Simpson Thacher represented the underwriters, led by BofA Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse and HSBC, in connection with a registered public offering by Mondelez International, Inc. (f/k/a Kraft Foods Inc.) of euro-denominated notes to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Mondelez offered €400 million of its Floating Rate Notes due 2015, €750 million of its 1.125% Notes due 2017 and €1.25 billion of its 2.375% Notes due 2021, amounting to €2.4 billion (US$3.3 billion) of new notes. The offering closed on December 11, 2013.

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Mayer Brown is representing Kentz Corporation Limited, the Irish holding company of Kentz engineering and construction group, in connection with the proposed acquisition of Valerus Field Solutions for $435 million. Valerus Field Solutions is a US-based integrated oil and gas surface facility solutions provider.

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International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that Mark B. Durrant has joined its Real Estate Group as a partner in the Firm’s Salt Lake City office.

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Holland & Hart LLP represented QEP Energy Company, a subsidiary of QEP Resources, Inc., in connection with their agreement to acquire oil and gas properties in the Permian Basin in west Texas for $950 million from EnerVest, Ltd. and its affiliates.

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Williams Mullen has taken a significant step in building its economic development practice with the addition of Anthony M. “Tony” Copeland as Partner in the firm’s Raleigh office. Mr. Copeland will be working along with former Secretary of Commerce and Trade for Virginia Pat Gottschalk, helping to lead the firm’s economic development team in North Carolina.

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Wragge & Co and Lawrence Graham are to merge, forming a new firm, Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co, from 1 May 2014. The partnerships of both firms have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the combination, which will create a £171 million business with 1,300 people, including 770 lawyers, operating from ten offices worldwide.

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