Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Royal Bank of Canada as lead arranger and administrative agent for the senior financing of GTCR’s $390 million acquisition of Fundtech Ltd. (NASDAQ: FNDT), a leading provider of banking software and services to global financial institutions.

Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as sole book-running manager in connection with the offering by Canadian Pacific Railway Company (CP) of $250 million aggregate principal amount of CP’s 4.500% notes due 2022 and $250 million aggregate principal amount of CP’s 5.750% notes due 2042.

International law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, led by Global Securities partners Rod Miller and Paul Denaro, acted as US counsel in a $900 million offering by Tenet Healthcare Corporation (“Tenet”) of its 6.25% Senior Secured Notes due in 2018, pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S.  The offering raised net proceeds of approximately $885 million.  Tenet will use the net proceeds from the offering to fund its cash tender offer for all of its outstanding $714 million 9% Senior Secured Notes due 2015, and for other general corporate purposes, including the repayment of indebtedness and drawings under its revolving credit facility.

A team of lawyers from Dewey & LeBoeuf’s Silicon Valley and New York offices represented Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in electronic design automation (EDA), on its definitive agreement to acquire Magma Design Automation Inc., a publicly traded provider of chip design software headquartered in San Jose, California, for more than $500 million.