Cahill represented Citigroup and Deutsche Bank Securities as joint book-running managers in connection with the Rule 144A offering of €1,155,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.250% First Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2022, $1,110,000,000 aggregate principal amount of First Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2019, and $440,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6% Senior Notes due 2021 by Ardagh Packaging Finance plc/Ardagh Holdings USA Inc. Proceeds were used to refinance existing indebtedness.
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Cravath represented INEOS Group Holdings S.A. in connection with its €600 million and US$590 million 144A/Reg. S high‑yield senior debt offering, guaranteed by INEOS Luxembourg S.A., INEOS Holdings Limited and certain of their subsidiaries. INEOS is one of the world’s largest chemical companies and has highly integrated, world‑class chemical facilities and production technologies. The notes were listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. The transaction closed on February 18, 2014.

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Dentons banking and real estate teams jointly advised pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank and UniCredit Bank Austria AG on their €215 million senior facility to refinance the portfolio of five modern logistics parks located in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia.

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Shearman & Sterling advised Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as sole lead arranger, in connection with the $16.3 billion senior unsecured bridge financing raised by Medtronic, Inc. to finance its acquisition of Covidien plc. The financing included a $13.5 billion senior unsecured bridge loan and a $2.8 billion senior unsecured bridge loan.

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The Firm represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as lead arranger, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, in connection with an incremental term loan of $625 million for Coty Inc. (“Coty”).

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Vinson & Elkins advised Citrus Energy Corporation in the sale of its Marcellus assets to Warren Resources, Inc. for $352.5 million.

The V&E transactional team was led by partner John B. Connally, with assistance from partner Jim Prince and associates Fiona Worrall, Chris Boling and Julian Seiguer.

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Paul, Weiss client Yamana Gold Inc. closed an offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.950% senior notes due 2024. The offering was made pursuant to exemptions from registration under Rule 144A and Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933. Yamana is a TSX- and NYSE-listed Canadian-based gold producer with significant gold production, gold development stage properties, exploration properties and land positions throughout the Americas including Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Canada.

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP represented south suburban Chicago-based Great Lakes Financial Resources, Inc. in its merger into First Midwest Bancorp, Inc., one of the Chicago metropolitan area’s largest independent bank holding companies.  As a result of this merger, Great Lakes Bank (the subsidiary bank of Great Lakes Financial Resources, Inc.) will also merge into First Midwest Bank (the subsidiary bank of First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.).  Great Lakes Bank operates eight branches in Chicago’s south suburbs and has more than $582 million in assets.  The merger will enable Great Lakes Bank to expand its service and product offerings through First Midwest to build on its platform of commercial, retail, and wealth management products and services to meet the growing financial needs of Great Lakes Bank customers.

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