Cravath – CyrusOne’s IPO

Cravath represented CyrusOne Inc. in connection with its US$361 million initial public offering of common stock. CyrusOne Inc., a subsidiary of Cincinnati Bell Inc., is a real estate investment trust that owns, operates and develops data center properties. The shares will be listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. The transaction closed on January 24, 2013.

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Davis Polk Advises Aetna on Its Sale of Missouri Care

Davis Polk is advising Aetna Inc. on its sale of Missouri Care, its Missouri Medicaid business, to WellCare Health Plans, Inc. Financial terms were not disclosed. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approval. The sale of Missouri Care is related to Aetna’s pending acquisition of Coventry Health Care, Inc., which was announced in August 2012.

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Davis Polk Advises Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold on Its Acquisition of OM Group’s Downstream Business

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. The sale is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals and is expected to close in the second quarter of 2013.

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Simpson Thacher is Representing Laureate Education, Inc. in Connection with the $150 Million Investment by IFC

Simpson Thacher is representing Laureate Education, Inc. in connection with the $150 million investment in its common stock by IFC, a member of the World Bank Group and the IFC African Latin American, Caribbean Fund. Laureate is the largest private international network of degree-granting higher education institutions with approximately 700,000 students in 24 countries throughout North and South America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, the Middle East and North Africa and Asia.

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Banking and Finance Partner Joins Chadbourne Latin America Practice Group

The international law firm Chadbourne & Parke LLP today announced that Margarita Oliva Sainz de Aja, a leading banking and finance lawyer, has joined the firm as an international partner in Chadbourne’s Latin America group. She will divide her time between Chadbourne’s New York, Mexico City and São Paulo offices.

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