Davis Polk advised underwriters represented by BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch and J.P. Morgan Securities plc in connection with the offering of $2.5 billion aggregate principal amount of notes issued by Merck & Co., Inc. (Merck). The notes were offered in three tranches, maturing in 2021, 2026 and 2034. More >>

Shearman & Sterling represented Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, in connection with (i) an issuance of 4.250% Notes due 2025 in an aggregate amount of U.S. $1,000,000,000 and (ii) an issuance of 5.50% Bonds due 2044 in an aggregate amount of U.S. $1,500,000,000 of Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) and guaranteed by its wholly-owned subsidiaries Pemex-Exploración y Producción, Pemex-Refinación and Pemex-Gas y Petroquímica Básica. More >>

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented UBS Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Jefferies Finance LLC, Keybank National Association and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners and UBS AG, Stamford Branch as administrative agent in connection with a $160 million and €70 million incremental add-on to DPx Holdings B.V.’s credit facility. The proceeds were used primarily for the purchase of Gallus BioPharmaceuticals, LLC, a contract manufacturing company involved in biologics development. More >>

Cahill represented J.P. Morgan as sole book-running manager in connection with the public offering of 8,000,000 shares of Common Stock of Burlington Stores, Inc. (NYSE: BURL), resulting in gross proceeds of $304,800,000. The selling stockholders received all of the proceeds of the sale.

Skadden is representing Anbang Insurance Group (China) in its $1.95 billion acquisition of the iconic New York Waldorf Astoria Hotel from Hilton Worldwide. When completed, the sale will be the largest real estate acquisition to date by a Chinese company in the U.S. and the first real estate investment by Anbang outside of China.

Covington & Burling advised the Special Conflicts Committee of the Board of Directors of Atlas Pipeline Partners in its $5.8 billion merger with Targa Resources Partners. More >>

Cravath represented the underwriters, led by Morgan Stanley, BofA Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo Securities, Barclays, Citigroup, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank Securities, in connection with the US$850 million and US$525 million registered high‑yield senior debt offerings of United Rentals (North America) Inc. (URNA), the largest equipment rental company in the world at the time of the offering. URNA intends to use the net proceeds from these offerings to finance its acquisition of National Pump, a specialty pump and industrial equipment rental businesses, and refinance existing indebtedness. The offerings closed on March 26, 2014. More >>

DLA Piper has advised Synergy Health plc (“Synergy”), a leading global supplier of outsourced services to healthcare providers and other customers concerned with health management, on its recommended combination with STERIS Corporation (“STERIS”), a major provider of infection prevention and other procedural products and services focussed primarily on healthcare, pharmaceutical and research markets. The transaction, which was announced this morning, values Synergy at $1.9 billion, and the combined group at $5.2 billion. More >>