Cravath represented the underwriters, led by J.P. Morgan Securities, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Barclays and UBS Investment Bank, in connection with the US$1.1 billion registered offering of common shares and the US$2.875 billion registered offering of mandatory convertible securities of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V., the seventh largest automaker in the world. The transactions closed on December 16, 2014. More >>

Cahill represented Citi as sole book-running manager in connection with the secondary public offering of 20,000,000 shares of common stock by Nielsen N.V. (NYSE: NLSN), resulting in gross proceeds of $857,600,000. The selling stockholders received all of the proceeds of the sale.

Shearman & Sterling acted as lenders’ counsel for the Pemex and GDF Suez consortium in connection with the approximately $890 million senior secured financing related to the development, construction, operation and maintenance of the Los Ramones Sur gas transportation system. The new system will be comprised of a new natural gas pipeline of approximately 291.5 km in length and 42 inches in diameter and approximately 15.5 km of 16 inch diameter pipeline to be located in central Mexico, commencing at the point of interconnection with the Los Ramones II (Norte) Project located in the Municipality of Villa Hidalgo in the State of San Luis Potosi and terminating at the interconnection point with the 36-inch diameter natural gas pipeline owned by PGPB located in the Municipality of Apaseo El Alto in the State of Guanajuato. More >>

Seyfarth Shaw LLP advised Puerto Rico Cable Acquisition Co., which does business as Choice Cable TV, in its sale to Liberty Global plc and Searchlight Capital Partners LP. The deal was valued at US $272.5 million. More >>

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, is representing the banks in connection with the financing of the $8.7 billion purchase of PetSmart, the largest specialty pet retailer of services and solutions for the lifetime needs of pets, by a consortium led by BC Partners. More >>

The Firm represented Goldman Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and FTN Financial Securities Corp. as the initial purchasers in connection with the Section 3(a)(2) exempt offering of $400 million aggregate principal amount of 2.950% Senior Notes due 2019 by First Tennessee Bank National Association. More >>

Shearman & Sterling acted as lenders’ counsel for the Pemex and GDF Suez consortium in connection with the approximately $1.1 billion senior secured financing related to the development, construction, operation and maintenance of the Los Ramones Sur gas transportation system. The new system will be comprised of a new natural gas pipeline of approximately 291.5 km in length and 42 inches in diameter and approximately 15.5 km of 16 inch diameter pipeline to be located in central Mexico, commencing at the point of interconnection with the Los Ramones II (Norte) Project located in the Municipality of Villa Hidalgo in the State of San Luis Potosi and terminating at the interconnection point with the 36-inch diameter natural gas pipeline owned by PGPB located in the Municipality of Apaseo El Alto in the State of Guanajuato. More >>

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Real Estate Capital Asia Partners IV and its investment manager, SC Investment Management Pte. Ltd., in the formation of an $850 million private investment fund that will focus on real estate investment opportunities across the Asia Pacific region. The Fund held its final closing on December 5, 2014, raising capital from a diverse institutional investor base including, among others, public and private pension funds, endowments and private foundations. Paul Hastings also represented the Fund in establishing a $150 million subscription line credit facility. More >>