Shearman & Sterling advised on the bank and bond financing related to Actavis plc’s $28 billion acquisition of Forest Laboratories, Inc.

The firm advised Bank of America, as administrative agent, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Mizuho Bank, as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, in the $4.4 billion bank financing for Actavis Capital s.à r.l., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Actavis plc, which included a $2.4 billion cash bridge loan and a $2.0 billion term loan.

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The Firm represented joint global coordinators, Merrill Lynch International and Guotai Junan Securities (Hong Kong) Limited in Colour Life Services Group Co., Limited’s initial public offering in Hong Kong and Regulation S offering of an aggregate of 250,000,000 ordinary shares, which raised approximately HK$945 million (approximately US$121.2 million) in gross proceeds. Colour Life Services Group Co., Limited is one of the leading property management companies in the PRC. Its ordinary shares are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. 
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Watson, Farley & Williams (“WFW”), a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that it has advised BG Group plc affiliate Methane Services Ltd (“MSL”), on the US$930 million sale of six LNG carrier vessels to GasLog Ltd (“GasLog”).

The sale was completed via two deals, each involving three ships. The sale of the final three vessels to GasLog was completed at the end of June. This followed the previous sale of three vessels from MSL to GasLog, completed in April 2014.
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Cahill represented J.P. Morgan as sole book-running manager in connection with the Rule 144A offering of $800,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5% Senior Notes due 2022 by Nielsen Finance LLC and Nielsen Finance Co. Proceeds were used to refinance existing indebtedness and for general corporate purposes.

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Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and Texas Industries, Inc. announced that the Boards of Directors of both companies have unanimously approved a definitive merger agreement under which Martin Marietta will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Texas Industries common stock in a tax‑free, stock‑for‑stock transaction valued at US$2.7 billion. Cravath represented Martin Marietta in connection with this transaction.

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DLA Piper represented Rioprevidencia (Rio de Janeiro’s state-owned pension fund), as sponsor, as well as the State of Rio de Janeiro in a 144A/Reg S US$2 billion securitization of oil royalties, the first ever cross-border transaction of its kind in Brazil.

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Hogan Lovells advises Afreximbank on a EUR 200 million syndicated bridge facility for Abidjan Port

Hogan Lovells has advised the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in relation to a 200 million-euro syndicated bridge financing facility for Cote d’Ivoire’s state-owned Port Autonome d’Abidjan (PAA) to enable the company expand facilities at the Abidjan Port.
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Global law firm Proskauer advised Lexington Partners on the closing of Lexington Middle Market Investors III, L.P. with $1.05 billion in commitments. The fund is focused on making U.S. growth capital, small and middle market investments through secondary market acquisitions.

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Shearman & Sterling acted as counsel to Banca Carige – Cassa di Risparmio di Genova e Imperia (Banca Carige) in connection with its €800 million rights issue. Mediobanca is acting as global coordinator; Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, and UniCredit are acting as co-global coordinators; Commerzbank, Nomura, and Santander are acting, together with the global coordinator and the co-global coordinators, as joint bookrunners; and Banca Akros, Banca Aletti, and Intermonte SIM are acting as co-lead managers on this transaction.

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