American Express Company announced that it has signed an agreement to create a joint venture for its Global Business Travel (GBT) division, pursuant to which American Express will share ownership of the joint venture with an investor group including Willkie client Macquarie Capital, as well as Certares, Qatar Investment Authority (through its wholly owned subsidiary Qatar Holding LLC) and funds managed by BlackRock, in exchange for a $900 million investment. The business will continue to operate under the “American Express Global Business Travel” brand.

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International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges has advised Ono’s principal shareholders, Providence Equity Partners, CCMP, THLee and Quadrangle on the €7.2 billion sale of Grupo Corporativo Ono, S.A. (Ono) to Vodafone. More >>

DLA Piper has advised Vodafone Holdings Europe S.L.U. (Vodafone) on its acquisition of Spanish cable company Grupo Corporativo Ono, S.A. (Ono) for €7.2 billion on a debt and cash free basis. More >>

BLG is pleased to announce that the Ottawa LRT project was chosen by Project Finance Magazine as the North American Public Private Partnership (PPP) Deal of the Year for 2013.

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Cahill represented the joint book-running managers and co-managers in connection with the public offering of $1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2019 and $2,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.00% Senior Secured Notes due 2024 by HCA, Inc. Proceeds were used to refinance existing debt and for general corporate purposes. More >>

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DLA Piper advised Coupons.com Incorporated in its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange.

Coupons.com, a leader in digital coupons, operates a platform that connects brands and retailers with consumers through Web, mobile and social channels. Over 2,000 brands from more than 700 consumer packaged goods companies and many of the leading grocery, drug and mass merchandise retailers, use the company’s platform to reach consumers. More >>

Fredrikson & Byron acted as legal counsel for Medtronic, Inc., the global leader in medical technology headquartered in Minneapolis (NYSE: MDT), in its public offering of $250 million principal amount of its 0.875% Senior Notes due 2017, $250 million principal amount of its floating rate Senior Notes due 2017, $850 million principal amount of its 3.625% Senior Notes due 2024, and $650 million principal amount of its 4.625% Senior Notes due 2044. More >>

International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Hispania Activos Inmobiliarios, S.A. on its €500m initial public offering on the Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia stock exchanges.

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Shearman & Sterling advised Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Jefferies Finance LLC and MerchCap Capital Markets LLC as lead arrangers in connection with a $665 million financing, including a $520 million first lien term loan facility and a $145 million second lien term facility, related to the refinancing and dividend recapitalization of Payless ShoeSource, owned by Golden Gate Capital and Blum Capital Partners.

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