Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Barclays Capital Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as initial purchasers on a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by Verso Paper Holdings LLC and its subsidiary, Verso Paper Inc., of $345 million aggregate principal amount of their 11.75% senior secured notes due 2019. The notes are guaranteed by certain of Verso Paper Holdings’ subsidiaries and are secured by first priority liens on substantially all of the issuers’ and guarantors’ assets.

Wiggin and Dana LLP advised AboveNet, Inc. in connection with its entering into a Merger Agreement with Zayo Group, LLC and related matters.

Shearman & Sterling advised Deere & Company, John Deere Capital Corporation and John Deere Bank S.A. as borrowers under a $1.5 billion multiyear credit facility and a $750 million 364-day credit facility arranged by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and a related amendment to the existing $2.5 billion 49-month credit facility.

Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP represented World Courier Group, Inc., the premier global specialty-transportation and logistics provider for the biopharmaceutical industry, and its stockholders in its recent agreement to be acquired by AmerisourceBergen Corporation, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical services companies, for $520 million in cash.

Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, as representative of the several initial purchasers, on a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by Spectrum Brands, Inc., of $300 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.75% senior notes due 2020. The notes are guaranteed by Spectrum Brands’ immediate parent company and by certain of its subsidiaries. Davis Polk also advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC as dealer manager and solicitation agent of a concurrent tender offer and consent solicitation by Spectrum Brands to purchase any and all of its outstanding 12% senior subordinated notes due 2019. The tender offer was funded with the proceeds of the 2020 notes offering.