International legal practice Norton Rose Studio Legale has advised Xenon Private Equity on the acquisition, through Telerobot S.r.l, of two Italian companies, CST Machine Speciali S.r.l. and CST Meccanica S.r.l., both active in producing high technology precision mechanics and robotics for the manufacturing industry. This follows Xenon’s acquisition in May 2010 of Icam (Impianti e Collaudi per l’Automazione di Montaggio), another Italian company active in that sector.

The Firm represented Goldman, Sachs & Co. and JPMorgan Securities LLC as financial advisors to Motorola, Inc. in its $9.7 billion spin-off of Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. Upon the spin-off, Motorola changed its name to Motorola Solutions, Inc. The spin-off distribution was completed on January 4, 2011.

International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised Heineken International B.V. on the acquisition of two brewing companies from the Sona Group for an undisclosed price. The two acquired businesses have controlling interests in each of the Sona, IBBI, Benue, Life and Champion breweries in Nigeria.

Chadbourne & Parke advised Gdansk Economic Development Agency Ltd. (InvestGDA), a company established by the City of Gdansk to promote foreign direct investment in the Gdansk Metropolitan Area, on the development of the Pomeranian Logistics Center, the largest logistics center in northern Poland.

Weil, Gotshal and Manges LLP represented General Electric Co. in its $520 million acquisition of Lineage Power Holdings Inc. from private equity firm Gores Group LLC.

Clifford Chance’s London office advised the lead manager on the Rule 144A/Reg. S offering of U.S.$568 million 8.375% guaranteed notes due 2017 issued by a Ukrainian state agency for the purpose of financing the construction of infrastructure for the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship in Ukraine.

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented medical legal services company ExamWorks Group, Inc. (NYSE: EXAM) on its definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding stock of MES Group, Inc. (MES), a provider of independent medical examinations, peer reviews, and utilization reviews to the automotive, disability, liability, and workers’ compensation markets.

Davis Polk advised The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, a public limited company incorporated in Scotland, on its SEC-registered offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 3.25% senior notes due 2014 and $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of 6.125% senior notes due 2021 guaranteed by The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc. The senior notes were offered for the retail market. RBS Securities Inc. acted as the sole bookrunner and lead manager and BMO Capital Markets Corp., BNY Mellon Capital Markets LLC, CIBC World Markets Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and TD Securities (USA) LLC acted as co-managers.