Shearman & Sterling represented Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as administrative agent, and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as joint lead arranger and joint book-running manager, in the consummation of a US$1 billion multi-currency unsecured revolving credit facility for Brookfield Office Properties (trading symbol: TSX-BPO) and certain of its US and Canadian subsidiaries.

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The Firm recently represented the underwriters, led by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, in connection with a public offering by FedEx Corporation of $750 million aggregate principal amount of 4.000% Notes due 2024, $500 million aggregate principal amount of 4.900% Notes due 2034 and $750 million aggregate principal amount of 5.100% Notes due 2044. The Notes are guaranteed by 10 subsidiaries of FedEx.

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Akin Gump attorneys advised an affiliate of Hicks Equity Partners LLC in a merger and share exchange agreement between Infinity Cross Border Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company, and Glori Energy Inc., an oil technology company that deploys its proprietary AERO™ System to significantly increase oil production from mature oil fields.

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Cooley advised on Fidelity National Financial’s (NYSE: FNF) combination of its ServiceLink business with Lender Processing Services, Inc. into a new holding company — Black Knight Financial Services, Inc. Black Knight Financial Services will have two operating subsidiaries — Black Knight Financial Services,  LLC and ServiceLink Holdings, LLC. Cooley also advised Fidelity National on its issuance of a 35 percent interest in each of the Black Knight operating subsidiaries to funds affiliated with Thomas H. Lee Partners LP and certain related entities.

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Covington & Burling represented Gannett Co., Inc. in obtaining Federal Communications Commission approval of its acquisition of Belo Corp. Completed today, the $2.2 billion transaction nearly doubles the broadcast television portfolio of Gannett. More >>

Ballard Spahr advised contact lens and eyewear retailer 1-800-Contacts in its sale by WellPoint, Inc. (NYSE:WLP), to private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. The firm also advised the company in the sale of its glasses.com website and virtual try-on technology to Luxottica Group, the Italian eyewear company. The transactions are expected to close in the first quarter of 2014 pending customary regulatory approval. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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The investment funds team at Lawrence Graham has advised GCP Sovereign Infrastructure Debt Limited on its initial public offering, raising U.S.$125 million by way of a placing and offer for subscription.  GCP Sovereign Infrastructure Debt Limited’s shares were admitted to trading on the Specialist Fund Market of the London Stock Exchange in late December 2013. More >>

Fennemore Craig Jones Vargas, a leading Mountain West regional firm, announces the addition of Bradley Richardson who recently joined the firm’s Las Vegas office. Richardson practices in the areas of Commercial Litigation, Professional Liability and Estate Planning and Probate.

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International law firm Clifford Chance advised The Carlyle Group on the first two investments by Carlyle International Energy Partners (CIEP), a newly established fund that focuses on oil and gas exploration and production, midstream, oil field services and refining and marketing in Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia.

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Carlos Muñiz, who served as senior counsel to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and most recently was deputy state attorney general, has joined McGuireWoods Consulting as a senior vice president and as a partner in the law firm of McGuireWoods LLP.

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