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. More >>

Steptoe & Johnson LLP is pleased to announce that trusts and estates lawyer Beth D. Tractenberg has joined the firm as a partner and Jasmine Campirides Hanif has joined as of counsel. Both will be based in the firm’s New York office. Their arrival continues the expansion of Steptoe’s Tax Group, which recently welcomed the return of co-chair Lisa Zarlenga from the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Tax Policy. More >>

Simpson Thacher recently represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as lead arrangers and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, in connection with the amendment and restatement of Ralph Lauren Corporation’s existing $500 million revolving credit facility. More >>

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy advised leading Chilean retailer Cencosud (NYSE:CNCO) in a two-tranche $1 billion global debt offering.

Proceeds from the Rule 144A and Regulation S offering include a $650 million 10-year bond and $350 million 30-year bond which will be used for general corporate purposes including financing short- and long-term debt. More >>

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP are acting as global coordinating antitrust counsel for Ball Corporation in its acquisition of Rexam PLC. The Axinn team is led by partners John Harkrider, Nick Gaglio and Mark Alexander and associates Irina Rodriguez, Eric Barstad, Christina Shin, Alexander Bergersen, James Goldfeier, Tracy Huang and Joe Antel. The European team is headed by John Boyce, Claire Jeffs and Jordan Ellison at Slaughter & May.

Shearman & Sterling advised Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent, in connection with an asset-based financing related to the leveraged buyout of Chiquita Brands International, Inc. by Cutrale Group and Safra Group. More >>

Willkie assists longtime pharmaceutical client in multi-tier waterfall structure.

Willkie client Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. recently commenced a tender offer to purchase for cash for a combined aggregate purchase price of up to $1 billion of five series of senior notes issued by finance subsidiaries of Teva and guaranteed by Teva. The tender offer includes a waterfall structure in four tranches, with additional tender caps at two tiers. More >>

Cravath represented Lazard Group LLC in connection with its US$400 million registered senior debt offering. Lazard is one of the world’s preeminent financial advisory and asset management firms. The transaction closed on February 13, 2015. More >>

Shearman & Sterling represented Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., as lead arranger and administrative agent, in connection with the $1.19 billion bridge financing of the $4.3 billion acquisition by Washington Prime Group Inc. of Glimcher Realty Trust. More >>