Cravath represented the underwriter, J.P. Morgan Securities, in connection with the US$2 billion registered debt offering of JPMorgan Chase & Co., a leading global financial services firm and one of the largest banking institutions in the United States. The transaction closed on May 13, 2014.

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Hunton & Williams LLP advised BNP Paribas Securities Corp., BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., as joint book-running managers in an offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of first mortgage bonds due 2024 by Florida Power & Light Company (“FPL”). The transaction priced at one of the lowest spreads for a ten year security since 2010.

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Osborne Clarke is assisting long-standing client Carphone Warehouse Group plc (Carphone) with its £3.6 billion recommended all-share merger with Dixons Retail plc.

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Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Novacap International S.A.S. on its debut high yield offering of €310 million senior secured floating rate notes due 2019. More >>

The IPO, which was arranged by Canaccord Genuity, raised approximately £80 million for the company and the selling shareholders, including chairman Luke Johnson. The shares, which have been priced at 170 pence, start conditional dealings today with admission to AIM on 19 May 2014. More >>

Ropes & Gray represented Pittsburgh Glass Works LLC, a Kohlberg-backed company, in the planned sale of its insurance and services division for $280 million to Solera Holdings Inc. The deal was announced May 12 and is expected to close by June 30. The insurance and services division of Pittsburgh Glass Works provides auto glass claims management services and software and electronic connectivity solutions for insurance companies, parts suppliers and retail installers. More >>

Cahill represented the joint book-running managers and co-managers in connection with the Rule 144A offering of $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.5% Senior Notes due 2021 by LifePoint Hospitals, Inc., a leading hospital company dedicated to providing quality healthcare services close to home. Proceeds from the offering were used to refinance existing indebtedness.
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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm acted as counsel to the underwriters Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and HSBC Securities in the SEC registered offering of $1 billion of 5% 30 year bonds by Televisa.  Televisa is the largest Spanish language media company in the world and provides most of the programming for the U.S. television network Univision.  The offering was heard to be more than seven times oversubscribed, driven mostly by demand from U.S. investors.

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Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP welcomes Kevin P. Braig to the firm’s Columbus office as a partner in the Environmental and Litigation practice groups. Kevin will focus his practice on agribusiness and environmental compliance and litigation.

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