Davis Polk Advises on NVC Lighting Share Sale

Davis Polk advised a group of six shareholders of NVC Lighting Holding Limited, a company listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (NVC), comprising SB Asia Investment Fund II L.P., GS Direct, L.L.C., NVC Inc. (a company which is beneficially owned by the chairman and founder of NVC), Signkey Group Limited, Mr. Andrew Y. Yan and Mr. Ho-Ping Lin (Mr. Yan and Mr. Lin being both directors of NVC) in their disposal of an aggregate of 288,371,000 shares in NVC for an aggregate consideration of US$163 million to Schneider Electric Asia Pacific Limited, a strategic investor whose affiliate also entered into a strategic cooperation agreement of sales network with NVC as part of the overall transaction.

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WFW Advises Lenders in €1bn German Offshore Wind Farm Project Financing (Global Tech I)

Watson, Farley & Williams, a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that it has advised the initial mandated lead arrangers Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, KfW‐IPEX Bank GmbH, Dexia Crédit Local and Société Générale on a EUR 1bn debt financing of the German offshore wind farm project Global Tech I. This was successfully signed on 7 July 2011. To date, this is the biggest finance deal in the German offshore wind market.

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Baker & McKenzie Advises Consortium of Banks on “Re-IPO” of Lenzing Austria

A cross-border team headed by Nikolaus Reinhuber (Frankfurt),  Philipp Spatz and Eva-Maria Ségur-Cabanac (Vienna) assisted a group of issuing banks with the “Re-IPO” of Lenzing AG, a global market leader that supplies cellulose fibers in Austria. The team provided advice on all relevant aspects of Austrian and U.S. law. The consortium of banks was comprised of Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and UniCredit Bank Austria as joint bookrunners; and Raiffeisen Centrobank and Raiffeisen Landesbank Oberösterreich as co-lead managers.

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Simpson Thacher Represents the Initial Purchasers in Micron Technology, Inc.’s $690 Million Convertible Senior Notes Offering and the Dealers in $690 Million Capped Call Option Transactions

The Firm recently represented the initial purchasers, led by Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Lazard Capital Markets LLC, in connection with Micron Technology, Inc.’s offering of $345 million aggregate principal amount of 1.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2031 and $345 million aggregate principal amount of 1.875% Convertible Senior Notes due 2031, which reflects the initial purchasers’ full exercise of their over-allotment options. The notes were offered only to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

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Slusser Wilson & Partridge, L.L.P. Joins Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

The highly regarded, Chambers-rated, Houston intellectual property trial firm of Slusser Wilson & Partridge, L.L.P. has joined forces with the internationally regarded firm Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Bill Slusser, Mike Wilson and Jayme Partridge have extensive jury trial experience in patent cases. Each has an engineering degree and excels at making technical issues understandable.

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Dewey & LeBoeuf Represents Insight Venture Partners on Moonpig Acquisition

Dewey & LeBoeuf has advised private equity client Insight Venture Partners in its equity financing of Photoways Holdco Ltd, a vehicle owned by digital photo business PhotoBox, in connection with the acquisition by Photobox of Moonpig for £120 million (US$195 million). The cash component of the purchase price for the Moonpig acquisition consisted of equity financing from Insight, Greenspring Associates and Quilvest, as well as from certain existing shareholders of Photobox, and debt financing from UK lenders.

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