Davis Polk advised Ally Financial Inc. (“Ally”) in connection with its $1.3 billion SEC-registered secondary sale of 54,926,296 shares of its common stock by the U.S. Department of the Treasury (U.S. Treasury), as part of the planned exit of its investment in Ally. Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC acted as joint book-running managers for the secondary sale. More >>

Cahill represented BofA Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank Securities as joint book-running managers in connection with the Rule 144A offering of $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2021, and $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 10% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2022 by Movie Escrow, Inc., to be merged with and into Global Cash Access, Inc., a global provider of cash access services and related equipment and services to the gaming industry. Proceeds from the offering will be used to acquire Multimedia Games, a rapidly growing provider of gaming machines and systems. More >>

Willkie represents The Pantry, Inc. in deal to be acquired by Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.

On December 18, Canadian convenience store leader Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., which operates under the Circle K banner, announced it will acquire Willkie client The Pantry, Inc., which has more than 1,500 convenience stores in the southeastern United States, including the Kangaroo Express® chain. More >>

The Firm represented Aramark in connection with an $840 million secondary offering, consisting of a sale by certain selling stockholders of 34,500,000 shares of common stock (including 4,500,000 shares sold pursuant to the underwriters’ full exercise of their option) at a public offering price of $28 per share. More >>

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Sterling Value Add Partners II, L.P. and its sponsor, The Sterling Organization, LLC, in the formation of a $311 million private investment fund that will focus on acquiring and managing value-add retail and mixed-use real estate investments in various target markets in the United States. The Fund held its final closing on December 9, 2014, raising capital from a diverse investor base including, among others, public and private pension funds, endowments and private foundations. Paul Hastings also represented the Fund in establishing a $75 million subscription line credit facility. More >>

Dentons announced today that Lloyd Winans joined its Corporate Practice as a partner, adding significant international and domestic banking and finance regulatory experience to the Firm’s already robust capabilities and increasing its ability to advise clients from Latin America and the Caribbean. He will be resident in the Firm’s New York office. More >>

Atos, an international leader in digital services, and Xerox, a global business services, technology and document management company, announced their intention for Atos to purchase Xerox’s ITO business for $1.05 billion and become a primary IT provider for Xerox. Cravath represented Xerox in connection with this transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, regulatory and antitrust approvals and is expected to close in the first half of 2015. More >>

Cahill represented the lead underwriters in connection with the public offering of 34,500,000 shares of Common Stock of Aramark (NYSE: ARMK), a leading global provider of food, facilities and uniform services, resulting in gross proceeds of $966,000,000. The selling stockholders received all of the proceeds of the sale.