Cahill represented Bank of America as administrative agent and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith and Barclays Captial as joint lead arrangers in connection with the $1,200,000,000 credit facility comprised of a $1,075,000,000 Term B loan and a $125,000,000 revolving credit facility for Sophia L.P. (a newly formed company that also owns Datatel). The proceeds were used to partially finance the acquisition of SunGard Higher Education by Sophia L.P. and to refinance existing indebtedness of Datatel.

Davis Polk is advising Roche on its proposal to acquire Illumina, Inc. for $44.50 per share in cash, or approximately $5.7 billion on a fully diluted basis. In addition, Roche will nominate a slate of highly qualified, independent candidates for election to Illumina’s board of directors and propose certain other matters for the consideration of Illumina’s shareholders at Illumina’s 2012 annual meeting, which, if adopted, would result in Roche-nominated directors comprising a majority of the Illumina board. Roche’s offer will be subject to customary conditions, including the tender of a majority of Illumina’s shares of common stock.