Covington & Burling represented Moelis & Company, financial advisor to Amgen, in its cash acquisition of Micromet, Inc. in a deal valued at approximately $1.16 billion.

The international law firm of Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP is pleased to announce that Steven B. Smith has joined the firm as a partner in its Restructuring & Insolvency Department. Smith will base his practice in the firm’s office in New York.

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP today announced that Greg D. Andres, a federal prosecutor and senior official with the U.S. Department of Justice, will rejoin the firm in New York. Mr. Andres will join Davis Polk’s Litigation Department, where he will work with the firm’s top-ranked White Collar Criminal Defense Group and represent clients in both civil and criminal trials.

Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc, Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, UBS Securities LLC and Apollo Global Securities, LLC as initial purchasers on a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by CEVA Group Plc of $325 million aggregate principal amount of 8⅜% senior secured notes due 2017 and $475 million aggregate principal amount of 12¾% senior notes due 2020. CEVA Group Plc consummated several concurrent transactions with the notes offering, including a redemption of certain indebtedness, a debt-for-equity exchange and a debt-for-debt exchange with funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management LLC.