Davis Polk is advising Bank of America Merrill Lynch and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as financial advisers to Fidelity National Financial, Inc. in connection with its $2.9 billion acquisition of Lender Processing Services, Inc. The transaction, which is subject to approval by LPS and FNF stockholders and other customary closing conditions, is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2013.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | New YorkDavis Polk advised Valeo SA, one of the world’s top automotive suppliers, in connection with the completion of the sale of its access mechanisms business to Japanese U-Shin Ltd., one of Asia’s largest producers of automotive access mechanisms. The completion of the sale occurred on May 24, 2013.
Tags: Davis Polk & Wardwell LLPDavis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. in connection with an SEC-registered offering by Aon plc of $250 million aggregate principal amount of 4.45% senior notes due 2043. The notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Aon Corporation (an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Aon plc).
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The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced that Jodi R. Goodheart has joined its Las Vegas office as a shareholder.
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Amy Z. Snyder has joined the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania office of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC as a Member in the firm’s Labor and Employment and Litigation Groups.
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Herbert Smith Freehills has advised the joint bookrunners and lead managers on the S$350 million fixed rate bond offering by TML Holdings Pte. Ltd., the Singapore incorporated wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Motors and the holding company of Jaguar Land Rover PLC. This offering represented the first bond offering by the Tata Motors group on the Singapore Stock Exchange and the largest ever unrated Singapore dollar bond by an Indian corporate.
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The Firm recently represented Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited (the “Bank”) and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc., its parent company (the “Parent”), in connection with a Rule 144A and Regulation S offering by the Bank of US$650 million aggregate principal amount of 1.80% Senior Notes due 2018, guaranteed by the Parent. J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs International and Citigroup were the joint lead managers for the offering.
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Kirkland & Ellis International LLP represented BlueBay Asset Management LLP, a leading specialist manager of fixed income and alternative investments, in the final closing of the BlueBay Direct Lending Fund. The fund has raised more than €800 million of commitments from institutional investors, including pension funds, insurance companies and family offices.
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Fisher & Phillips LLP announced that veteran employment attorney Jeffrey A. Dretler joined the firm’s Boston office. Dretler comes from Prince Lobel, where he specialized in the health care, media, and hospitality industries.
Tags: Fisher & Phillips LLPNancy Kierstyn Schreiner has joined Anderson Kill California, LLP, the west coast office of Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C., as a shareholder and will chair the firm’s new Government Affairs Group.
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