Cravath represented the underwriter, J.P. Morgan Securities, in connection with the US$3 billion registered subordinated debt offering of JPMorgan Chase & Co., a leading global financial services firm and one of the largest banking institutions in the United States. The transaction closed on September 10, 2014. More >>

Hunton & Williams LLP advised the underwriters in the sale of $500,000,000 Florida Power & Light Company’s 4.05% Series due October 1, 2044.

Florida Power & Light Company is the third-largest electric utility in the United States, serving approximately 4.7 million customer accounts across nearly half of the state of Florida. It is a leading Florida employer with approximately 8,900 employees. FPL is a subsidiary of Juno Beach, Florida-based NextEra Energy, Inc. More >>

Kirkland & Ellis LLP is representing Taminco Corp. (NYSE:TAM), the world’s largest producer of alkylamines and alkylamine derivatives, which today announced a definitive agreement to be acquired by Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE: EMN) for $26.00 per share, for a total transaction value of approximately $2.8 billion in cash. The transaction was approved by the Taminco and Eastman boards of directors, and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2014 subject to a go-shop process, approvals and closing conditions. More information on the transaction is available here. More >>

Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley in connection with its SEC-registered global offering of $2.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.35% subordinated notes due September 8, 2026. The underwriters for the offering were led by Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, and included Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc., ABN AMRO Securities (USA) LLC, Apto Partners, LLC, Banca IMI S.p.A., BMO Capital Markets Corp., BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, Commerz Markets LLC, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., ING Financial Markets LLC, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Lloyds Securities Inc., Mischler Financial Group, Inc., Natixis Securities Americas LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., SG Americas Securities, LLC, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., TD Securities (USA) LLC and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. More >>

Steven R. Popofsky has joined the firm as a partner in the Litigation and Risk Management department. With over 32 years in practice, Popofsky represents corporations, partnerships, private investment funds, individuals and family entities in a variety of complex and business litigation and arbitration matters. Popofsky previously was a litigation partner at Moses & Singer in New York. More >>

Akin Gump advised The Laclede Group, Inc. on the closing of a $625 million senior note offering. Laclede issued and sold $250 million aggregate principal amount of its floating rate senior notes due 2017, $125 million aggregate principal amount of its 2.55 percent senior notes due 2019 and $250 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.70 percent senior notes due 2044 in an underwritten public offering.

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Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP advised Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC) in providing a $200 million loan to leading Brazilian soybean producer Amaggi Commodities, a transaction insured by the Japanese export credit agency Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI). SMBC acted as Lender, Mandated Lead Arranger, Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, and NEXI Agent.

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Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP represented a group of international banks as initial purchasers in the $1.1 billion bond offering by leading Chilean natural gas provider GNL Quintero S.A.

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