Greenberg Traurig Represented the Underwriters in the Secondary Offering of BZ WBK Shares

Greenberg Traurig represented the syndicate of underwriters, led by Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, BofA Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, KBC Securities and Santander Investment in the offer and sale by Belgium’s KBC and Spain’s Banco Santander of nearly 20 million shares in Bank Zachodni WBK, a leading Polish bank, for 4.9 billion PLN (US $1.5 billion), or 245 PLN per share. This was one of the biggest secondary offering of shares in the history of WSE.

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Simpson Thacher Represents Carlyle on Offering of 30-Year Bonds

Simpson Thacher recently represented The Carlyle Group in connection with its second bond issuance. Carlyle Holdings II Finance L.L.C., an indirect finance subsidiary of The Carlyle Group L.P., issued and sold $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.625% Senior Notes due 2043 guaranteed by The Carlyle Group L.P., Carlyle Holdings I L.P., Carlyle Holdings II L.P. and Carlyle Holdings III L.P. Carlyle intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the notes to repay outstanding indebtedness under the term loan of its senior credit facility.

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Simpson Thacher Represents Tekelec in its Announced Sale to Oracle

The Firm is representing Tekelec Global, Inc. (“Tekelec”) in its announced acquisition by Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL). In connection with the acquisition, Oracle plans to integrate Tekelec’s solutions into its Communications portfolio, which will enable service providers to improve operations and control network resources. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The close of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and approvals.

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Linklaters Advises on £1.3bn Shopping Centre Refinancing

Linklaters has advised Intu Properties plc, the UK’s leading shopping centre owner, on a £1.3bn multi-source refinancing. The proceeds, together with other available funds were used to refinance four of Intu’s flagship assets, including the Lakeside shopping centre.

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Akin Gump Advises FirstEnergy in Closing of Tender Offers

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP advised FirstEnergy Corp. with respect to the cash tender offers for two series of notes of its subsidiary, FirstEnergy Solutions Corp., and two series of notes of its subsidiary, Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC. The tender offers for three of the aforementioned series settled on March 14, and the tender offer for the fourth series settled today.

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Davis Polk Advises Cosan on Reopening of BRL High-Yield Notes

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.

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