Davis Polk is advising Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and Goldman Sachs Bank USA as lead arrangers in connection with a commitment to provide a $500 million senior secured facility for Riverbed Technology, Inc. The facility would be available to Riverbed to finance its purchase of OPNET Technologies, Inc.
Riverbed delivers performance for the globally connected enterprise. With Riverbed, enterprises can successfully and intelligently implement strategic initiatives such as virtualization, consolidation, cloud computing and disaster recovery without fear of compromising performance. By giving enterprises the platform they need to understand, optimize and consolidate their IT, Riverbed helps enterprises to build a fast, fluid and dynamic IT architecture that aligns with the business needs of the organization.
The Davis Polk credit team includes partners Bradley Y. Smith and James A. Florack and associates Peter T. Bazos and Mhairi C. Immermann. Partner Frank J. Azzopardi and associate Bruce Rose-Innes are providing intellectual property advice. All members of the Davis Polk team are based in the New York office.
