International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised the Amadeus Group on the establishment of a €3 billion Euro Medium Term Note Programme. Amadeus Capital Markets, S.A. will act as the issuer under the Programme and the notes will be guaranteed by Amadeus IT Holding, S.A., the parent company of the Amadeus Group.

Ropes & Gray represented Bormioli Rocco Holdings S.A. and VCP VII Luxco 6 S.A.R.L. in connection with the issuance of €250 million 10 percent senior secured notes due 2018 of Bormioli Rocco Holdings S.A. The proceeds of the issuance will be used to pay, in part, the €260 million bridge loan borrowed by VCP VII Luxco 6 S.A.R.L., Bermuda Luxco S.A., Bermuda Acquisitions S.R.L. to finance Vision Capital’s acquisition of a portfolio of investments from Banco Popolare, including Bormioli Rocco, the international glass and plastic packaging manufacturer. J.P. Morgan and BNP Paribas acted as joint book-running managers; the transaction launched on July 22 and priced on July 26.

Steptoe & Johnson LLP is expanding its national intellectual property litigation practice with the addition of three patent litigators in Chicago.  Joining as partners are Meredith “Mimi” Martin Addy, Thomas Filarski and Mark Remus.  Ms. Addy will also serve as the managing partner of the firm’s Chicago office.

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP represented Fila Korea Ltd., the owner of the Fila® brand globally, and Mirae Asset Private Equity, the largest private equity firm in Korea, in the acquisition of the Acushnet golf business from Fortune Brands, Inc. (NYSE:FO).

Hogan Lovells has advised Northumbrian Water Group plc in relation to the largest UK takeover of 2011. The £4.7 billion offer for Northumbrian Water Group by UK Water (2011) Limited has announced today, Tuesday 2 August.

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey has advised Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa, the operator of T-Mobile in Poland, on its 15-year agreement to share radio access networks with PTK Centertel, operator of the Orange network in Poland. As part of the agreement, the two operators have transferred staff into a joint venture company, NetWorks!, with each owning 50% of the new company. NetWorks! will develop and maintain networks in Poland, and is one of only a few similar joint ventures currently operating within the worldwide telecommunications industry.

Simpson Thacher recently represented a group of underwriters in connection with the initial public offering of Duff & Phelps Global Utility Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: DPG) (the “Fund”), a closed-end registered investment company.  The lead underwriters in the transaction were Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, UBS Securities LLC and Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.

O’Melveny & Myers LLP has provided a wide range of crucial pro bono legal services for the Sundance Institute Artist Services program, a groundbreaking initiative to showcase the work of Institute artists by offering access to top-tier digital distribution platforms as well as to creative funding and marketing ideas.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges represented Marvel Entertainment, Inc. in its federal district court victory over the heirs of Jack Kirby, a noted comic book artist who worked for Marvel during the late 1950s and early 1960s when Marvel created many of its iconic comic book superheroes.