Willkie Advises on $1.06 Billion Acquisition of MONY Life Insurance Company and Certain Business of MONY Life Insurance Company of America

On April 10, Willkie client Protective Life Corporation announced that its principal subsidiary, Protective Life Insurance Company, has signed an agreement with certain subsidiaries of AXA S.A. to acquire MONY Life Insurance Company in a stock acquisition and certain business of MONY Life Insurance Company of America through reinsurance for approximately $1.06 billion in cash.

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Stamford Law Scored the Lead Role in Advising SGX-listed Contel Corporation Limited in Its S$582 Million Proposed Reverse Take-over by YuuZoo Corp

Stamford Law scored the lead role in advising SGX-listed Contel Corporation Limited in its S$582 million proposed reverse take-over by British Virgin Islands incorporated but Singapore-based YuuZoo Corporation. The Proposed RTO shall be effected via a shares and options scheme of arrangement to be sanctioned by the BVI courts, whereby Contel will acquire the entire issued and paid-up YuuZoo share capital and outstanding options from the YuuZoo shares and options holders, by way of exchange for new Contel shares and options. Upon completion of the Proposed RTO, YuuZoo shares and options holders will own 85% of Contel and YuuZoo will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Contel.

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Cravath – RTI International Metals’s Convertible Senior Debt Offering

Cravath represented the underwriters, led by Barclays and Citigroup, in connection with the US$350 million registered convertible senior debt offering of RTI International Metals, Inc., a leading producer and global supplier of titanium mill products and a manufacturer of fabricated titanium and specialty metal components. The transaction closed on April 17, 2013.

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Simpson Thacher Represents the Underwriters in $150 Million Preferred Stock Offering by Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.

The Firm represented the underwriters, led by Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as joint book-running managers, in connection with a public offering of 6,000,000 shares of 6.50% Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, $0.01 par value per share, with a liquidation preference of $25 per share, of Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (“TCBI”). The offering closed on March 28, 2013.

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Simpson Thacher Represents Silver Lake in Establishing Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P., the Largest Ever Technology-Focused Private Equity Fund

Simpson Thacher represented Silver Lake in the establishment of Silver Lake Partners IV, L.P. (the “Fund”). The Fund accepted limited partner capital commitments up to its cap of $10 billion, surpassing its fundraising target of $7.5 billion. Silver Lake reported that, in aggregate with the general partner and affiliates, the $10.3 billion in total commitments for Silver Lake Partners IV is the largest amount ever raised for a technology investment-focused private equity fund.

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Simpson Thacher Represents Portfolio Company of Apax Partners LLP in Relation to Senior PIK Toggle Notes Offering

Simpson Thacher recently represented Matterhorn Financing & Cy S.C.A. in connection with its private offering of €250 million aggregate principal amount of Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2019. The issuer is a parent company of Orange Communications SA, one of the leading mobile telecommunications providers in Switzerland.

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