Todd Miles has joined the Harris Beach law firm as of February 21st as a partner in the Public Finance and Economic Development Practice Group and the Municipalities and Quasi-Governmental Agencies Team.  Mr. Miles, previously a partner at Hawkins Delafield & Wood since 1991, has a recognized expertise in New York local government finance and focuses his practice on representation of large New York municipalities and related financing boards and corporations.

DLA Piper announced today that William Marcoux has joined the firm as a partner and head of its Insurance Sector Transactions and Regulation practice. Marcoux arrives from Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, where he was co-head of Dewey’s Insurance Sector Group and a member of its Executive Committee.

TransUnion Corp., a leading global provider of information management and risk management solutions, has announced its sale to Advent International and GS Capital Partners VI Fund, LP and certain of its affiliates in a transaction valued at more than $3 billion.

Davis Polk advised Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (FCX) in connection with its SEC-registered offering of $3 billion of senior notes. FCX will use the proceeds from the offering plus cash on hand to redeem all of its outstanding 8.375% senior notes due 2017.

Kramer Levin today helped achieve confirmation of a plan of reorganization in the $7 billion bankruptcy of Washington Mutual, Inc. (“WaMu”), which was filed in 2008 in the wake of the largest bank failure in U.S. history. Judge Mary Walrath confirmed the plan after a hearing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Delaware. Kramer Levin represented a longtime client that was a significant holder of WaMu debt. The firm and the client helped resolve several complex issues in the case, leading to a consensual plan that ultimately will permit WaMu’s assets to be distributed to a wide range of stakeholders.