Shearman & Sterling represented the initial purchasers in connection with a private placement of $300 million aggregate principal amount of The GEO Group, Inc.’s (“GEO”) 6⅝% Senior Notes due 2021 pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S. Proceeds from the sale, along with additional borrowings under GEO’s credit facility, were used to fund GEO’s concurrent acquisition of BII Holding Corporation, the owner of B.I. Incorporated.

Global law firm Clifford Chance has advised Sea Trucks Group (“Sea Trucks”), the Nigerian oil and gas contractor, on its issuance of US$ 200 million secured pre-QPO guaranteed convertible bonds due 2015  The Bonds were offered to institutional investors and listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange. In the event of a Qualified Public Offering (“QPO”) the Bonds will, subject to bondholders electing to take cash, be automatically converted into shares of the relevant QPO company.     Sea Trucks, is one of the largest and fastest growing oil and gas marine contractors in West Africa.

DLA Piper are advising The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, Barclays Bank PLC, HSBC Bank plc, HSBC Bank Australia Limited, Caixa d’Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona, The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland and Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. on their provision of debt finance to The GAME Group plc and its subsidiaries.

Kelley Drye has been retained as counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Anchor Blue and certain of its debtor affiliates. Based in Corona, California, Anchor Blue operates apparel stores that sell affordable youth-oriented clothing and accessories bearing the Anchor Blue name. Anchor Blue operates approximately 115 stores in nine western and southwestern states, including Arizona, California and Texas.

Global law firm White & Case LLP represented a consortium of investors from Canada, Brazil and the United States in the successful resolution of one of the most intractable infrastructure project restructurings in recent Latin American history.

Simmons & Simmons has advised Dialog Semiconductor plc (Dialog), a leading provider of highly integrated power management semiconductor solutions for portable devices, on its acquisition of ELTX Holding B.V. (ELTX) for an enterprise value of US$ 86.5 million. ELTX is the holding company of SiTel Semiconductor B.V., a leader in short-range wireless, digital cordless and VOIP technology.