Shearman & Sterling advised Jefferies Finance LLC, as administrative agent, collateral agent, sole lead arranger and bookrunner, in connection with a $355 million refinancing and one-time dividend transaction, comprised of a $220 million first lien term loan, a $25 million first lien revolver, and $110 million second lien term loan facility, for P2 Energy Solutions, Inc., a portfolio company of Vista Equity Partners which provides software and data services to the upstream oil and gas industry.

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Simpson Thacher represented The Carlyle Group (“Carlyle”) in the establishment of the Carlyle Energy Mezzanine Opportunities Fund, L.P. (“CEMOF”), which primarily targets investments in projects and companies in the power generation and energy sectors requiring capital of $20 million to $150 million per transaction. Carlyle has announced that CEMOF raised approximately $1.38 billion of total commitments.

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Cahill represented BofA Merrill Lynch as sole book-running manager and BMO Capital Markets, CIBC, HSBC, RBC Capital Markets, Scotiabank, and TD Securities as co-managers in connection with the Rule 144A/Reg S offering of $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.5% Senior Secured Notes due 2017 by Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd., a Canadian company. Proceeds from the offering and a concurrent rights offering will be used to refinance existing indebtedness.

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SNR Denton recently advised San Diego based Pulse Electronics (NYSE:PULS) in securing a debt and equity investment of approximately $102.7 million with certain affiliates of Oaktree Capital Group, LLC (NYSE: OAK), a leading global investment management firm with approximately $81 billion under management.

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