Dewey & LeBoeuf recently represented MetLife, Inc. in connection with a $2.97 billion public offering of common stock, and the concurrent offerings by AIG of $3.38 billion of MetLife’s common stock and $3.32 billion of the company’s common equity units.

The Firm represented BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, RBS, Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan and UBS Investment Bank, as initial purchasers, in connection with a 144A/Regulation S offering by Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC of $500 million of 5.25% Senior Secured Notes due 2021 and £650 million of 5.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2021. The notes rank pari passu with Virgin Media’s senior credit facility and its existing senior secured notes due 2018 and, subject to certain exceptions, share in the same guarantees and security which has been granted in favor of its senior credit facility and its existing senior secured notes due 2018.

Pryor Cashman has once again obtained the dismissal of a highly publicized copyright infringement claim.

Ashurst is advising People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) state-owned energy group CGNPC Uranium Resources Co., Ltd (“CGNPC-URC”) in respect of its recommended possible cash offer for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Kalahari Minerals plc (“Kalahari”).

International law firm Clifford Chance has advised Shell on plans to sell the Stanlow refinery, the UK’s second largest, to Essar Energy plc for an expected amount of approximately $1.3bn (including inventory). The two parties have agreed an exclusivity agreement in relation to the 272,000 barrel-per-day refinery and associated local marketing businesses, which will allow for employee consultation prior to entry into binding sale documentation.

Japanese trading house Itochu Corp. recently announced its pending acquisition of U.K. automotive repair company Kwik-Fit Group Ltd. from funds managed by Willkie client PAI partners for approximately $1 billion (£637 million). Kwik-Fit, also known under the brand Speedy in France, specializes in automotive parts repair and tire sales with 1,220 repair centers in France, Holland and the UK. The transaction is subject to the approval of the antitrust authorities, as well as other required authorizations.

Shearman & Sterling represented Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, in a $1.2 billion term loan and a $250 million asset-based revolving credit facility supporting the merger of J. Crew Group, Inc. with Chinos Acquisition Corporation, an affiliate of TPG Capital, L.P. and Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners agreed to acquire the outstanding shares of common stock of J. Crew for $43.50 per share in cash per terms of the merger agreement announced in November 2010.

Davis Polk advised CIGNA Corporation on an SEC-registered debt shelf takedown of $600 million aggregate principal amount of its senior notes, including $300 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.375% senior notes due 2021 and $300 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.875% senior notes due 2041. BofA Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo Securities acted as representatives of the several underwriters for the offering.

King & Spalding announced today that it advised Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC), the master developer of major tourism, cultural and residential destinations in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on all aspects of the company’s competitively bid district energy system that will service a multi-billion development project on Saadiyat, a multi-faceted island development adjacent to Abu Dhabi. King & Spalding advised TDIC on the project structure and tender process, and drafted and negotiated all of the project agreements through to closing.

Davis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as joint book-running managers of an SEC-registered offering of US$500 million aggregate principal amount of 3.75% notes due 2016, US$1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.50% notes due 2021 and US$1 billion aggregate principal amount of 6.75% notes due 2041 by ArcelorMittal.