National labor and employment law firm Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP is expanding its presence with the addition of a Madison, Wisconsin office.  This is the firm’s 23rd office and its fourth new office since 2009.  Madison is the firm’s second new office this year; Constangy’s Dallas office opened in January. The Madison office is headed by partner Mark P. Tilkens, and joining him as partners are Daniel D. Barker and Elizabeth Erickson Pevehouse.  Also joining the office is Tony H. McGrath as an associate.

Dewey & LeBoeuf has represented Cyfrowy Polsat in a PLN 3 billion LBO and revolving facility financing in connection with its acquisition of Telewizja Polsat.

Sandvik Mining and Construction and Shandong Energy Machinery Co. in Xintai, Shandong Province, China, have signed an agreement to form a 50/50 owned joint venture for the production and sale of coal mining equipment.

Patton Boggs LLP is pleased to announce today the formation of an innovative teaming arrangement with The Collingwood Group, LLC. The arrangement combines the strength of one of the nation’s premier law firms with one of the top business advisory groups in the financial services industry.

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, a leading counsellor to global financial institutions and corporations, today announced that Alec J. Burnside, a prominent European competition attorney, will be joining the Partnership. Burnside, formerly with Linklaters in Belgium, will open and manage Cadwalader’s new office in Brussels.

Proskauer represented Boparan Holdings Ltd. (Boparan), one of the leading food suppliers in the UK, in the issue by Boparan Finance PLC of £400 million of its 9 7/8% senior notes due 2018 and  €340 million of its 9 ¾% senior notes due 2018. The approximately $1.04 billion offering is one of the largest European high-yield bond issues in 2011.

Archer & Greiner PC and Herten, Burstein, Sheridan, Cevasco, Bottinelli, Litt & Harz LLC announced today that the two firms will combine effective May 2, 2011, creating New Jersey’s fourth largest law firm.

Goodwin Procter advised institutional investors in a fund advised by Prudential Real Estate Investors and Ashford Hospitality Trust on a consensual foreclosure and the successful restructuring of approximately $1.3 billion of debt related to the Highland Hospitality portfolio previously owned by JER Partners. Highland’s assets consisted of 28 properties under the Hilton, Marriott, Renaissance, Sheraton and Westin brands. Prior to the restructuring, the Highland portfolio included $700 million of mortgage debt and another $1.1 billion of mezzanine debt separated into eight tranches.

Davis Polk advised Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and ING Capital LLC as documentation agents, and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., ING Capital LLC, BBVA Securities Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Banco Santander (México), S.A. Institución de Banca Múltiple, Grupo Financiero Santander, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. New York Branch as joint lead arrangers in connection with a $1.3 billion unsecured term loan credit facility provided to Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B de C.V. The obligations of the borrower under the credit facility are guaranteed by certain of the borrower’s Mexican and U.S. subsidiaries. The proceeds of the credit facility will be used for general corporate purposes.