Shearman & Sterling represented Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith as bookrunners and lead arrangers of a $1 billion unsecured financing for Tyco International Finance S.A.; represented Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as bookrunners and lead arrangers of a $750 million unsecured financing for The ADT Corporation, a division of Tyco International; and represented Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith as bookrunners and lead arrangers of a $2.225 billion unsecured bridge facility for The ADT Corporation.

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Shearman & Sterling is representing B/E Aerospace, Inc. (B/E Aerospace) and its wholly owned subsidiary, B/E Aerospace Systems Holding GmbH, in its acquisition of Interturbine Projekt Management GmbH (IPM) and its direct and indirect subsidiaries for approximately EUR 200 million in cash.

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Shearman & Sterling advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc. as lead arranger and bookrunner in connection with a $500 million debtor-in-possession and exit financing for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishers Inc. and certain of its affiliates (the “Company”). The financing, consisting of a secured term loan facility and an asset-based revolving credit facility, was in conjunction with a pre-arranged bankruptcy filing of the Company that resulted in confirmation of the Company’s plan of reorganization and emergence from chapter 11 in just over 30 days.

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Continuing the expansion of its global disputes practice, King & Spalding has added partners Henry G. (“Harry”) Burnett and James E. Berger in its New York office.

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Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch as administrative agent and joint lead arranger of a $250 million term loan facility provided to NCI Building Systems, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of Metl-Span LLC. The term loan is secured on a crossing first-lien/second-lien basis with NCI Building System’s existing $150 million asset-based revolving credit facility. Proceeds from the term loan were used to finance acquisition costs.

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Reed Smith LLP today announced the addition of Edward H. Shapiro as a partner in the firm’s New York office, joining Reed Smith’s growing Music Industry Practice.

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