The Firm recently represented the underwriters, led by J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Bank Securities and Goldman, Sachs & Co., in a public offering of $300 million of 4.40% Senior Notes due 2020 by Domtar Corporation.  The Notes are guaranteed by certain subsidiaries of Domtar Corporation.

The Firm recently represented Nielsen Holdings N.V. (“Nielsen”), a portfolio company of AlpInvest Partners, The Blackstone Group, The Carlyle Group, Centerview Partners, Hellman & Friedman, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Thomas H. Lee Partners (together, the “Sponsors”) in connection with a secondary offering of 34,500,000 shares of Nielsen’s common stock.  The offering closed at a public offering price of $30.25 per share, resulting in gross proceeds to the Sponsors of approximately $1.0 billion.

In a bidding war for London-based GlobeOp Financial Services, WilmerHale represented SS&C Technologies in its takeover cash offer of $906.5 million. The bid topped an $805 million offer from buyout house TPG Capital, announced earlier this year in February. SS&C has offered to pay $7.69 per share for GlobeOp – an 11 percent premium on TPG’s bid. The deal has been unanimously approved by the board of directors of SS&C and the independent directors of GlobeOp.

Davis Polk is advising Eike Batista’s EBX Group on its strategic partnership with Mubadala Development Company. Mubadala will make a $2 billion investment in exchange for a 5.63% preferred equity interest in Centennial Asset Brazilian Equity Fund LLC and other offshore holding companies of Mr. Batista.

Philippe Manteau and Randi S.K. Rosenblatt have joined Schiff Hardin LLP as a Partner and Associate, respectively, in the Corporate and Securities Group from Watson, Farley & Williams in New York.