Davis Polk – Rio Tinto $3 Billion Notes Offering

Friday, June 21, 2013

Davis Polk advised BNP Paribas Securities Corp., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and RBS Securities Inc. as joint bookrunners on an SEC-registered offering by Rio Tinto Finance (USA) plc of $3 billion aggregate principal amount of notes guaranteed by Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited. The offering consisted of $1 billion principal amount of 1.375% notes due 2016, $1.25 billion principal amount of 2.250% notes due 2018, $250 million principal amount of floating-rate notes due 2015 and $500 million principal amount of floating-rate notes due 2016.

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Bracewell Continues London Growth with Addition of Four Energy Lawyers

Friday, June 21, 2013

Bracewell & Giuliani LLP is pleased to announce the addition of four energy lawyers in its rapidly-growing London office – Ben James, Darren Spalding and Martin Stewart-Smith will join the firm as partners, and Olivia Caddy will join the firm as senior counsel. These are the latest in the firm’s expansion of its global energy practice in London, which so far this year has included Partners Julian Nichol, Jason Fox and Alastair Young.

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Simpson Thacher Represents Underwriters in Follow-on Offering of 9,775,000 Shares of Common Stock of Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.

Friday, June 21, 2013

The Firm recently represented a group of underwriters, led by Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Barclays Capital Inc., in connection with a registered public offering of 9,775,000 shares of common stock of Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (“Bright Horizons”), a portfolio company of Bain Capital Partners, LLC. A total of approximately $323.1 million in proceeds was raised in the offering. Affiliates of Bain Capital Partners, LLC and certain other selling stockholders received all of the gross proceeds from the offering.

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Jana Steele Joins Osler as a Partner in the Pensions & Benefits Department

Friday, June 21, 2013

At a time when public and private sector employers are looking for more effective ways to eliminate or reduce their exposure to pension risk, Jana’s recent engagement – advising on the implementation of New Brunswick’s new shared risk plan legislation – offers our clients practical, hands-on experience addressing these risks. Jana’s experience advising both public and private sector clients on converting traditional defined benefit pension plans into shared risk plans under the new provincial model will add to our current bench strength, and further enhance our ability to assist Canadian and international clients in the implementation of all aspects of their pension de-risking strategies.

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Husch Blackwell and Brown McCarroll Agree to Join Forces

Thursday, June 20, 2013

The partners of Husch Blackwell LLP and Brown McCarroll LLP have voted to combine their ranks. Both firms concluded the partner ballot process necessary to merge the two firms on June 18, with an effective date of July 1, 2013. The combined firms will move forward together in all markets as Husch Blackwell LLP.

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Ropes & Gray Represents Johnson & Johnson in its $1B Aragon Buyout

Thursday, June 20, 2013

A team of Ropes & Gray attorneys is advising Johnson & Johnson in its acquisition of Aragon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., including rights to its second generation prostate cancer drug ARN-509, for $650 million in cash upfront and up to $350 million in contingent payments. The deal enhances Johnson & Johnson’s leadership in prostate cancer drug development, which is one of its main areas of focus, and provides the potential for novel approaches to treat prostate cancer patients.

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