Davis Polk advised underwriters represented by Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, RBS Securities Inc. and UBS Securities LLC in connection with an SEC-registered offering by Meritor, Inc. of $275 million of its 6.75% notes due 2021. Davis Polk also advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc. as the dealer manager in connection with a concurrent cash tender offer by Meritor for any and all of its outstanding 8.125% notes due 2015. A portion of the net proceeds of the above-mentioned notes offering was used to pay the tender offer consideration, and the remainder is to be used for general corporate purposes.

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Hogan Lovells today announced the addition of three partners from Chadbourne & Parke to its Litigation and Arbitration practice. Oliver J. Armas, the co-head of Chadbourne & Parke’s International Arbitration Group, and Phoebe A. Wilkinson, the co-head of Chadbourne’s Product Liability Group, will join Hogan Lovells’ New York office. Luis Enrique Graham, a prominent litigation and arbitration practitioner, will be resident in Mexico City, with a significant presence in New York.

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