Davis Polk is advising affiliates of the Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division in connection with the consortium acquisition with affiliates of The Blackstone Group L.P. of Ipreo Holdings LLC from affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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Cahill represented the lead underwriters in connection with the Initial Public Offering of 95,000,000 shares of common stock of Ally Financial, Inc. (NYSE: ALLY), the former financing arm of General Motors. The deal, which generated gross proceeds of $2.375 billion, is the largest U.S.-listed IPO completed in 2014, to date. The common stock will be made available through a sale by The U.S. Treasury Department, reducing the government’s stake from 37% to 17%. More >>

Cooley LLP announced today that it advised Massachusetts-based FORMA Therapeutics Holdings, LLC on its second collaboration and option agreement with Celgene Corp. FORMA is an innovative research and development organization in pursuit of ground-breaking medicines in oncology and other therapeutic areas. Celgene is a leader in addressing high unmet medical needs.

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Dentons announced today that it advised MMG Limited (MMG), a subsidiary of State Owned Enterprise (SOE) Minmetals, on its role leading a consortium to enter into a Share Purchase Agreement (SPA) with GlencoreXstrata to acquire the Las Bambas copper project in Peru for US$5.85 billion.

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Linklaters advised Darby Private Equity, the private equity arm of Franklin Templeton Investments, via its Colombian-based Fondo de Infraestructura de Transporte de Colombia (FINTRA), together with two co-investors, in the acquisition of a 5% stake in Oleoducto Central S.A. (OCENSA) and a 5% stake of the pipeline’s transportation rights from Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. The transaction is valued at US$385m and closed on April 1, 2014. Ocensa is Colombia’s longest oil pipeline and runs 836 km from the Los Llanos Basin to the port of Coveñas located in Colombia’s northern coast.

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Shearman & Sterling represented Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and The Huntington Investment Company as the joint-book running managers in connection with the 3(a)(2) offering by The Huntington National Bank of $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 2.20% Senior Notes due 2019. The proceeds from the offering will be used for general corporate purposes.

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Simpson Thacher represented a finance subsidiary of Stonegate Pub Company in connection with a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of £400 million in aggregate principal amount of its Senior Secured Notes due 2019. Additionally Simpson Thacher represented a subsidiary of Stonegate Pub Company in connection with its entry into a new £25 million Revolving Credit Facility. The transaction closed on April 11, 2014. Stonegate Pub Company used the net proceeds from this offering to refinance certain of its outstanding indebtedness, make a distribution to its shareholders and for general corporate purposes.

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Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, a national law firm with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Miami and Washington, DC, announced today that it represented AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) in its agreement to acquire Zygo Corporation (NASDAQ: ZIGO) in a transaction valued at approximately $280 million.  The transaction is expected to be completed towards the end of the second quarter of calendar 2014, subject to customary closing conditions, including the approval of Zygo’s stockholders and applicable regulatory approvals.

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With help of the international law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division has partnered with Koch Equity Development LLC, a subsidiary of Koch Industries, Inc., to acquire shares representing 100% of Flint Group’s share capital from funds advised by private equity firm CVC Capital Partners. Koch Equity Development has agreed to invest with Goldman Sachs in a newly formed entity that will acquire Flint Group. Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking and the newly formed entity were comprehensively advised on this transaction by an international Milbank team led by corporate partner Peter Nussbaum.

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