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.

Davis Polk is advising Affymetrix, Inc. on its approximately $330 million acquisition of eBioscience Holding Company, Inc. The transaction, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2011, is subject to customary regulatory approvals and closing conditions, including receipt by Affymetrix of the proceeds of the debt financing for the transaction.

The Firm recently represented a group of underwriters, led by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and BofA Merrill Lynch, in connection with a registered public offering of common stock of Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. (“Dunkin’ Brands”), a portfolio company of Bain Capital LLC, The Carlyle Group and Thomas H. Lee Partners. A total of approximately $543.9 million in proceeds was raised in the offering. Affiliates of Bain Capital LLC, The Carlyle Group, Thomas H. Lee Partners and certain other selling stockholders received all of the gross proceeds from the offering.