Davis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Nomura Securities International, Inc. and RBS Securities Inc. as joint book-running managers on an SEC-registered offering by Diageo Capital plc of $1 billion principal amount of 1.5% notes due 2017 guaranteed by Diageo plc and by Diageo Investment Corporation of $1 billion principal amount of 2.875% notes due 2022 and $500 million principal amount of 4.25% notes due 2042, in each case guaranteed by Diageo plc.

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The Firm represented BofA Merrill Lynch, Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan and Wells Fargo Securities in the public offering of $1.6 billion of debt securities of Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation (“BHFC”), which will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (“Berkshire”), consisting of $750,000,000 of 1.600% Senior Notes due 2017, $350,000,000 of 3.000% Senior Notes due 2022 and $500,000,000 of 4.400% Senior Notes due 2042.

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The Firm is representing J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as financial advisor to the Board of Directors of Atlas Resource Partners, L.P. (“Atlas”) in connection with Atlas’ acquisition of Titan Operating L.L.C. The transaction is valued at approximately $184 million (based on the closing price of Atlas’ common units on May 16, 2012), and Atlas will finance the transaction with approximately 3.8 million common units and 3.8 million newly issued convertible preferred units.

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The Firm recently represented a group of underwriters, led by J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Bank Securities and Citigroup, in connection with a registered public offering of common stock of Web.com Group, Inc. A total of approximately $115.9 million in proceeds was raised in the offering. Selling stockholders received all of the gross proceeds from the offering.

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Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP served as legal advisor to Banca Mifel, S.A., Institución de Banca Múltiple, Grupo Financiero Mifel (“Banca Mifel”) in connection with its offering of $150 million aggregate principal amount of its 9.750% Fixed Rate Cumulative Subordinated Preferred Notes.

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