Chadbourne & Parke LLP represented Rockwell Automation, Inc. in a US$600 million registered public debt offering, comprised of US$300 million aggregate principal amount of 2.050% notes due 2020 and US$300 million aggregate principal amount of 2.875% notes due 2025. The issuance and sale of the notes closed on February 17, 2015. Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated acted as joint book-running managers for the offering.

Rockwell Automation, the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and information, seeks to make its customers more productive and the world more sustainable. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Rockwell Automation employs about 22,500 people and serves customers in more than 80 countries.

Working on the offering for Chadbourne were corporate partners Marc Alpert and Sey-Hyo Lee, counsel Kessar Nashat and associates Thomas Watson and Ross Shepard. Tax partner William Cavanagh and associate Kevin Prokup provided tax advice for the transaction.