Davis Polk – Insulet Corporation Convertible Notes Offering and Secondary Common Stock Offering

Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as sole underwriter in the SEC-registered offering by Insulet Corporation of $125 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.75% convertible senior notes due 2016, plus an $18.75 million over-allotment option, which has been exercised by the underwriter. Davis Polk also advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as representative of the several underwriters in the SEC-registered offering by Insulet’s selling stockholders of 1,153,420 shares of Insulet common stock. The selling stockholders received shares of Insulet in connection with Insulet’s recent acquisition of Neighborhood Diabetes, Inc., a medical equipment distributor specializing in direct to consumer sales of diabetes supplies. The common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “PODD.”

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eBay Prevails in California Breach of Contract Action

In a decisive win for eBay Inc., Weil, Gotshal & Manges obtained dismissal of the final claims in a breach of contract action that had been pending in California state court for three years. The court granted dismissal of the action, Ruins & Genesta v. eBay, Case No. 30-2009 00124542, Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Orange, on June 21, 2011.

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Mayer Brown JSM to Open Office in Singapore

Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced today that it will extend its geographic presence in Asia by opening an office of Mayer Brown JSM, its Asian practice, in Singapore.  The new office will focus initially on four primary areas of legal practice:  asset finance, project finance, energy and international arbitration.

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Davis Polk Advises Prada S.p.A. on Its Initial Public Offering

Davis Polk advised Prada S.p.A. in connection with its HK$16.7 billion (US$2.15 billion) initial public offering of ordinary shares. The global offering consisted of a public offering in Hong Kong and an international offering in reliance on Rule 144A and Regulation S. The global offering consisted of both primary and secondary shares, which are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under the stock code of “1913.”

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S&C Achieves Significant Appellate Victory in MBIA Case, Reinstating $5 Billion Suit Against the Insurer

On June 28, S&C achieved a major victory in the Court of Appeals of the State of New York, successfully reinstating a fraudulent conveyance action brought by 11 of the world’s leading financial institutions, including Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, UBS and others, against the monoline insurer MBIA Insurance (“MBIA”). The bank policyholders challenge a 2009 restructuring that stripped $5 billion in assets from MBIA, thereby slashing MBIA’s ability to honor its contractual obligations to structured-finance policyholders and leaving MBIA as a “dying” insurer with a “junk” credit rating.

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Dewey & LeBoeuf Represents Los Angeles Dodgers as Team Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection

The Los Angeles Dodgers filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in order to protect the franchise financially and provide a path that will enable the Club to consummate a media transaction and capitalize the team. Dodger owner Frank McCourt cited Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig’s refusal to approve the Fox transaction as the cause for the Chapter 11 filing.

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Baker & McKenzie Advises Fortune REIT on its HKD3.8 Billion Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facilities

Baker & McKenzie recently advised ARA Asset Management (Fortune) Limited, as manager of Fortune Real Estate Investment Trust (“Fortune REIT”), on a five-year term loan and revolving credit facilities of up to an aggregate principal amount of HKD3.8 billion, comprising a HKD2,830 million term loan facility and a HKD970 million revolving credit facility granted to Fortune REIT.  Part of the new facilities was used to refinance existing facilities of HKD3.1 billion due in October 2013, and the balance will be used for financing the corporate funding requirements of Fortune REIT, including any acquisition opportunities and other yield enhancing asset enhancement initiatives.

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Davis Polk Advises Abax Global Capital in Connection With a Going-Private Transaction Involving Harbin Electric

Davis Polk is advising Abax Global Capital in connection with a going-private transaction which will result in Nasdaq-listed Harbin Electric, Inc. being taken private by Tech Full Electric Company Limited, an acquisition vehicle that will be owned by the chairman and CEO of Harbin Electric, Mr. Tianfu Yang, certain other members of Harbin Electric’s management and Abax Global Capital.

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