Simpson Thacher advised the underwriters on a $600 million debt offering by Concho Resources Inc. J.P. Morgan, BofA Merrill Lynch and Wells Fargo Securities were the joint book-running managers for the offering. Concho Resources is an independent oil and natural gas company engaged in the acquisition, development and exploration of oil and natural gas properties.

Ropes & Gray is delighted to announce that Anand Damodaran has joined the London office as a partner in its private investment funds group.

Goldberg Segalla is pleased to announce the law firm will expand internationally with the opening of an office in London led by leading reinsurance solicitor Clive O’Connell. The office will open in April 2012 and will be located in the heart of London’s finance and insurance district at No. 1 Cornhill across from the Royal Exchange. The London expansion and addition of Clive closely follows former New York State Superintendent of Insurance James J. Wrynn joining the firm as head of its Manhattan office and regulatory compliance practice.

Davis Polk advised Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as joint book-running managers on an SEC-registered offering by Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. of $1.5 billion principal amount of notes. The offering consisted of $1 billion principal amount of 3.75% notes due 2022 and $500 million principal amount of 5% notes due 2042.

Covington & Burling LLP has applied to open a new office in Seoul and tapped William H.Y. Park, a veteran corporate lawyer based in Korea, to help oversee the expansion.

Barnes & Thornburg LLP announced today that Nancy L. Schimmel has joined the firm’s Chicago office as a partner in the Corporate Department. Schimmel was previously a partner in the Chicago office of Greenberg Traurig, LLP.