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Cahill represented Wells Fargo Securities, BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank Securities, J.P. Morgan, and RBS as joint book-running managers in connection with the public offering of $525,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.50% Senior Notes due 2024 by Suburban Propane Partners, L.P. and Suburban Energy Finance Corp. Proceeds from the offering were used to refinance existing indebtedness and for general corporate purposes. Cahill also represented Wells Fargo Securities as dealer manager in connection with the tender offer of any and all of Suburban Propane’s outstanding 7.5% Senior Notes due 2018.
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Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP has represented the underwriters in connection with the $1 billion offering of senior unsecured notes by leading global medical technology company CareFusion Corp. (NYSE: CFN).  It was Carefusion’s first registered debt offering since being spun off in 2009 from Cardinal Health, Inc.

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Shearman & Sterling represented the underwriters, led by RBS Securities Inc., in connection with a global offering by The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc of US$2.25 billion in aggregate principal amount of 5.125% Subordinated Tier 2 Notes due 2024.

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Cravath represented the underwriters, led by Credit Suisse, in connection with the US$5 billion registered senior debt offering of Credit Suisse AG, a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group, a global financial services company. The transaction closed on May 28, 2014.

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Simpson Thacher is representing KKR in connection with a proposed acquisition of Goodpack Limited (SGX: Goodpack), a Singapore-based company which is the world’s largest provider of multi-modal, reusable metal box systems known as intermediate bulk containers. Pursuant to the scheme of arrangement entered into between Goodpack and IBC Capital Limited, a company held by a fund affiliated with and advised by KKR, all issued ordinary shares in Goodpack held by the shareholders of Goodpack will be transferred to IBC Capital Limited.  Goodpack’s shareholders will be entitled to S$2.50 per share in cash, a price which values Goodpack at approximately S$1,399 million. 
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Shearman & Sterling advised Commerzbank, J.P. Morgan, Société Générale and UniCredit Bank AG on the initial public offering of shares by Stabilus S.A. (“Stabilus”) on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.The placement volume amounted to approximately EUR 227.3 million (around EUR 261.4 million if the greenshoe option is fully exercised).

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The Firm represented the underwriters, led by Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, in connection with a registered offering by Kimberly-Clark Corporation (“Kimberly-Clark”) of notes in $600 million aggregate principal amount.
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Ropes & Gray advised Mitsubishi UFJ Fund Services, part of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), on its acquisition of Meridian Fund Services Group. The acquisition of Meridian, with $14 billion in assets under administration, raises MUFG’s fund services assets under administration to $165 billion. The deal was announced March 19 and closed on May 27.

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Skadden is representing U.K.-based defense and aerospace firm Cobham plc in its approximately $1.46 billion acquisition of U.S. wireless communications company Aeroflex Holding Corp., announced May 20.
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