Milbank Represents Initial Purchasers of $1.2 Billion of Pemex Notes in Deal Supporting U.S. Energy Suppliers

International law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, led by Global Transportation Finance partner Drew S. Fine and Global Securities partner Arnold Peinado, recently represented the initial purchasers in three separate offerings of notes by Pemex, Mexico’s national oil and gas company, totaling $1.2 billion. The joint book runners were Credit Agricole Securities, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan.

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Shearman & Sterling Advises Inversiones La Construcción S.A. (ILC) and Selling Shareholders in Offering of 32,193,892 Shares of ILC Common Stock

Shearman & Sterling represented Inversiones La Construcción S.A. (ILC) and the selling shareholders Cámara Chilena de la Construcción A.G. and Fondo de Inversion Privado ILC in connection with the global offering of 32,193,892 shares of ILC’s common stock. The offering, which closed on July 24, raised US$468 million, making it the largest initial public offering in the Santiago Stock Exchange’s history.

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Weil Advises Goldman Sachs on $3.5 Billion Bridge Facility for Walgreen Co.

A Weil team, led by New York partner Morgan Bale, advised Goldman Sachs as joint lead arranger, joint bookrunner and administrative agent for a $3.5 billion senior unsecured bridge facility in connection the $6.7 billion strategic investment by Walgreen Co. (Walgreens), the largest drug store chain in the United States, in Alliance Boots GmbH, a Switzerland-based international pharmacy-led health and beauty group from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. The bridge facility and the investment closed on August 2, 2012.

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Davis Polk – The Pantry, Inc. $250 Million High-Yield Notes Offering and Concurrent Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation

Davis Polk advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, BMO Capital Markets Corp. and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. as joint book-running managers on a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by The Pantry, Inc. of $250 million aggregate principal amount of its 8.375% senior notes due 2020.

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