McDermott Advises ROI Acquisition SPAC on Agreement to Purchase EveryWare Global

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP represented ROI Acquisition Corp. (“ROI”) (NASDAQ: ROIQ; ROIQW; ROIQU), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), in connection with the execution of a merger agreement for its business combination transaction in which ROI will acquire EveryWare Global, Inc. (“EveryWare”). ROI is sponsored by an affiliate of the Clinton Group, which is an established private equity and public equity investor in the consumer sector, and the restaurant industry in particular.

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Ropes & Gray Represents Bitė Finance on Refinancing of its Existing Debt

Ropes & Gray advised Bitė Finance International B.V. (“Bitė”) in connection with its offering of €200 million in aggregate principal amount of senior secured floating rate notes due 2018. Bitė’s operating subsidiaries provide mobile telecommunications services in Lithuania and Latvia. The proceeds of the high- yield offering were used to redeem all of Bitė’s existing bonds, refinance its group credit facility and make a distribution to its parent to repay certain of its parent’s outstanding indebtedness.

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Paul Hastings Represents Jefferies Finance LLC in Financing Apax’s Acquisition of Cole Haan LLC from NIKE, Inc.

Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm, represented Jefferies Finance LLC in connection with providing debt financing for Apax Partners, L.L.P.’s acquisition of Cole Haan LLC, a leading designer and retailer of premium footwear and related accessories, from NIKE, Inc. for $570 million in cash.

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Paul Hastings Represents Initial Purchasers in Fibra Uno’s US$1.75 Billion Offering

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, represented Santander, Credit Suisse and Evercore as initial purchasers in connection with Fibra Uno’s US$1.75 billion follow-on equity offering, which is the largest equity offering in Latin America this year. This oversubscribed offering marks the third equity offering by Fibra Uno, which has now issued almost US$3 billion in equity in less than two years. The issued stock was offered publicly in Mexico on the Mexican Stock Exchange and internationally pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S.

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Davis Polk Advises Reliance Steel & Aluminum on Its Acquisition of Metals USA

Davis Polk is advising Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. in connection with its $1.2 billion acquisition of Metals USA Holdings Corp. The transaction is subject to approval by Metals USA stockholders, along with the receipt of regulatory clearances and the satisfaction of other customary closing conditions, and is expected to close in the second quarter of 2013.

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