Davis Polk advised Bank of America, N.A., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners and Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent in connection with a $780 million first lien term loan facility, a $100 million first lien revolving credit facility and a $350 million second lien credit facility provided to Providence Equity Partners in connection with its acquisition of Blackboard Inc., valued at approximately $1.64 billion in enterprise value.

Hogan Lovells announced today that it acted as legal counsel for NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, the competitive energy subsidiary of long-time client NextEra Energy, Inc., on its purchase of one of the world’s largest photovoltaic solar power projects, the 550 MW Desert Sunlight Solar Farm near Desert Center, CA.

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP is pleased to announce that Andrew E. Tomback is joining the firm as a partner in its New York office. An accomplished attorney with more than 25 years of experience drawn from business, private practice, and government service, Mr. Tomback handles a full range of civil and criminal litigation before the ‎courts, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and various ‎other regulators. He focuses on litigations and investigations involving federal securities ‎laws, complex litigation, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), and international arbitrations. This news builds on last month’s announcement that Steven M. Cohen, who was most recently Secretary to New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, joined the firm to lead the expansion and development of its New York office. Respected litigator and appellate lawyer Paul Shechtman also joined the firm earlier this week.