Davis Polk Advises Treasury on Its $6 Billion Offering of AIG Common Stock and Its Agreement with AIG to Repay Treasury’s Remaining $8.5 billion Preferred Equity Investment

Davis Polk is advising the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) in connection with its $6 billion offering of its American International Group (AIG) common stock. Davis Polk is also advising Treasury in connection with its agreements with AIG that provide for the repayment of the government’s remaining $8.5 billion preferred equity investment in the AIG-owned entity AIA Aurora LLC, a special-purpose vehicle that holds ordinary shares in AIA Group Limited.

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Simpson Thacher Represents Underwriters in $1 Billion Notes Offering by UnitedHealth Group Incorporated

The Firm represented Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC as joint book-running managers in connection with a public offering by UnitedHealth Group Incorporated of $600 million aggregate principal amount of 2.875% Notes due 2022 and $400 million aggregate principal amount of 4.375% Notes due 2042.  The offering closed on March 8, 2012.

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Eric Fish Joins the Corporate & Business Law Department and Technology Practice at Phillips Nizer

Phillips Nizer is pleased to announce that Eric Fishman has joined the firm’s Corporate & Business Law Department and Technology Practice as a partner.  Mr. Fishman will continue his practice in general business and telecommunications law, encompassing licensing for domestic and international telecommunications companies, regulatory compliance, and transactional work for telephone, satellite, submarine, cable, wireless and internet companies.

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Davis Polk – Wyndham Worldwide Corporation $800 Million Notes Offering

Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as joint book-running managers and representatives of the underwriters on an SEC-registered offering by Wyndham Worldwide Corporation of $300 million principal amount of its 2.95% senior unsecured notes due 2017 and $500 million principal amount of its 4.25% senior unsecured notes due 2022.

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Davis Polk – Yelp Initial Public Offering

Davis Polk advised the underwriters in connection with an initial public offering of 8,222,500 shares of common stock of Yelp Inc. (including 1,072,500 shares in respect of the exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares) at $15.00 per share for gross proceeds of $123.3 million. Of those shares, Yelp sold 8,172,500 shares and the selling stockholder sold 50,000 shares. Goldman, Sachs & Co. acted as the lead book-running manager; Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Jefferies & Company, Inc. acted as joint book-running managers; and Allen & Company LLC and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. acted as co-managers for the offering. Yelp’s common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “YELP.”

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Ashurst Advises Banks on €1.5 bn Bond by Erste Abwicklungsanstalt

Ashurst advised an international banking syndicate in relation to the issue of a bond by Erste Abwicklungsanstalt (EAA) with a nominal amount of €1.5 billion. The syndicate was led by DZ BANK and comprised Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, HSBC and UniCredit Bank. The bond has a maturity of three years (due 2015) and will pay a coupon of 1.25 per cent. per annum.

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Bingham Officially Opens New Office In China

Upon the official opening of its Beijing office, Bingham secured its first mainland China client, Lion Fund Management Co. Ltd., located in Beijing and Shenzen. Lion Fund manages mutual funds for its clients and invests in public equity and fixed income markets.

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