Skadden is representing Anbang Insurance Group (China) in its $1.95 billion acquisition of the iconic New York Waldorf Astoria Hotel from Hilton Worldwide. When completed, the sale will be the largest real estate acquisition to date by a Chinese company in the U.S. and the first real estate investment by Anbang outside of China.

Covington & Burling advised the Special Conflicts Committee of the Board of Directors of Atlas Pipeline Partners in its $5.8 billion merger with Targa Resources Partners. More >>

Cravath represented the underwriters, led by Morgan Stanley, BofA Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo Securities, Barclays, Citigroup, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank Securities, in connection with the US$850 million and US$525 million registered high‑yield senior debt offerings of United Rentals (North America) Inc. (URNA), the largest equipment rental company in the world at the time of the offering. URNA intends to use the net proceeds from these offerings to finance its acquisition of National Pump, a specialty pump and industrial equipment rental businesses, and refinance existing indebtedness. The offerings closed on March 26, 2014. More >>

DLA Piper has advised Synergy Health plc (“Synergy”), a leading global supplier of outsourced services to healthcare providers and other customers concerned with health management, on its recommended combination with STERIS Corporation (“STERIS”), a major provider of infection prevention and other procedural products and services focussed primarily on healthcare, pharmaceutical and research markets. The transaction, which was announced this morning, values Synergy at $1.9 billion, and the combined group at $5.2 billion. More >>