Cahill represented Bank of America as administrative agent and BofA Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse as joint lead arrangers in connection with a $1,000,000,000 Second Lien Term Loan credit agreement for Samson Investment Company.

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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. The notes were issued by Grupo Aval’s wholly owned finance subsidiary, Grupo Aval Limited, and guaranteed by Grupo Aval and were offered pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933.

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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today that David L. Concannon has joined the firm as a partner in its Emerging Companies Group, resident in its New York office.

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The global law firm Jones Day is pleased to announce that Ian Blumenstein joined the New York Office as a partner in theCapital Markets Practice. He was previously a partner with Cooley LLP in New York, where he was a member of the Credit Finance, Public Companies, and Public Offering practices.

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The Firm represented Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Wells Fargo Securities in the public offering of $750 million of debt securities of Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation (“BHFC”), which will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (“Berkshire”), consisting of $325,000,000 of 1.600% Senior Notes due 2017, $200,000,000 of 3.000% Senior Notes due 2022 and $225,000,000 of 4.400% Senior Notes due 2042.

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The Firm recently represented Rockwood Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries in connection with a public offering by Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc. of $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.625% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Notes”). The Notes are guaranteed by Rockwood Holdings, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries. Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc. is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Rockwood Holdings, Inc.

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The Firm represented Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (NYSE: GWR), a short line and regional railroad company with operations in North America, Europe and Australia, in connection with concurrent registered offerings of 4,025,000 shares of Class A common stock and 2,300,000 5.00% Tangible Equity Units (including in the case of the common stock, 233,996 shares offered by a selling stockholder, and in the case of the common stock and the Tangible Equity Units, the underwriters’ full exercise of their over-allotment options), which resulted in aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $475 million. Genesee & Wyoming intends to the net proceeds from the offerings to partially fund its recently announced acquisition of RailAmerica, Inc., the leading short line railroad operator in North America.

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Shearman & Sterling is advising Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) on the financing aspects associated with its acquisition of the Air Distribution division of Tompkins for approximately $1.1 billion. Along with Onex, a leading private equity firm, CPPIB has jointly owned Tompkins since 2010.

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Cahill represented Citigroup and Scotiabank as joint book-running managers, CIBC and TD Securities as co-lead managers and the other co-managers in connection with the Rule 144A/Reg S offering of $650,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.75% Senior Notes due 2020 by IAMGOLD Corporation, a leading gold mining company. Proceeds from the offering will be used for general corporate purposes.

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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. The notes were underwritten by RBS Securities Inc. as sole bookrunner and lead manager, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as senior co-managers, and BMO Capital Markets Corp., BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, CIBC World Markets Corp., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., nabSecurities, LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, TD Securities (USA) LLC and UBS Securities LLC as co-managers.

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