The Firm represented Precision Drilling Corporation (“Precision”) in connection with its Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of US$400 million aggregate principal amount of 5.250% Senior Notes due 2024.

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Shearman & Sterling is advising Mizkan Holdings Co., Ltd. in its $2.15 billion acquisition of Unilever’s portfolio consisting of the Ragú brand and Bertolli brand of pasta sauce products.

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, UBS Securities LLC, PNC Capital Markets LLC, RBS Securities Inc., Santander Investment Securities Inc., Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc., and US Bancorp Investments, Inc.  as initial purchasers in connection with Triumph Group, Inc.’s bond issuance of $300 million aggregate principal amount of 5.250% senior notes due 2022.

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In its second large private equity high yield financing in the past month, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy advised the initial purchasers in a $300 million high-yield notes offering, the proceeds of which were used to finance the acquisition of Hearthside Food Solutions by affiliates of Goldman Sachs PIA and Vestar Capital Partners.  The notes offering closed on May 13, 2014 and the acquisition closed on June 2, 2014.

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Cooley LLP announced today that it advised longtime client CardioMEMS, Inc., a medical device company that has developed a proprietary wireless sensing and communication technology for the human body, on its acquisition by St. Jude Medical, Inc.

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Cahill represented Barclays Bank as administrative agent and lead arranger and the other lead arrangers in connection with the $665,000,000 credit facility comprised of a Term B loan and revolver for Hearthside Group Holdings, LLC.
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Simpson Thacher represented the initial purchasers, led by Credit Suisse Securities (USA), in connection with a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. (“ETE”) of $700 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024. The notes represent a further issuance of 5.875% Senior due 2024.

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Vinson & Elkins advised Axip Energy Services, LP in the sale of its international contract compression and processing business, as well as the after-market services business to Enerflex Ltd. for $430 million in cash.

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Cahill Represented J.P. Morgan, Wells Fargo Securities, BMO Capital Markets, and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities as joint book-running managers and BofA Merrill Lynch, BBVA, Comerica Securities, and Scotiabank as senior co-managers in connection with the public offering of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024 by Rosetta Resources Inc. Proceeds were used to refinance existing indebtedness.
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Cahill represented J.P. Morgan and Wells Fargo Securities as joint book-running managers and Mizuho Securities as co-manager in connection with the public offering of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.25% Senior Notes due 2024 by The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. Proceeds were used to refinance existing indebtedness.
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