Shearman & Sterling represented the underwriters, led by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, and Wells Fargo Securities, Inc., in connection with the public offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 3.625% Senior Notes due 2022 of Omnicom Group Inc. and its wholly owned finance subsidiary, Omnicom Capital Inc. This offering is a reopening of its previous offering of 3.625% Senior Notes in April of this year.

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Chadbourne & Parke represented GE Energy Financial Services in its purchase, from Enel Green Power North America (EGP), of a majority stake in two large scale wind farms in the United States — the Prairie Rose Wind Project in Minnesota, and the Chisholm View Wind Project in Oklahoma.

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Cahill represented the joint book-running managers and co-managers in the Rule 144A/Reg S offering of $1,000,000,000 6.5% Senior Notes due 2020 by Biomet, Inc., a leading orthopedic medical device company. Proceeds from the offering will be used to refinance existing indebtedness. Cahill also represented the dealer managers in connection with Biomet, Inc.’s tender offer for its outstanding 10 3/8% / 11 1/8% Senior Toggle Notes due 2017.

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Pryor Cashman LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Dyan Finguerra-DuCharme to its Intellectual Property and Litigation Groups where she will strengthen the firm’s already robust capabilities in these areas. Finguerra-DuCharme comes to Pryor Cashman from White & Case where she was a key member of that firm’s IP Group.

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Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, as representatives of the underwriters, in connection with the $308 million SEC-registered secondary offering of 14,064,500 shares of Vantiv, Inc.’s Class A common stock by funds affiliated with Advent International Corporation and trusts affiliated with one of Vantiv’s directors, Pamela H. Patsley, at a price to the public of $21.90 per share. The underwriters’ over-allotment option to purchase additional shares of Class A common stock from the selling stockholders was exercised in full. The Class A common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “VNTV.”

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented RBC Capital Markets and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, in connection with the $340 million financing of European private equity firm, Permira’s $500 million acquisition of Intelligrated, Inc., a leading North American-based provider of automated material handling solutions, services and products.

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The Firm represented underwriters in two concurrent public debt offerings that raised approximately $1.95 billion for América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V.

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Venable LLP announced that real estate finance attorney Michael Peskowitz has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in its Real Estate Practice Group.

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Partner Kenneth A. Wright, Jr. has taken on a new legal job in SNR Denton’s New York office.  Wright joins the capital markets group and brings a particular focus on public and private finance including securities, leasing, and distressed assets.  The recruitment of the partner represents another major step in the growth of SNR Denton’s financial markets practice.

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Cahill represented Barclays, BofA Merrill Lynch and RBC Capital Markets as joint book-running managers and Wells Fargo Securities and PNC Capital Markets LLC as co-managers in connection with the Rule 144A/Reg S offering of $425,000,000 7.625% Second Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2020 by Universal Hospital Services, Inc. Proceeds from the offering will be used to refinance existing indebtedness and for general corporate purposes.

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