Davis Polk advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. as lead arrangers and Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent of $1.7 billion in secured credit facilities provided to an investor group comprised of, among others, Maju Investments (Mauritius) Pte Ltd, a wholly owned investment holding company of Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited, Chesapeake Energy Corporation and Senja Capital Ltd. in connection with their acquisition of Frac Tech Services, LLC.

Norton Rose (Asia) LLP, the international legal practice, has advised BNP Paribas, Citibank Global Markets Singapore Pte Ltd, DBS Bank Ltd, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation on a US$1.5 billion revolving credit facility for Wii Pte. Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wilmar International Limited.

Shearman & Sterling represented BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott & Stringfellow, LLC, and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. in connection with the offering by BB&T Corporation under its existing Medium-Term Note Program of $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Medium-Term Notes, Series A (Senior), consisting of $700,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 2.05% Senior Notes due 2014 and $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2014.

Bryan Cave is representing Terex Corporation, a Westport, Connecticut-based international manufacturer of construction machinery and equipment, in connection with its tender offer for all of the stock of Demag Cranes AG, a German company. Bryan Cave is handling the financing of the proposed acquisition as well as antitrust and other regulatory aspects of the transaction. Freshfields Bruckaus Deringer is representing Terex on the offer and German law issues.

A federal appeals court ruled today that multinational software maker Novell, Inc. (recently acquired by Attachmate Corp.) could continue to pursue an antitrust suit against Microsoft Corp. involving claims that the tech giant used illegal business tactics to undercut Novell’s office productivity applications during the 1990s.

Linklaters has advised BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited as arranger and adviser on the establishment of a Programme under which iShares Physical Metals plc as Issuer may from time to time issue ETC Securities backed by Gold, Silver, Platinum or Palladium in physical form. Four series of ETC Securities – Gold, Silver, Platinum and Palladium – have been issued.

Late Tuesday in San Mateo County, a Morgan Lewis trial team for Asahi Kasei Pharma Corp. won $30 million in punitive damages against individual defendants, including Actelion Ltd. CEO Jean-Paul Clozel, following a protracted three-month trial resulting in a jury verdict of nearly $547 million against Swiss biopharmaceutical firm Actelion Ltd. and associated defendants last Friday.

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP represented Moelis Capital Partners in connection with its equity investment in NAPA Management Services Corporation (NMSC).