Saul Ewing LLP is pleased to announce the addition of highly regarded attorney Maria Ellena Chavez-Ruark as a partner in the Firm’s Bankruptcy and Restructuring Practice.

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Shearman & Sterling represented HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Itau BBA USA Securities, Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as joint lead bookrunners, and Banco Espirito Santo de Investimento S.A. and Banco BTG Pactual S.A. – Cayman Branch, as co-managers, in connection with a 144A/Regulation S offering of $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.375% Senior Notes due 2019 by Banco do Nordeste do Brasil S.A.

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Shearman & Sterling represented an affiliate of Solow Realty & Development Company in connection with its $625 million refinance of a securities-backed debt tied to 9 West 57th Street, often touted as one of the most prestigious buildings in Manhattan.

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Shearman & Sterling represented Inmet Mining Corporation in connection with its offering of $1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 8.75% Senior Notes due 2020. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC acted as global coordinators and joint bookrunning managers.

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Shearman & Sterling advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc. as lead arranger and bookrunner in connection with a $500 million debtor-in-possession and exit financing for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishers Inc. (the “Company”) and certain of its affiliates. The financing is in conjunction with a pre-arranged bankruptcy filing of the Company and certain of its affiliates and consists of an asset-based revolving credit facility secured by a first lien on certain current assets and a term loan facility secured by a first lien on the other assets.

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Davis Polk is advising Dalian Wanda Group Co., Ltd. (Wanda) on its approximately $2.6 billion acquisition of AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (AMC). As part of the transaction, Wanda intends to invest up to an additional $500 million in AMC over time to fund AMC’s strategic and operating initiatives. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and U.S. and Chinese regulatory approvals.

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Davis Polk is advising both Citi and Morgan Stanley as joint financial advisers to Eaton Corporation in connection with its $11.8 billion acquisition of Cooper Industries plc. The transaction was unanimously recommended by the boards of directors of both companies and is subject to the receipt of certain regulatory approvals and certain other conditions. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2012.

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