King & Spalding has advised London-based Gatehouse Bank plc and its investment group on the acquisition of a 20-property U.S. industrial real estate portfolio in a joint venture with Brennan Investment Group. The 100% leased portfolio, acquired from an affiliate of AIC Ventures, spans 12 states and is valued at $155 million. Shari’ah-compliant financing for the acquisition was secured through The Royal Bank of Scotland. The financing is one of the ten largest securitized financings executed in the United States in 2012.

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Davis Polk advised Campbell Soup Company on its registered offering of $400 million aggregate principal amount of floating-rate notes due 2014, $450 million aggregate principal amount of 2.5% notes due 2022 and $400 million aggregate principal amount of 3.8% notes due 2042. Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and BNP Paribas Securities Corp. acted as joint book-running managers for the offering.

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Davis Polk advised the underwriters on the registered offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 2.2% notes due 2022 by Praxair, Inc. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC acted as joint book-running managers for the offering.

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Herbert Smith LLP announced the recruitment of a team of six leading US commercial litigation partners today.

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Lowenstein Sandler is representing NextWave Wireless Inc., a wireless technology company that manages and maintains wireless spectrum licenses, in its acquisition by communications leader AT&T. Under the terms of the agreement, announced August 2, 2012, AT&T will acquire all of the outstanding common shares of NextWave for $1.00 per share plus a contingent payment right representing a $25 million interest in an escrow fund. In addition, the holders of NextWave’s secured notes have entered into separate note purchase agreements with AT&T.

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On August 1, Willkie client Baring Asset Management, an international investment management firm, announced it has agreed to acquire SEI Asset Korea Co., Ltd. London-based Barings, a subsidiary of MassMutual Financial Group, currently has about $47 billion under management.

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Simpson Thacher represented ClearBridge Energy MLP Total Return Fund Inc. (the “Fund”) in connection with its $700 million initial public offering of common stock. The Fund is a newly organized, non-diversified, closed-end management investment company which trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “CTR”. The underwriting syndicate for the offering was led by Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Wells Fargo Securities LLC and Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.

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The Firm recently completed its representation of Evercore Group L.L.C. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as dealer managers, in connection with private exchange offers and related consent solicitations conducted by Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. and its subsidiary Suburban Energy Finance Corp. for any and all of the $600 million principal amount of 7% Senior Notes due 2018 and $600 million principal amount of 6-7/8% Senior Notes due 2021 issued by Inergy, L.P. and Inergy Finance Corp. The exchange offers and consent solicitations were conducted in connection with the acquisition by Suburban of Inergy’s retail propane business. In the exchange offers the Suburban entities offered $1 billion aggregate principal amount of their 7-1/2% Senior Notes due 2018 and 7-3/8% Senior Notes due 2021 and $200 million in cash. The Firm also represented Evercore as financial advisor to Suburban in connection with the acquisition.

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Chadbourne & Parke LLP represented the lenders in connection with the approximately $6 billion Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC Project, comprising approximately $3.6 billion of project finance debt and approximately $2 billion of equity. The financing closed on July 31, 2012.

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SKF AB announced today that the acquisition of General Bearing Corporation has closed, with SKF acquiring all of the stock of General Bearing. Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP served as counsel to General Bearing Corporation in its sale to Swedish manufacturer SKF AB. Under the agreement, SKF AB acquired General Bearing and its subsidiaries, including interests in four manufacturing sites in China, for a purchase price of approximately $28 per share, all cash, which represents an aggregate enterprise value of $125 million, net of contractual adjustments and the satisfaction of certain obligations and liabilities of the company.

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