruments plc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1984 News 3478259c-921d-4c7f-9fce-10a12e54607c Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Comcast Corporation, a significant Clearwire Corporation shareholder, in connection with the approximately $2.2 billion acquisition by Sprint Nextel Corporation of the 50% stake in Clearwire that it does not already own. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1985 News 690c87a6-e67d-4784-a2e5-122bd9bb165a Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Jefferies & Company, Inc. as manager of the placement agents in connection with the approximately $132 million SEC-registered direct offering of 21,639,774 shares of common stock of Scorpio Tankers Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1949 News 93116bf1-dcd0-4da0-9fb4-a75b1a9efdfa Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised the United States Department of the Treasury (Treasury) in connection with the offering of its remaining 234.2 million shares of common stock of American International Group, Inc. (AIG) at a price of $32.50 per share, representing proceeds to Treasury of approximately $7.6 billion. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1957 News affc5b8f-f000-4f2b-b6ed-fb96fb98ee99 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co. as the underwriter in connection with a block trade of 10,911,010 common shares of Genpact Limited by funds affiliated with General Atlantic LLC and Oak Hill Capital Partners. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1962 News 0deeba32-e9f9-44a2-bc07-00dfb292348c Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as joint book-running managers in connection with a $175 million SEC-registered offering by Intel Corporation of its 4.25% senior notes due 2042, which constitutes a reopening of the $750 million 4.25% senior notes due 2042 issued on December 11, 2012. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1961 News b0836bac-344c-4ec1-9bc0-006a177871fd Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised the dealer managers in connection with an exchange offer by Lockheed Martin Corporation in which $1,336,384,000 aggregate principal amount of its newly issued 4.07% notes due 2042 were exchanged for a portion of nine series of its outstanding debentures. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1959 News 0df7c21c-eb0f-4f00-a4ad-fc789024a8d0 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised MSCI Inc. in connection with a variable maturity, capped accelerated share repurchase transaction it entered into with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC under which MSCI is repurchasing $100 million of its common stock. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1958 News 79ca24f4-e8d1-43f4-89d4-fc3c725c0220 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and BMO Capital Markets Corp. as joint lead arrangers and joint book runners in connection with a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by Prince Mineral Holding Corp. of $285 million aggregate principal amount of its 11.5% first-lien senior secured notes due 2019 and a $50 million senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility, which was undrawn at closing. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1960 News d97bf2aa-682f-4df6-a324-ffc211f4c18a Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as joint book-running managers in connection with a $750 million SEC-registered offering by Autodesk, Inc., consisting of $400 million aggregate principal amount of 1.95% notes due 2017 and $350 million aggregate principal amount of 3.6% notes due 2022. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1979 News 6901f4e8-d6a9-4e26-bcf2-240533581537 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised RBC Capital Markets, LLC and RBS Securities Inc. as joint book-running managers on an SEC-registered offering by Bottomline Technologies (de), Inc. of an aggregate principal amount of $189.75 million of 1.5% convertible senior notes due 2017, which included $24.75 million aggregate principal of notes from the full exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1982 News 84f0c21d-a142-4891-9dd7-25f3e1a894a5 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as joint book-running managers and representatives of the underwriters on an SEC-registered public debt offering by Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. of $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.95% senior notes due 2018. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1980 News 5d1410f2-0454-406b-9567-24139cd332e9 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1946 News cb6bb1ff-7964-4e2d-aa2f-f5570936a621 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as joint book-running managers in connection with a $1 billion SEC-registered offering by NetApp, Inc., consisting of $750 million aggregate principal amount of 2% notes due 2017 and $250 million aggregate principal amount of 3.25% notes due 2022. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1978 News 0ec5cb44-4bea-40fb-9393-22fddfbee2e5 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Barclays Bank PLC as administrative agent in connection with the $220 million amendment and restatement of Spansion LLC’s senior secured term loan facility and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. as administrative agent in connection with a $50 million senior secured revolving credit facility for Spansion LLC. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1981 News ff52e3de-0557-4433-b8ed-24755a020183 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1945 News a6504aea-ae2e-4648-95a2-b78dd05d5332 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Goldman Sachs Bank USA in connection with a new $500 million senior secured term loan facility for NXP B.V. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1966 News 51c75ce9-5bba-4ef6-97ef-074f2935a0aa Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, in connection with a $275 million SEC-registered secondary offering of 13,700,000 shares of Vantiv, Inc.’s Class A common stock by Fifth Third Bank and its wholly owned subsidiary, FTPS Partners, LLC, at a price to the public of $20.10 per share. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1967 News 85ff1957-a9a7-46f4-90f8-07924662f24a Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Barclays Capital Inc. as the underwriter in an SEC-registered public offering of 10,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Webster Financial Corporation, sold by Warburg Pincus Private Equity X, L.P. and Warburg Pincus X Partners, L.P., as the selling stockholders. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1968 News a4692d54-d27c-4178-8d90-0a12483e0e36 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised the French State in connection with the agreement reached between European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co. N.V. (EADS), its shareholders and Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) that aims to normalize and simplify the governance of EADS while securing a shareholding structure that allows France, Germany and Spain to protect their strategic interests. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1944 News 2c27ce88-a53f-4fb1-bb35-b0c9755bc6af Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Murphy Oil Corporation in connection with a variable term, capped accelerated share repurchase transaction it entered into with JPMorgan Chase Bank, under which Murphy Oil Corporation will repurchase $250 million of its common stock. The total number of shares to be repurchased will be determined over a period that is expected to last no longer than approximately five months. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1955 News de175ed8-661d-43bd-8e10-f4e4746d2a24 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc as placing agent in connection with the Rule 144A/Regulation S placement of 190,000,000 existing shares and the top-up subscription of 190,000,000 new shares in SPT Energy Group Inc. (SPT Energy) at a total consideration of approximately HK$551 million ($71 million). http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1956 News dc52437c-4823-4056-9f7e-f589b30e66a4 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising the special committee of the board of directors of The GEO Group, Inc. in connection with the sale of GEO Care, Inc. to members of the GEO Group and GEO Care management teams. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1983 News 1f0cdb5c-02fc-49c7-92b9-0fe5a51575f5 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk again received high marks in the Financial Times U.S. Innovative Lawyers Report, which ranks the innovativeness of law firms in deals, cases and firm initiatives. The firm was recognized across several categories, including Corporate, Finance, Lawyers to the Innovators and Business of Law. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1943 News c8761b40-c5ca-457b-bec8-1c325ebcc4b9 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Barclays Capital Inc. as the underwriter in connection with an SEC-registered block trade of 21,000,000 ordinary shares of LyondellBasell Industries N.V. by funds affiliated with Apollo Management Holdings, L.P. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1964 News 1ed429c0-2d6b-41ad-9ce1-0022ba1b8999 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as joint book-running managers on an SEC-registered offering by The Western Union Company of $250 million aggregate principal amount of 2.375% notes due 2015 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of 2.875% notes due 2017. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1965 News bc34176a-3b1e-4e5b-a100-0251f1573a88 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT On December 3, 2012, we received a favorable decision for our pro bono client who had sought VA benefits as the surviving spouse of a WWII veteran who had died in 2008. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2113 News fa667083-7ccb-4e5e-85c8-24c308df1bc3 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk acted as special counsel to RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and UBS Securities LLC as joint lead managers on an SEC-registered offering by Royal Bank of Canada of $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of 0.625% covered bonds due 2015. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1992 News 806445c0-3b56-444c-9ca5-2bb3b7ae6327 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Comcast Corporation on its SEC-registered debt offering of $287.5 million aggregate principal amount of 5% notes due 2061. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1993 News f6e645ec-8c69-4390-be95-440371716b9e Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised The People’s Insurance Company (Group) of China Limited (PICC) in connection with its approximately HK$24 billion ($3.1 billion) initial public offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and an international offering in reliance on Rule 144A and Regulation S. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1947 News 211bcd2c-0ae1-4052-9c36-bb7242ea9d66 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT On December 5, 2012, we received a favorable decision from the Appellate Division, Second Department, reversing our pro bono client's 2009 conviction for third-degree burglary and related offenses. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2112 News 12cbfd8d-d378-47a5-84fb-2479ab533c14 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT On December 6, 2012, the Ohio Supreme Court handed down a significant decision on the issue of DNA preservation. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2111 News 84cf622e-3c5e-4978-8953-243691866e8b Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as joint book-running managers in connection with a $6 billion SEC-registered debt offering by Intel Corporation, consisting of $3 billion of its 1.35% senior notes due 2017, $1.5 billion of its 2.7% senior notes due 2022, $750 million of its 4% senior notes due 2032 and $750 million of its 4.25% senior notes due 2042. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1994 News 25357311-641b-4c6b-a4fc-44d7ceaa7610 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. as representative of the underwriters in an SEC-registered public offering by Webster Financial Corporation of 5,060,000 depositary shares, each representing a 1/1,000th ownership interest in a share of their 6.4% series E non-cumulative perpetual preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, with a liquidation preference of $25,000 per share. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1995 News ac01e359-2955-4dee-92c9-45b9337b0be9 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised underwriters represented by Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated in connection with an SEC-registered offering by Apache Corporation of $1.2 billion principal amount of its 2.625% notes due 2023 and $800 million principal amount of its 4.25% notes due 2044. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1975 News 639e2424-db22-492f-a2b3-1958b42877d8 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters on an SEC-registered follow-on offering of 3,778,338 shares of common stock of CAI International, Inc. in the approximate aggregate amount of $75 million. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1970 News 1cd8ce9d-850d-4bf2-a315-124ed5ffd665 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised El Paso Electric Company on its SEC-registered offering of $150 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.3% senior notes due 2022. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1971 News 1fba58fb-2cb8-4064-98e4-15e5e69aa02e Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, a public limited company incorporated in Scotland, in connection with its SEC-registered shelf takedown of $2.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 6.125% subordinated Tier 2 notes due 2022. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1976 News 707213bd-5b65-4ba6-9f99-1daac8881e55 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Valeo SA, one of the world’s top automotive suppliers, in connection with the sale of its access mechanisms business to Japanese U-Shin Ltd., one of Asia’s largest producers of automotive access mechanisms. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1935 News 2da25a2a-50ed-4747-bbca-debc99114a51 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised underwriters represented by BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, RBC Capital Markets, LLC and TD Securities (USA) LLC in connection with the offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 0.75% U.S. dollar bonds due 2017, issued by Export Development Canada. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1973 News 19fb3da2-1472-479c-905e-192402fcaefb Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co. as dealer manager in connection with a modified Dutch auction tender offer by Genworth Financial, Inc. for up to $100 million of its outstanding 5.75% notes due 2014. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1969 News ba8fa9e5-ac82-4739-9c5b-122b4a5ade79 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised underwriters represented by Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc in connection with a public offering by International Business Machines Corporation of €1 billion principal amount of its 1.375% notes due 2019. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1974 News 1b49cf95-6756-4641-80ab-19386c94c5c0 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised underwriters represented by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated in connection with the offering of $900 million aggregate principal amount of notes issued by McKesson Corporation. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1972 News b918c8d6-44e8-49a2-b380-178d82396b7f Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1933 News 7bb8a636-bc0f-4a38-9e29-41d852c511ef Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising BBAM Limited Partnership in connection with Onex Corporation’s acquisition of a 50% stake in BBAM for $165 million. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1936 News 7dd72992-60af-429b-8640-e130b21e555d Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1934 News a0210486-e777-47af-b4e5-45a677446e92 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised non-profit corporation Alethia Solutions, Inc. and its affiliate Innovations for Poverty Action in their Emission Reductions Purchase Agreement with Impact Carbon. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1942 News 83d82d30-4bec-4f2d-8e52-ad75afb12da8 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Murphy Oil Corporation on an SEC-registered offering of $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount in three series: $550 million aggregate principal amount of its 2.5% notes due 2017, $600 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.7% notes due 2022 and $350 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.125% notes due 2042. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1941 News 2da62378-d77b-44d8-9f60-ad308e4a1c14 Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co., as joint book-running managers in connection with a $3 billion SEC-registered debt offering by Amazon.com, Inc., consisting of $750 million of its 0.65% notes due 2015, $1 billion of its 1.2% notes due 2017 and $1.25 billion of its 2.5% notes due 2022. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1938 News 989ac2c5-9b1a-44ec-9cd7-a452808b20db Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. as joint bookrunners and representatives of the underwriters on the debut SEC-registered debt offering of Baidu, Inc., including $750 million of 2.25% notes due 2017 and $750 million of 3.5% notes due 2022. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1940 News 65b80daa-224f-4eef-992c-a853363cd532 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised CVS Caremark Corporation on its registered offering of $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.75% senior notes due 2022. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1939 News 1bf74856-e1e4-42fe-8975-a7dc428b750f Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised the Second Swedish National Pension Fund, Andra AP-fonden (AP2) on its investment in a $1.8 billion portfolio of commercial office buildings jointly owned by the South Korean National Pension Fund (NPS), affiliates of Tishman Speyer and the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1937 News 7accfb14-c7c9-4600-852d-e19613318d93 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Ingram Micro Inc. in connection with a designation of additional commitments under its revolving senior unsecured credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of $190 million, increasing total commitments under the facility to $940 million. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1929 News d791b28c-9907-4c6c-b8ba-e7d1840c7786 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC in connection with a variable maturity accelerated share repurchase transaction it entered into with BMC Software, Inc., under which BMC will repurchase $750 million of its common stock. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1926 News 26eb2e70-431b-49d0-b6d9-7ed8f4e18548 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising ConAgra Foods, Inc. on its acquisition of Ralcorp Holdings, Inc., valued at approximately $6.8 billion, including the assumption of Ralcorp debt. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1928 News 5b772b1d-3adb-4529-9a09-7fb0f653254e Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT On November 19th, the Legal Aid Society's 2012 Pro Bono Awards Ceremony honored Davis Polk for its outstanding service to the Society and its clients throughout the past year. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2110 News 04b7ae62-9b24-470e-b0c2-22dd6adf0e41 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk acted on behalf of a disabled Vietnam veteran in connection with appellate victories at the Veterans Administration. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2109 News 6b3220dc-bd87-49d4-b30f-229c0da3bd51 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Barclays Capital Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as joint book-running managers on a Rule 144A offering by Encore Capital Group, Inc. of $100 million aggregate principal amount of its 3% convertible senior notes due 2017. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1927 News f6f63f4d-7f00-415c-9238-7f08481945a9 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint book-running managers and representatives of the underwriters on an SEC-registered public debt offering by Airgas, Inc. of $250 million principal amount of its 2.9% notes due 2022. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1924 News a7ee7205-6335-4437-a27a-1cb0b6074dd7 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Glanbia Co-Operative Society Limited (the “Society”), as the selling shareholder, in connection with an unregistered block trade of 8,844,230 ordinary shares in Glanbia plc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1923 News 3d9c71fd-6b58-4bc7-89cd-1acebe54cca7 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Goldman Sachs International and Numis Securities Limited as underwriters in connection with an accelerated bookbuild placing of 55,875,557 ordinary shares of Ocado Group plc, representing approximately 9.99% of the issued ordinary share capital of the company. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1925 News d42716a2-d214-4c07-817a-1e44ba9d6c07 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as joint book-running managers on an SEC-registered offering by Statoil ASA of $2.0 billion principal amount of notes guaranteed by its operating subsidiary, Statoil Petroleum AS. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1922 News bac09715-9945-4cb9-8fd2-1a0e73d20933 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Roper Industries, Inc. on its SEC-registered offering of $900 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes, consisting of $400 million of 1.85% notes due 2017 and $500 million of 3.125% notes due 2022. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1932 News 938084c0-4f8f-43bd-9726-16ca50a940fa Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch, Goldman Sachs International, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, UBS AG, Hong Kong Branch, Daewoo Securities Co., Ltd. and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. as underwriters in connection with an SEC-registered Schedule B debt offering by KEXIM of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of its 1.25% notes due 2015. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1931 News 68b0b05e-13a8-47f9-b8ff-12b4022ece04 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. as representatives of the initial purchasers in a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by AK Steel Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of AK Steel Holding Corporation, of $350 million aggregate principal amount of 8.75% senior secured notes due 2018. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1930 News 42506bea-4af6-4553-bc28-101f57531a0a Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Canadian National Railway Company (CN) on a registered public offering of $250 million aggregate principal amount of its 2.25% notes due 2022 and $250 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.5% notes due 2042. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1921 News f104227e-1573-48f6-ab02-89acec7e8590 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised CSG Systems International, Inc. (CSG) in connection with its $250 million amended and restated senior secured revolving and term loan credit facility. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1920 News eec563d5-77a7-435b-9b67-803149af4807 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch as the exclusive dealer manager in connection with a cash tender offer by China Oriental Group Company Limited for up to $200 million of its outstanding $300 million 7% senior notes due 2017 and $550 million 8% senior notes due 2015. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1919 News 3cb5e094-6064-4dca-a5bf-2d215f4b0089 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Barclays Capital Inc., as representatives of the underwriters, in connection with the SEC-registered offering of 23 million shares of common stock of MRC Global Inc. sold by PVF Holdings LLC, an entity controlled by funds affiliated with Goldman, Sachs & Co. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1918 News 141bf218-de38-4bc6-a673-2b8c018b1b0c Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Barclays Bank PLC, HSBC Bank plc and J.P. Morgan Securities plc in connection with an SEC-registered offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.5% notes due 2022 by Sasol Financing International Plc, fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Sasol Limited (Sasol). http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1917 News 44e3d498-17c4-4018-a296-bae21bf92693 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1915 News 4725bdec-0661-453a-90e1-3decffe8d6d7 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Chemtura Corporation in connection with the $200 million sale of its Antioxidant and UV Stabilizers business to an affiliate of SK Capital Partners. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1916 News 18900ebf-63f6-49b0-9053-a5eeb4bd2885 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1914 News 5856f794-50e0-4633-8d9d-315deaf0faea Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC as lead arranger and Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent in connection with the redemption of McJunkin Red Man Corporation’s (MRMC) 9.5% senior secured notes due 2016 (the “Notes”) with a new $650 million senior secured term loan credit facility. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1913 News 9d9e176d-c477-45e6-9f18-c0b9f080a06d Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. in connection with the unsolicited proposal from The Indian Hotels Company Limited and certain affiliates and third parties to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Orient-Express for $12.63 per share in cash. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1912 News 710843e3-784f-4110-9b1f-bd7fa93566be Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT We are extremely grateful to the many Davis Polk lawyers and staff who volunteered for Election Protection on Monday and Tuesday. Over 300 volunteers in our four Call Centers on the 10th floor fielded a total of 5759 calls starting on Monday morning, November 5, and running through 9:30 pm on Tuesday evening, Election Day. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=2108 News e5a18ba6-2194-41b5-b1b3-16f4f4385d9d Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Aetna Inc. on its SEC-registered notes offering of $2 billion aggregate principal amount in three series: $500 million aggregate principal amount of 1.50% senior notes due 2017, $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.75% senior notes due 2022 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of 4.125% senior notes due 2042. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1906 News 1762cf56-277d-42ca-8816-9b2c9e945846 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising E*TRADE Financial Corporation on its SEC-registered notes offering of $1.305 billion aggregate principal amount in two series: $505 million aggregate principal amount of 6% senior notes due 2017 and $800 million aggregate principal amount of 6.375% senior notes due 2019. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1907 News 0cd21f5a-477e-4208-abd7-9b9e8cef6dda Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and RBS Securities Inc. as joint book-running managers on an SEC-registered offering by Kennametal Inc. of $400 million aggregate principal amount of 2.65% senior notes due 2019. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1911 News 10789037-6fdf-4ab2-af7a-aa6dae567052 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. as the underwriter in connection with an SEC-registered block trade of 20,000,000 ordinary shares of LyondellBasell Industries N.V. by funds affiliated with Apollo Management Holdings, L.P. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1909 News e99c9cb0-1217-4ab5-8f27-a0d3c0021467 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, RBS Securities Inc., Barclays Bank PLC, The Bank of Nova Scotia and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc., as joint lead arrangers in connection with the amendment and restatement of four revolving credit facilities in an aggregate amount of $4.2 billion for PPL Energy Supply, LLC, PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company, each a member of the PPL Corporation family of companies. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1908 News faba61de-33bd-4b1b-858c-9c3ed634fb51 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised the underwriters on the registered offering of $400 million aggregate principal amount of 1.05% notes due 2017 and $300 million aggregate principal amount of 3.55% notes due 2042 by Praxair, Inc. Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and RBS Securities Inc. acted as joint book-running managers for the offering. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1910 News 2c59ea96-2485-4436-af0e-a1cad3c9fec5 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising ARM Holdings plc in connection with its leading participation in a consortium of major technology companies affiliated with Allied Security Trust, which has entered into an agreement with MIPS Technologies, Inc. to obtain rights to its patent portfolio. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1903 News cd5d5d6d-8bcf-499c-9209-06e6118d96d3 Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, RBS Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint book-running managers on an SEC-registered offering by General Dynamics Corporation of $900 million aggregate principal amount of 1.00% notes due 2017, $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.25% notes due 2022 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of 3.60% notes due 2042. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1904 News 3e95feaf-27e6-4c4e-b3e3-077f5dfce20e Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as joint book-running managers on an SEC-registered debt offering by Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. of $800 million aggregate principal amount of 2.9% notes due 2022. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1905 News 717031d0-7018-4298-997f-0929a836beae Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Baidu, Inc. on its acquisition of shares of iQiyi.com held by Providence Equity Partners. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1902 News efe364e3-5a63-4f37-88f8-82e0a2c349df Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Ingram Micro Inc. and Ingram Funding Inc. in amending Ingram Micro’s revolving trade account receivable-backed financing program. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1901 News 9e60ea86-4f27-42a9-b795-8f15db06468c Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1899 News 0f33e3e3-7873-4e30-9a21-45f5aa348115 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising MSCI Inc. in connection with its $125 million acquisition of IPD Group Limited, an English company. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1897 News 76090039-ef1b-43fc-94e3-07767cf5d413 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT On Tuesday, October 30, 2012, the New York State Court of Appeals affirmed a ruling of the Appellate Division, First Department, and held that the City of New York (“City”) may assign cases to institutional providers of indigent defense services, such as the Legal Aid Society (“Legal Aid”), where another institutional provider, such as the Bronx Defenders or Neighborhood Defender Services, has a conflict of interest that prevents it from providing representation. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1896 News a8680776-7e3a-4b2a-ae27-02e94f807a59 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Royal Bank of Canada Capital Markets, LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., and nabSecurities, LLC as lead managers on an SEC-registered offering by Royal Bank of Canada of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 0.8% senior notes due 2015 under its $25 billion medium-term notes program. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1898 News 66bf375b-d90a-4103-938e-0785ea574120 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised PepsiCo, Inc. on its registered offering of £500 million aggregate principal amount of 2.5% senior notes due 2022. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1900 News f1f1dafc-96ca-4e33-a288-8cf3e1088d60 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and Goldman Sachs Bank USA as lead arrangers in connection with a commitment to provide a $500 million senior secured facility for Riverbed Technology, Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1895 News c4100216-dfef-4a1a-96af-479a86271508 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA in connection with the combination with Pearson plc of their trade-book publishing companies, Random House and Penguin Group, respectively. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1894 News 3005f476-bb4b-443b-b334-44b3c0f18efe Mon, 29 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised BR Malls International Finance Limited, a wholly owned finance subsidiary of BR Malls Participações S.A., in connection with the reopening of $175 million aggregate principal amount of its 8.5% perpetual notes, which constitute a further issuance of the $230 million aggregate principal amount of 8.5% perpetual notes issued on January 21, 2011. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1891 News 2b14eec4-fe7d-4296-8b72-49a145321e54 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Oracle Corporation on its SEC-registered debt offering of $2.5 billion aggregate principal amount of 1.2% notes due 2017 and $2.5 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.5% notes due 2022. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1890 News 737270c1-c492-4f9a-b172-498d1970f451 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised underwriters represented by CIBC World Markets Corp., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and National Bank Financial Inc. in connection with the offering of $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 2% bonds due 2022, issued by the Province of British Columbia. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1893 News 1a77ce22-cd03-4e9a-a9fb-4d6988c1173d Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised underwriters represented by Barclays Bank PLC, CIBC World Markets Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc in connection with the offering of $2.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 1.1% bonds due 2017, issued by the Province of Ontario. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1892 News f82cc042-2d6a-4f60-b86c-4a4589f6456e Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley in connection with its SEC-registered global offering of $2 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.875% subordinated notes due November 1, 2022. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1889 News 6edb9759-83b9-4782-abf7-2cf47ffce61d Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as administrative agent and UBS Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, as lead arrangers in connection with a refinancing of Brand Energy and Infrastructure Services, Inc.’s (Brand) existing first-lien and second-lien senior secured credit facilities. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1885 News 690f1cf5-121e-4862-8814-d01451a0af34 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised CSX Corporation on its SEC-registered offering of $800 million aggregate principal amount of 4.100% notes due 2044. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1886 News e741bd01-c430-4591-b5dc-d056acacd399 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. as lead joint book-running managers, and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., UBS Securities LLC and Raymond James & Associates, Inc. as book-running managers, in connection the $302.4 million SEC-registered offering of 4.8 million shares of common stock of Palo Alto Networks, Inc. sold by certain selling stockholders. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1888 News 188cc79d-b62b-468a-bc9f-d5ae25d29266 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Barclays Capital Inc. as joint book-running managers in connection with an SEC-registered public offering of 6,900,000 shares of common stock of Walter Investment Management Corp for aggregate gross proceeds of $290 million. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1887 News f65b0b6b-b760-4152-abb8-d388194d1a0b Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Barclays Capital Inc. as joint book-running managers on a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by Nuance Communications, Inc. of $350 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.375% senior notes due 2020. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1884 News f13b4421-7f90-4095-ae89-7b811aaa0847 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association as administrative agent, and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as arranger of the financing in connection with Cencosud S.A.’s $2.5 billion acquisition of the Colombian operations of Carrefour S.A., the world’s second-largest retailer by sales. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1883 News 3e1147df-5567-4beb-be7d-c28d967edc08 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Murphy Oil Corporation in connection with the spinoff to its stockholders of Murphy Oil USA, Inc., its U.S. downstream subsidiary, into an independent and separately traded company. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1881 News 72257f07-2e77-49e1-bdb3-c02102923aa1 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint book-running managers on an SEC-registered offering of $396.75 million aggregate principal amount of 1.75% convertible senior notes due 2032 of Stillwater Mining Company (which amount includes the full exercise of the over-allotment option). http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1882 News 55ff49fc-28fe-4cd4-bddb-c34b0762d0cf Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1879 News f1f93dbc-0393-4ff0-bea7-001058669c3e Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised the underwriters in connection with an initial public offering of 5,060,000 shares of common stock of KYTHERA Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (including 660,000 shares in respect of the exercise in full of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares) at $16.00 per share for gross proceeds of approximately $80.1 million. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1880 News 0c05977c-ccd3-4e45-91c0-59cd1e478cc2 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Mexichem, S.A.B. de C.V. in connection with its offering of 260,000,000 single series class II common shares in the amount of $1.25 billion. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1877 News a5b9f836-8b80-433b-8597-4a473576c8b4 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised PPL Capital Funding, Inc. on its registered offering of $400 million aggregate principal amount of 3.50% senior notes due 2022, fully and unconditionally guaranteed by PPL Corporation (PPL). http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1878 News 5dea0ade-fb49-46f6-ac2c-4f1f1ae35e96 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. and BBVA U.S. Senior, S.A. Unipersonal as underwriters on the SEC-registered offering by BBVA U.S. Senior, S.A. Unipersonal of $2 billion principal amount of 4.664% senior notes due 2015, guaranteed by Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1875 News 91ef02d9-f573-43fd-a29b-153ceebaeec4 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities plc as the exclusive dealer manager in connection with a cash tender offer by Lonking Holdings Limited for up to $80 million of its outstanding $350 million 8.5% senior notes due 2016. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1876 News cfdfe52e-6d5d-44cf-988a-162817c1c7eb Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as representatives in connection with the public offering of $2 billion aggregate principal amount of 0.85% notes due 2015, $3 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.7% notes due 2022 and $2 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.125% notes due 2042 by General Electric Company (GE). http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1874 News 2e68072d-7954-4ac8-bcd6-da41b7838d7b Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised the underwriters in connection with an initial public offering of 8,984,375 ordinary shares of Fleetmatics Group PLC (including 1,171,875 shares in respect of the exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares) at $17.00 per share for gross proceeds of $152.7 million. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1873 News 38d9dbe7-0e01-4b81-9c24-d437f5fee94e Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised NBCUniversal Media, LLC on its SEC-registered debt offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.875% senior notes due 2023 and $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.45% senior notes due 2043. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1870 News 8ebaee45-96cc-43e8-8bf0-ca5fcb336b28 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Goldman Sachs Bank USA and UBS Securities LLC, as joint lead arrangers, and with Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. and Nomura Securities International, Inc., as joint bookrunners, for $580 million of financing in connection with American Securities’ acquisition of HHI Intermediate Group Holdings, LLC. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1872 News e980591c-a152-449a-a9b0-d011c2f2fbad Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised NYSE Euronext in an SEC-registered offering of $850 million of its 2.00% senior notes due 2017, and on its concurrent tender offers for any and all of its $750 million 4.80% senior notes due 2013 and up to €250 million of its 5.375% senior notes due 2015. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1871 News 0ed12743-02f2-4c81-937d-cab4ddd19ab9 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising DF Energy Acquisition LLC, as part of a consortium of investors, in connection with the acquisition of Louis Dreyfus Highbridge Energy, LLC (LDH Energy) from Louis Dreyfus Commodities BV and Highbridge Capital Management LLC. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1869 News 24a3b1b2-6714-406e-a718-becb51acb26c Thu, 04 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Company Limited (MUL) in connection with its approximately ¥100 billion ($1.3 billion) acquisition of all of the equity of JSA International Holdings, L.P. (d/b/a Jackson Square Aviation) from a group of funds affiliated with Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. and certain management sellers. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1868 News 6a10d771-4c4f-4157-9db6-bd9ee73189be Thu, 04 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT After having received the clearance from the French Competition Authority on July 23, 2012, and the approval from the French Broadcasting Authority on September 18, 2012, Groupe Canal+ closed the acquisition of the French free-TV channels Direct 8 and Direct Star from Bolloré Média on September 27, 2012. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1865 News 9aa99b62-3005-4795-8099-a679c655fcd8 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Grupo Financiero Santander México, S.A.B. de C.V. in connection with Grupo Financiero Santander México’s $4.1 billion global offering. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1864 News 64df2348-b0eb-4d96-be22-a2d5182ab2df Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, BMO Capital Markets Corp., Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., RBS Securities Inc. and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. as joint book-running managers on a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by PDC Energy of $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 7.75% senior notes due 2022. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1866 News c949cfc0-2101-43b9-9415-abc0c8d3f1bb Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Barclays Capital Inc. as underwriter in connection with the secondary offering of 1,800,000 shares of common stock of Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc. sold by certain selling stockholders for an aggregate price to the public of $24.57 million. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1867 News ebe8f49f-d140-49a4-af24-aefdf65baaef Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as the initial purchasers in a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by K. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., of $577 million aggregate principal amount of 7.25% senior secured first-lien notes due 2020 and $220 million aggregate principal amount of 9.125% senior secured second-lien notes due 2020. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1863 News 34627907-82ae-4138-b475-60050d9644c7 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Indeed, Inc. in connection with its acquisition by Recruit Co., Ltd. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1861 News 7a2b6af7-3958-4d70-b96b-751005f3c484 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised UBS Investment Bank, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC as joint book-running managers in connection with an SEC-registered offering by GT Advanced Technologies Inc. (GTAT) of an aggregate principal amount of $220 million of 3% convertible senior notes due 2017, which included $15 million aggregate principal of notes from the full exercise of the underwriters' option to purchase additional notes. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1862 News 14e8b969-b940-4107-92d4-7ef30f228ab4 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Strategic Growth Bancorp in connection with its acquisition and recapitalization of Mile High Banks through a chapter 11 filing of its parent, Big Sandy Holding Company. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1859 News 329ea8ab-f01e-43fa-b957-498ffe3ac858 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. and Barclays Capital as active joint lead arrangers in connection with a $1 billion 3.5-year unsecured revolving credit facility and a $1.5 billion 5-year unsecured revolving credit facility provided to DIRECTV Holdings LLC. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1860 News 564b44ea-eb64-4a33-86e3-4abdf7c68664 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as joint book-running managers for the several underwriters in connection with the SEC-registered secondary offering of 23,000,000 ordinary shares of Michael Kors Holdings Limited sold by certain selling shareholders for a price to the public of $1.219 billion. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1858 News 24750d11-07a3-457f-8e84-446473a7419c Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as representatives of the initial purchasers in connection with the debut global offering by Colombia Telecomunicaciones S.A. ESP of $750 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.375% senior notes due 2022. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1856 News 103dcc2d-3aba-496a-b367-e54d33d4c4c0 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised underwriters represented by Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. in connection with the offering of $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 1.65% bonds due 2019, issued by the Province of Ontario. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1855 News bcafd906-69d0-408b-b621-e1acb21f0f79 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as sole lead arranger and bookrunner in connection with $2.12 billion of financing provided to Tempur-Pedic International Inc. for its proposed acquisition of Sealy Corporation. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1854 News ed2e69ed-4997-42aa-b48e-e1601fd61e70 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Jefferies & Company, Inc. as joint book-running managers on an SEC-registered offering of $125 million aggregate principal amount of 4.5% convertible senior notes due 2017 of XPO Logistics, Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1857 News 5cbaa9a9-edb5-4b4f-a3b2-eb15f7cd1b66 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S.A. in connection with its global offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.75% senior notes due 2022. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1851 News 9ee406a3-3cf6-4f76-9ad7-9cf1558e2ce1 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT On September 20, 2012, the U.S. Tax Court, after trial in 2011, ruled in favor of PepsiCo, Inc. in a significant case regarding the appropriate tax treatment of important inter-company financial instruments created in the 1990s to facilitate the company's international growth. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1852 News a3c67874-389b-4570-86cf-9d370fae244b Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint book-running managers on an SEC-registered offering by Torchmark Corporation of $300 million aggregate principal amount of 3.8% senior notes due 2022. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1853 News e7b892db-8d63-45ec-8e89-a1e2045785db Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Union Drilling, Inc. in connection with its acquisition by Sidewinder Drilling Inc., a company controlled by Avista Capital Partners. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1849 News ef0f9430-ca76-4f33-91e8-9c699ac7b28e Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, UBS AG, Hong Kong Branch as underwriters in connection with a Schedule B debt offering by Korea Finance Corporation of $300 million in aggregate principal amount of its 2.25% notes due 2017. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1850 News c796541b-a15e-4e63-b93b-9cd48a386388 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Greenhill & Co., LLC as financial adviser to Cypress Semiconductor Corporation in connection with its $109.8 million acquisition of Ramtron International Corporation. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1848 News 5cf6e476-911d-4f35-a106-2956752dc471 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Mexichem, S.A.B. de C.V. in connection with its offering of $750 million aggregate principal amount of 4.875% notes due 2022 and $400 million aggregate principal amount of 6.75% notes due 2042. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1846 News aef3ca1d-5ad8-4ba6-9188-21c07adf96e1 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, a public limited company incorporated in Scotland, in connection with its SEC-registered shelf takedown of $2 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.55% senior notes due 2015. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1845 News f664ed13-9277-4023-847f-20ae782dfae9 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce Fenner & Smith Incorporated as joint book-running managers on a public offering by Ingredion Incorporated of $300 million aggregate principal amount of 1.8% senior notes due 2017. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1847 News 6f0c5d39-9ad0-48fa-b1cc-28b94148331d Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk acted as special counsel to RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and RBS Securities Inc. as joint book-running managers on an SEC-registered offering by Royal Bank of Canada of $2.5 billion aggregate principal amount of 1.2% covered bonds due 2017. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1844 News 72b37030-e6e0-4de5-9279-1d28da275aae Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised AstraZeneca PLC in connection with its SEC-registered shelf takedown of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 1.95% notes due 2019 and $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 4% notes due 2042. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1840 News 8b068fe0-4db3-4737-bdca-674e65b1c3d4 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Digicel Group Limited on a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $1.5 billion of 8.25% senior notes due 2020 and a concurrent cash tender offer by Digicel for any and all of its $415 million aggregate principal amount of outstanding 9.125% / 9.875% senior toggle notes due 2015 and $1 billion aggregate principal amount of outstanding 8.875% senior notes due 2015. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1841 News e44a8066-c9f4-4813-87ed-6885537d8ca0 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Synutra International, Inc. in connection with a long-term industrial and commercial partnership agreement with Groupe Sodiaal SA and Eurosérum SAS, a subsidiary of Sodiaal, pursuant to which Synutra will build a new drying facility in Brittany (France), intended to manufacture powdered milk and fat-enriched demineralized whey for the needs of the Synutra group. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1842 News 64dce7c0-18a2-4f93-894f-6a72335080d9 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, a public limited company incorporated in Scotland, in connection with its tender offers to purchase for cash any and all of certain of its U.S.-dollar-denominated senior notes with an aggregate principal amount of approximately US$13.3 billion and its tender offers to purchase for cash pursuant to a modified Dutch auction procedure up to £2 billion (equivalent) in aggregate principal amount of certain of its euro-denominated senior notes with an aggregate principal amount of approximately €5.6 billion and certain of its sterling-denominated senior notes with an aggregate principal amount of approximately £3.9 billion. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1839 News 77766b19-eb1b-40ab-9f5e-672e7a3fd138 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as joint book-running managers in connection with the offering of 4,025,000 shares of Class A common stock of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (including 525,000 shares from the full exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option), of which 233,996 shares were offered by a selling stockholder who is the Chairman of the company’s board of directors, and the offering of 2,300,000 5% tangible equity units of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (including 300,000 tangible equity units from the full exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option). http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1843 News 33dac3a3-4488-438d-99b7-78a97792e633 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1837 News 2b2a5b87-b86a-47f2-bedf-1c3368b6faf2 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, KDB Asia Limited, Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc as underwriters in connection with a Schedule B debt offering by The Korea Development Bank of $750 million in aggregate principal amount of its 3% notes due 2022. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1838 News 5f714f2d-99fc-45a3-a27d-65d03755520d Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised the United States Department of the Treasury (Treasury) in connection with its offering of approximately 636.9 million shares of common stock of American International Group, Inc. (AIG), which included the full exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment option, representing proceeds to Treasury of approximately $20.7 billion. AIG agreed to purchase approximately 153.8 million shares in the offering, representing approximately $5 billion of Treasury’s proceeds from the sale. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1832 News e6d3532c-696e-4f2e-a419-96f28e449aff Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1831 News 0c7edc04-8cd0-4c21-ae2d-842786455d09 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised underwriters represented by Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated in connection with the offering of $2.5 billion aggregate principal amount of notes issued by Merck & Co., Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1833 News 7c2329a8-50fa-4745-84ea-97af48128303 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1830 News 01b8c890-1d6f-4887-9fa7-83145538a9bd Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Citigroup in connection with the acquisition of a 14% stake in Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Holdings LLC (MSSB) by Morgan Stanley at an implied 100% valuation of $13.5 billion. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1829 News a429f35f-6126-40eb-b4c2-77332c20615e Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Verisk Analytics, Inc. on its SEC-registered offering of $350 million aggregate principal amount of 4.125% senior notes due 2022, which are guaranteed by certain of Verisk’s subsidiaries. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1834 News e7fbab83-af31-42a7-a6f4-97dcaf271e8d Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Warner Chilcott plc in connection with an SEC-registered offering of 42,864,843 of its ordinary shares by certain selling shareholders for an aggregate price to the public of approximately $561.5 million. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1835 News 04b3ec9d-89e6-403f-93a7-99c8e9064d8b Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Goldman Sachs & Co., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as joint book-running managers in connection with an SEC-registered secondary offering of 17,500,000 ordinary shares of LyondellBasell Industries N.V. by funds affiliated with Apollo Management Holdings, L.P. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1836 News e0b5d812-00bd-4bdd-9bdf-9d81b3947e4e Fri, 07 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Equinix, Inc. on its sale of 16 data centers located throughout the United States to an investment group consisting of 365 Main, Crosslink Capital and Housatonic Partners for approximately $75 million. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1827 News 8c751331-f8d9-46c6-b37c-fe941ff537a0 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising FormFactor, Inc. on its $116.8 million acquisition of Astria Semiconductor Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Micro-Probe Incorporated. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1826 News 24b360a8-d098-4f30-9987-f8576b2ef72f Tue, 04 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Mailgun, Inc. on its acquisition by Rackspace Hosting, Inc., which was completed on August 29, 2012. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1825 News 339f1c5e-403c-4a0b-9875-ef202abc7889 Thu, 30 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Deutsche Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch and Credit Suisse (Hong Kong) Limited as (i) placing agents in connection with the Rule 144A placement of 443,248,000 existing shares and subscription of 443,248,000 new shares in China Power International Development Limited (CPIDL) and (ii) joint underwriters and joint bookrunners in connection with the Regulation S offering by CPIDL of RMB1,140 million USD-settled 2.75% convertible bonds due 2017. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1824 News 7fe640ad-fa0b-4be5-ae49-67036ef47b28 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Daikin Industries, Ltd. in connection with its $3.7 billion acquisition of Goodman Global, Inc. from affiliates of Hellman & Friedman LLC. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1819 News 62fb2b4c-e4a2-4c3e-8fcb-dc97086dabf0 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as underwriters on a public offering by Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp) of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 2.20% senior notes due 2017 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of 3.75% senior notes due 2022. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1823 News 8ce687e5-3a76-4f59-aa00-605c4ed3496d Wed, 29 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Barclays Capital Inc. in connection with a variable maturity accelerated share repurchase program it entered into with AOL Inc., under which AOL will repurchase $600 million of its common stock. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1821 News 00df152e-019a-4df8-a751-5edb8878fa43 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised ICICI Bank Limited, acting through its Dubai branch, in connection with a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $750 million aggregate principal amount of 4.7% notes due 2018. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1820 News 04bf5b96-848b-437c-a857-583237a9f21b Mon, 27 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., RBS Securities Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Barclays Capital Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC as joint book-running managers in connection with an SEC-registered offering by PHH Corporation of $275 million aggregate principal amount of its 7.375% senior notes due 2019. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1822 News 99af522e-982f-4fc2-85f0-60550ff6a8fc Fri, 24 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc in its capacity as placing agent for the placement of 2,041,287,000 new shares allotted and issued by G-Resources Group Limited (G-Resources) for a total consideration of approximately HK$776 million. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1818 News f4cf169e-5a98-49ef-85f5-313450fa46c9 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as the sole book-runner on a $258 million SEC-registered offering of 25,800,000 shares of common stock of Molycorp, Inc. (Molycorp), of which 12,000,000 shares were offered and sold by Molycorp and 13,800,000 shares are being loaned by Molycorp to Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC under a share lending agreement. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1817 News 3be757b7-1f7f-4fdb-9930-2545ff297e41 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Aetna Inc. on a $2 billion senior unsecured bridge loan facility in connection with its acquisition of Coventry Health Care, Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1814 News bdf268d2-5a1f-438f-b373-7b158549e9da Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Greenhill & Co., LLC as financial adviser to Cypress Semiconductor Corporation in connection with its unsolicited proposal to acquire Ramtron International Corporation for $2.68 per share. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1816 News 69bce074-95c2-4315-90ea-7f59b2c0d2cd Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, RBS Securities Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., RBC Capital Markets, LLC, SG Americas Securities, LLC and Standard Chartered Bank as joint bookrunners on an SEC-registered offering by Rio Tinto Finance (USA) plc of $3 billion aggregate principal amount of notes guaranteed by Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1813 News 4adc2014-3e89-4a6a-81f7-7a5a4336bf09 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Warner Chilcott plc on its $1 billion leveraged recapitalization. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1815 News 63d3161a-82e4-497d-9915-7cc42620533d Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Aetna Inc. on its acquisition of Coventry Health Care, Inc. valued at $7.3 billion, including the assumption of Coventry debt. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1810 News eccf7333-5b74-4d04-b696-259b9c6d385b Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Sterling Financial Corporation in connection with its SEC-registered secondary offering of 5,738,637 shares of its common stock by the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) for proceeds of approximately $115 million. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1812 News 2e249817-0888-4376-98a0-29217f54a871 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as joint book-running managers on an SEC-registered debt offering by Moody’s Corporation of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 4.5% senior notes due 2022. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1811 News 9be4d889-4605-4e9b-bbf5-2866c1bd3db4 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised UBS Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, RBS Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint bookrunners on a Section 3(a)(2) exempt offering by UBS AG, acting through its Stamford branch, of $2 billion aggregate principal amount of 7.625% tier 2 subordinated notes due 2022. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1809 News a5da4457-c946-4274-803e-38a2b043a478 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as representative of the initial purchasers on a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by Continental Resources, Inc. of $1.2 billion aggregate principal amount of 5% senior notes due 2022. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1807 News f25254b3-fa27-4bf0-b63c-c135a1297a62 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised El Paso Electric Company in connection with the issuance of an aggregate of $82.5 million of pollution control refunding revenue bonds. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1808 News 5a80c227-36bb-47b9-b3f0-c32637810aac Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Getty Investments in connection with the $3.3 billion acquisition of Getty Images, Inc. Getty Images co-founder and chairman Mark Getty and the Getty family will roll substantially all of their 30% ownership interests into the transaction, and increase their ownership stake going forward, while Hellman & Friedman LLC will sell its controlling interest to The Carlyle Group. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1804 News abfbbae3-148d-4c9d-b1ed-01d08bf7b269 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent in connection with a $500 million 364-day revolving credit facility for Ecolab Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1806 News 4a055c1e-bae6-45a1-987f-053cd5b2b0f4 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Jefferies & Company, Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. as joint book-running managers in connection with the $233 million initial public offering of 16,666,667 Class A ordinary shares of Manchester United plc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1805 News 41de3046-1442-4af9-a593-03b8afa37cd4 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised PepsiCo, Inc. on its registered offering of $900 million aggregate principal amount of 0.7% senior notes due 2015, $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 1.25% senior notes due 2017 and $600 million aggregate principal amount of 3.6% senior notes due 2042. Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and RBS Securities Inc. acted as joint book-running managers for the offering. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1802 News 09c3d25b-3775-4460-86c9-0c3025c412eb Mon, 13 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as joint book-running managers on a Rule 144A offering by Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. of $201.25 million aggregate principal amount of 2.75% convertible senior notes due 2019. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1803 News 275cdb80-2b42-4a08-b9a7-0cc9efc8e651 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited on its strategic alliance with Janus Capital Group Inc. In connection with the transaction, Dai-ichi Life will acquire a 15%-20% stake in Janus. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1797 News be3b7262-638d-432a-bbbb-c7138379edde Fri, 10 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Ingram Micro Inc. on its SEC-registered debt offering of $300 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2022. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1800 News 410ad6ba-c247-4dbe-8dcc-d44d331b174d Fri, 10 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C., Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, CCB International Capital Limited and Mizuho Securities Asia Limited as initial purchasers in connection with the $500 million Regulation S offering by Sinopec Group Overseas Development (2012) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of China Petrochemical Corporation, of its 3.9% senior notes due 2022. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1798 News 00394d7b-500d-4ff3-aaa1-cd4247eb03f8 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Barclays Capital Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as joint book-running managers in connection with an offering by StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. of $250 million aggregate principal amount of 5% senior notes due 2022. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1801 News 1348abcf-66fa-46c7-a0da-d62b50d50577 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Westar Energy, Inc. in connection with an SEC-registered dribble-out offering and related forward transactions as part of its existing $500 million continuous equity financing program. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1799 News 5a9fac7f-071f-4b29-9388-d1435e803bf5 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as joint book-running managers on an SEC-registered offering by Celgene Corporation of $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 1.9% senior notes due 2017 and $1 billion aggregate principal amount of its 3.25% senior notes due 2022. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1795 News 5c44c386-574c-47e6-a9d4-2b705035f297 Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised the United States Department of the Treasury (Treasury) in connection with its offering of approximately 188.5 million shares of common stock of American International Group, Inc. (AIG), which included the full exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment option, representing proceeds to Treasury of approximately $5.75 billion. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1794 News eafd0297-323c-494d-be7e-29b0b40c4cda Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co. as the sole underwriter in connection with an SEC-registered secondary offering of 3,000,000 shares of Class A common stock of Duff & Phelps Corporation, of which 1,794,556 shares were sold by Vestar Capital Partners and its affiliates and 1,205,444 shares were sold by Shinsei Bank, Limited. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1796 News f49c3048-a449-45ba-bcd9-2c7ce089adac Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, The Korea Development Bank, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc as underwriters in connection with a Schedule B debt offering by Korea Finance Corporation of $500 million in aggregate principal amount of its 2.25% notes due 2017. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1792 News 69413d92-8e9b-4b4e-972c-bdf3f3d136b3 Wed, 08 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, as representatives of the underwriters, in connection with the $308 million SEC-registered secondary offering of 14,064,500 shares of Vantiv, Inc.’s Class A common stock by funds affiliated with Advent International Corporation and trusts affiliated with one of Vantiv’s directors, Pamela H. Patsley, at a price to the public of $21.90 per share. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1793 News 306b83d8-a7fb-4717-95ed-c5fccd88293f Wed, 08 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Texas Instruments Incorporated on its SEC-registered debt offering of $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of notes, consisting of $750 million of 0.45% notes due 2015 and $750 million of 1.65% notes due 2019. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1791 News 59416554-8fcb-4277-9d0c-da0e82c6e409 Tue, 07 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk won a significant victory on behalf of Ingram Micro, Inc. and its subsidiary CIM Ventures, Inc. (Ingram Micro) on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, when Judge Rakoff in the District Court for the Southern District of New York granted Ingram Micro’s motion to dismiss a suit brought by the Joint Official Liquidators of the SPhinX Funds, a group of Cayman Island-based hedge funds allegedly defrauded by Refco, Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1790 News d613a5d8-aa3f-4329-a1c5-b6dbb4fac4c0 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as joint book-running managers on a public offering by PPG Industries, Inc. of $400 million aggregate principal amount of 2.7% notes due 2022. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1788 News 034536bf-85dc-4ccc-8e1f-23fea632eaca Fri, 03 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, BMO Capital Markets Corp. and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. as joint book-running managers on a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by The Pantry, Inc. of $250 million aggregate principal amount of its 8.375% senior notes due 2020. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1789 News f9ac5969-2c9d-46ee-aeb4-247104b59cd9 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Campbell Soup Company on its registered offering of $400 million aggregate principal amount of floating-rate notes due 2014, $450 million aggregate principal amount of 2.5% notes due 2022 and $400 million aggregate principal amount of 3.8% notes due 2042. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1786 News 631310a3-3172-4959-800e-dd4ce2f32e9e Thu, 02 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised the underwriters on the registered offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 2.2% notes due 2022 by Praxair, Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1787 News c6cab9c8-fa17-4f2b-a393-df13cfc4aacd Thu, 02 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Goldman Sachs Bank USA as lead arranger, bookrunner and syndication agent and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as sole book-running manager in connection with $3.8 billion of financing provided to Hologic, Inc. for its acquisition of Gen-Probe Incorporated. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1785 News 743ef8d7-65ec-4440-86f0-d8417b57e5b1 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc. as dealer manager for a cash tender offer by Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. to purchase any and all of its outstanding 6.15% Notes due 2013 and any and all of the 8.95% notes due 2014 and the 4.75% notes due 2014 issued by The Black & Decker Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1784 News 27ec2903-3b08-45c6-9086-d5695a7a857e Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., HSBC Bank plc, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities plc and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc. in connection with an SEC-registered offering of $750 million aggregate principal amount of 5.125% notes due 2022 by AngloGold Ashanti Holdings plc, fully and unconditionally guaranteed by AngloGold Ashanti Limited (AngloGold Ashanti). http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1782 News 69ee8305-2341-43b1-83b9-d3d4b4d415da Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Archway Marketing Services and its majority shareholder Tailwind Capital on the sale of Archway to Investcorp for approximately $300 million. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1781 News c170d8d2-455b-4330-9bea-d1ebbd53a6db Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC as representative of the several underwriters of a $46 million SEC-registered follow-on offering of 7,076,922 shares of common stock of XenoPort, Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1783 News c642547d-d44a-427e-8130-d4933b9e9547 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Roper Industries, Inc. in connection with its $1.415 billion acquisition of Sunquest Information Systems, Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1780 News b21272b2-4af5-403e-b14d-53c01852af11 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1778 News 36e25c2a-c30a-4478-b29e-4fb99ac6d103 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised underwriters represented by BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and UBS Securities LLC in connection with a public offering by International Business Machines Corporation of $1 billion principal amount of its 1.875% notes due 2022. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1779 News a1bc7ae1-0e48-4948-8700-51e5f3ec2a1b Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners for $1.2 billion of financing in connection with DigitalGlobe, Inc.’s acquisition of GeoEye, Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1777 News 4ee6010a-7391-4c08-a56c-3e89fb93d50f Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised FedEx Corporation on its SEC-registered offering of $500 million principal amount of 2.625% notes due 2022 and $500 million principal amount of 3.875% notes due 2042. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1776 News acce7312-bdcf-4cd0-97d4-398debd52d75 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. as representatives of the several underwriters on the $104.6 million initial public offering of 4,025,000 shares of Class A common stock of KAYAK Software Corporation, including 525,000 shares from the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1775 News 6ae03f82-7f63-44f5-8074-390e8ccff8a6 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. as joint book-running managers in connection with the $300 million initial public offering of 7,130,000 shares of common stock of Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (including 930,000 shares subject to the underwriters’ over-allotment option) at $42.00 per share. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1773 News 6cfed7c0-0b71-456a-a58a-a6efcc164d0f Thu, 26 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as joint book-running managers in connection with the $332 million SEC-registered follow-on offering of 11,744,064 shares of common stock of Splunk Inc. sold by certain selling stockholders. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1774 News 041d9a2c-d285-4848-b1f8-a70c921931b0 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, UBS Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint book-running managers and representatives of the underwriters on an SEC-registered offering by Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. of $750 million aggregate principal amount of 5.75% junior subordinated debentures due 2052. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1772 News 47fa31f6-0506-4202-9373-f82ccc462aaa Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, BTG Pactual US Capital LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Santander Investment Securities Inc. and Banco do Brasil Securities LLC as joint bookrunners on the Rule 144A/Regulation S primary offering of units of Transmissora Aliança de Energia Elétrica S.A. (“Taesa”). http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1771 News e22a4312-a902-4fd0-a47f-f6fb1399047b Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC as joint book-running managers in connection with the $77.6 million initial public offering of 8,625,000 shares of common stock of Durata Therapeutics, Inc., including 1,125,000 shares from the full exercise of the underwriters' option to purchase additional shares. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1767 News ba82d97d-c752-499e-aa23-8dbd7efd07e0 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. as representatives of the several underwriters and joint book-running managers of a registered public offering by Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. of 8,625,000 shares of Kennedy-Wilson’s common stock, which included 1,125,000 shares that the underwriters purchased pursuant to an additional share purchase option. The net proceeds from the offering totaled approximately $106.3 million. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1768 News a48f1a40-2c70-47e0-8b98-94f87155a758 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising CNOOC Limited on its approximately $15.1 billion acquisition of Nexen. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1762 News c5f8eff8-5fa1-4adb-be00-23df5304f3d3 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Metalmark Capital in connection with the acquisition of a controlling interest in Maxum Petroleum, Inc. by Pilot Flying J for cash and Pilot Flying J’s contribution of Western Petroleum into Maxum Petroleum. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1765 News 037cb9ae-2e99-409c-9102-8a52e6168222 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation in connection with its $3 billion senior debt offering in reliance on the Section 3(a)(2) exemption of the Securities Act. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1764 News e05e0a4b-2162-4bcf-b7ad-868035985a74 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Citigroup as financial adviser to Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Inc. in connection with its approximately $1 billion acquisition by Joh. A. Benckiser. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1766 News 7c61c16a-1e93-4a25-b3af-8ada628d64c5 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse AG, as administrative agent, and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, as lead arranger, in connection with an amendment to Walter Investment Management Corp.’s existing first-lien senior secured credit facility, which amendment provided for an increase in the size of Walter Investment’s revolving credit facility from $45 million to $100 million. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1763 News 5cac5925-6c19-45ac-aea5-27dbe2939313 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Ayala Corporation and Ayala Land, Inc. in connection with a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by Ayala Corporation of 680,000,000 common shares of Ayala Land, Inc. for gross proceeds of approximately PHP13.6 billion. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1828 News 9e640843-4121-427f-a972-078f485c93cc Mon, 16 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised NBCUniversal Media, LLC in connection with its acquisition of the 50% share of the MSNBC Digital Network joint venture that it did not previously own from Microsoft Corporation. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1761 News b20059d2-52af-41a7-b61e-b624830123a2 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised China Yongda Automobiles Services Holdings Limited (Yongda) in connection with its HK$1.67 billion (US$215 million) initial public offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1760 News 4f3da7c3-f60c-4dd6-8caf-4ace077ba1e9 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT On May 10, 2011, Davis Polk won a dismissal of claims brought by Creative Mobile Technologies, LLC (CMT) against SMART Modular Technologies, Inc. CMT's case, filed in the New York Supreme Court, Queens County, alleged damages resulting from a supposed breach of contract relating to the delivery of CPU's and displays for use in taxicabs. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1759 News 66979d36-f093-4806-9e98-d42685a964e2 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised BOCI Asia Limited and Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc as managers for a Hong Kong law Regulation S-only offering by AVIC International Finance & Investment Limited of its RMB1.5 billion 4.8% guaranteed bonds due 2015. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1756 News fc75115c-97a6-4dc6-9788-37c50bcc7fcd Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising NBCUniversal Media, LLC in connection with the $3.025 billion sale of its 15.8% stake in A&E Television Networks, LLC to A&E’s other owners, The Walt Disney Company and The Hearst Corporation. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1757 News 54ddfee7-22fa-4f68-859e-3841f8ea8383 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Patriot Coal Corporation in connection with its reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code and the related $802 million in debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1755 News ecfc5320-9425-4297-ab54-37794b3c6929 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1754 News 28795d8b-a7d6-4778-9c05-59c3d1306251 Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of American Integration Technologies LLC for approximately $74 million in cash (excluding working capital adjustments) and the issuance of 4.5 million shares of Ultra Clean’s common stock. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1753 News 01c6afba-49b6-479a-865d-53aee7c27363 Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Campbell Soup Company on its $1.55 billion acquisition of Bolthouse Farms from a fund managed by private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1751 News 51f8a44b-53a1-487d-8427-cf05f0e07dfd Mon, 09 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Línea Amarilla S.A.C. (Línea Amarilla) as issuer and borrower, Línea Amarilla Brasil Participações S.A. (Línea Amarilla Brasil) as sponsor, and Investimentos e Participações em Infraestrutura S.A. – Invepar (Invepar) as limited recourse completion guarantor, in connection with a hybrid project financing in Peru in an overall amount of $885 million ($527 million from financiers and $358 million from guaranteed shareholders’ equity). http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1752 News deafb7d7-53c4-4fa0-84cb-d0cbbfa3e4be Mon, 09 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Barclays Bank PLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., KDB Asia Limited, Standard Chartered Bank and UBS AG, Hong Kong Branch as underwriters in connection with a Schedule B debt offering by The Korea Development Bank of $500 million in aggregate principal amount of its 3.5% notes due 2017. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1758 News ee1fc581-508a-4ac8-9779-ce6337e5b12e Mon, 09 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC as sole underwriter in connection with an SEC-registered offering by Corcept Therapeutics of 11,000,000 shares of its common stock for approximately $46.4 million. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1750 News 2620e3ce-9ef3-4bd9-a31e-04ef62d0656b Fri, 06 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, Goldman Sachs International and J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. as joint lead managers on an SEC-registered offering on Schedule B by Oesterreichische Kontrollbank Aktiengesellschaft (OeKB) of $1.5 billion 1.125% notes due 2015. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1749 News b9c83de1-81d8-45fd-a6be-cbc6a52c5083 Thu, 05 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Macquarie Capital as financial adviser to M*Modal in connection with its $1.1 billion acquisition by One Equity Partners. The deal is expected to close during the third quarter of 2012. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1747 News 4b103eb4-d63e-4a56-a261-6c60819f065d Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising AstraZeneca plc in connection with the expansion of its diabetes alliance with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company through Bristol-Myers Squibb’s acquisition of Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1744 News 9cc335b9-1553-4f13-a939-20db6d0db577 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Comcast Corporation on its SEC-registered debt offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 3.125% notes due 2022 and $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.65% notes due 2042. The offering was made through an underwriting syndicate led by BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1748 News 74b325df-3725-444c-b438-7b046c33be8f Mon, 02 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Ingram Micro Inc. on its acquisition of Brightpoint, Inc., a global leader in providing device lifecycle services to the wireless industry. Ingram Micro is the world's largest technology distributor and supply-chain services provider. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1745 News c79f5ef7-5e7e-4b5e-9649-2242ead5b393 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1746 News a4eb6aa6-8e1b-48fa-ad02-4bda58185421 Sun, 01 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised underwriters represented by Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs International, J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. and TD Securities (USA) LLC in connection with the offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.45% bonds due 2022, issued by the Province of Ontario. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1743 News 08e6f350-602f-4a59-9cd4-4bf6f59437dd Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. in connection with its $500 million sale of its Puerto Rican operations to Oriental Financial Group Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1741 News 2c63c442-188b-4b26-9e8e-4ab8da9eae70 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Valeo in connection with its negotiations with U-Shin Ltd. to sell its access mechanisms business. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1742 News 53e30bab-9d00-4a9e-8dbd-4b3af8a673bc Thu, 28 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised IHS Inc., as issuer, and Conscientia Investment Limited, as selling stockholder, on the SEC-registered secondary offering by the selling stockholder of 10,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, for an aggregate price to public of $1 billion. Goldman, Sachs & Co. acted as underwriter. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1740 News 3f82bace-cc81-42a1-8c63-1b9453b57de3 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised BB Securities Ltd., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Itau BBA USA Securities, Inc. and Santander Investment Securities, Inc. as initial purchasers in connection with the reopening by BRF - Brasil Foods S.A. of $250 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.875% notes due 2022, which constitute a further issuance of the 5.875% notes issued on June 6, 2012. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1739 News 104b57f0-537e-423c-8dd1-b091063070fa Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as joint book-running managers and representatives of the underwriters on an SEC-registered offering by Caterpillar Inc. of $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of notes. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1738 News 9ed0160b-9773-47c0-971b-af349809d3da Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Affymetrix, Inc. (Affymetrix) in connection with its acquisition of eBioscience Holding Company, Inc. (eBioscience) for approximately $315 million in cash. Following the acquisition, eBioscience became a wholly owned subsidiary of Affymetrix. Davis Polk advised Affymetrix as borrower in connection with its new $100 million senior secured credit facility, consisting of $85 million of a senior secured term loan and a $15 million revolving credit facility. Davis Polk advised Affymetrix on its SEC-registered offering of $105 million aggregate principal amount of 4.00% convertible senior notes due 2019. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1737 News 46e21773-0887-4e43-bb5d-a7fd69616acb Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch as administrative agent and joint lead arranger of a $250 million term loan facility provided to NCI Building Systems, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of Metl-Span LLC. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1736 News 719ac64d-ebf3-4348-a51d-2719dba31886 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1735 News ab7806d7-e0c3-42dc-8182-707ab9961d57 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Novast Holdings Limited in connection with its strategic partnership with Eli Lilly and Company. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1734 News c86aeea7-d1c4-442a-b6ee-2dc96e9cd863 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk won a significant victory on behalf of CVS Caremark Corporation (CVS) on Monday, June 18, 2012, when Judge Laplante in the District Court of New Hampshire granted CVS and three of its former senior executives’ motion to dismiss a class-action securities fraud suit brought on behalf of shareholders that held CVS stock between October 30, 2008, and November 5, 2009. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1732 News 2f9ce930-f888-4ced-863b-2aa5e34d5fbc Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and RBC Capital Markets, LLC as joint book-running managers and representatives of the several underwriters in connection with an SEC-registered offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.5% senior notes due 2022 by Tyson Foods, Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1733 News 9be605da-cd1f-48d2-bd3e-2d02bbb92dd7 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Vector Capital on the $2.2 billion leveraged buyout of Quest Software, Inc. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1729 News b6d03053-88d9-4cf1-81eb-ad7687242623 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT On Friday, June 15, 2012, Davis Polk won a significant victory on behalf of Deloitte & Touche LLP in the Alabama Supreme Court with an affirmance of the dismissal of a securities-fraud lawsuit arising out of the 1995 leveraged recapitalization of the Bruno’s regional supermarket chain. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1728 News b0fa3b95-0b26-4671-a7cb-ad4e7a183814 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised underwriters represented by Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. and TD Securities (USA) LLC in connection with the offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 0.5% U.S. dollar bonds due 2015, issued by Export Development Canada. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1730 News 4b708a8d-4f13-42d5-8e55-f0f887bf27bd Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Bank of America Merrill Lynch as a joint bookrunner and joint lead arranger of a $3.5 billion senior unsecured bridge facility for Walgreen Co. in connection with its proposed acquisition of not less than 45% of the issued and outstanding equity interests in Alliance Boots GmbH. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1731 News 2e62ede9-ff6e-480b-83ef-f7927f010dba Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk is advising Carrefour on the total sale of its stake to its Greek partner, the Marionopoulos family, in their jointly held subsidiary. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1727 News 910c55f4-af00-4d65-a956-ff0109291fde Mon, 18 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and BNP Paribas Securities Corp. as joint book-running managers in connection with an SEC-registered offering by Bunge Limited Finance Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Bunge Limited, of $600 million principal amount of its 3.2% senior notes due 2017. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1726 News bc66b4e4-c9c2-4372-94bc-983a2b3990af Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised PPL Capital Funding, Inc. on its SEC-registered offering of $400 million aggregate principal amount of 4.2% senior notes due 2022, fully and unconditionally guaranteed by PPL Corporation (PPL). http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1725 News 9c098b10-69e3-4d02-86a9-94ec1566874b Thu, 14 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1723 News ff049606-ced2-45d1-8469-bfb63ac0930c Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Asian Legal Business (ALB) has announced the winners of its 2012 Japan Law Awards. Davis Polk was named “International Deal Firm of the Year.” http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1724 News cc082dd5-0191-4236-ab5f-8c4a7b518d30 Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1722 News 8edee14c-7225-4302-b8b7-88a588c4e595 Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, RBS Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint book-running managers in connection with an offering by Eastman Chemical Company of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of its 2.4% notes due 2017, $900 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.6% notes due 2022 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.8% notes due 2042. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1721 News 490208cb-8afe-4f89-8a15-85f6b140f882 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1720 News 3b7dfa9b-a38c-4b62-a053-04a6f77cd0c0 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as joint book-running managers and representatives of the several underwriters in connection with an SEC-registered offering by Energizer Holdings, Inc. of $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.7% senior notes due 2022. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1718 News 1b9665a7-f15a-4ab0-a173-fddeec3f401e Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as the initial purchasers on a Rule 144A offering by Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. of $150 million aggregate principal amount of 2.25% convertible senior debentures due 2042. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1719 News ad4be32d-4ae4-436b-ad0c-fe35af76b5b0 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. as joint book-running managers and representatives of the several underwriters in connection with an SEC-registered offering of $600 million aggregate principal amount of 1.35% senior notes due 2015 and $650 million aggregate principal amount of 3.2% senior notes due 2022, issued by Covidien International Finance S.A. and guaranteed by Covidien plc and Covidien Ltd. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1717 News e5a3894b-3c5f-42c0-8abf-e7b94f1a232a Wed, 30 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, UBS Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as representatives of the several underwriters on the $1.015 billion SEC-registered initial public offering of 40,600,000 shares of common stock of PIMCO Dynamic Income Fund. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1716 News ae6669c3-fce4-4c1a-8414-db917be15b73 Wed, 30 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1714 News 6023b1ac-9de6-4ffd-af78-6d2eb0d037e5 Tue, 29 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Leerink Swann LLC as the sole book-running manager in connection with an SEC-registered offering of 1,780,000 shares of common stock of Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (CSI). http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1712 News 48efde68-d92b-4861-ab4b-7dab96e8e2d6 Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC as joint lead and book-running managers for the initial purchasers on a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by Molycorp, Inc. of $650 million aggregate principal amount of its 10% senior secured notes due 2020. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1713 News df4ddad5-8e9f-4f14-b3ba-8508a7419aa8 Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as representative of the initial purchasers on Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of "1-1/2 lien" secured notes by Momentive Performance Materials Inc. (MPM) of $250 million aggregate principal amount of 10% senior secured notes due 2020. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1711 News 0b08202a-ef82-4dbc-a1ac-712a91708abd Fri, 25 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co International plc, Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited as initial purchasers in connection with the S$175 million Regulation S only offering by Central China Real Estate Limited of its 10.75% senior notes due 2016. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1715 News 80e1c68a-3e45-4d8c-981f-21bd8d2f8e6d Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1701 News e1855682-1aa8-43a1-9c25-303dab497e4e Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT Davis Polk advised underwriters represented by CIBC World Markets Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc in connection with the offering of $3.5 billion aggregate principal amount of 0.95% bonds due 2015, issued by the Province of Ontario. http://www.davispolk.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1710 News 86daa16d-9403-4f01-9ed2-6ac6cf09db3e Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT