Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that John Cobb has joined the firm’s Leveraged Finance practice as a partner in the New York office. Mr. Cobb joins from Weil, where he was a partner with the Capital Markets and Banking & Finance practices.

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that Andrew Tenzer has joined the firm’s Restructuring practice as a partner in the New York office. Mr. Tenzer joins from Shearman & Sterling, where he was a partner.

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Arent Fox LLP is pleased to announce the expansion of its nationally recognized Real Estate practice with the addition of partners Mark S. Fawer and Carolyn Austin and associate Brandilyn Y. Dumas. Mr. Fawer, Ms. Austin, and Ms. Dumas are joining the firm’s New York office, where they will focus on representing lenders, private equity funds, real estate developers, real estate investment trusts, and other investors in the financing, acquisition, disposition, and development of multifamily, retail, industrial, office, and hotel properties.

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Attorney Xavier Ruiz has joined Holland & Knight’s New York office as a partner in its international cross-border transactions and Latin America practice groups. Mr. Ruiz brings a background in sophisticated cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, finance transactions and privatizations. In his previous law firm work, he led the Spanish/Latin American practice for two international firms.

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Davis Polk is advising J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Bank of America Merrill Lynch as financial advisers to The Men’s Wearhouse, Inc. in connection with its definitive agreement to acquire Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. for $65.00 per share in cash, or total consideration of $1.8 billion. The transaction, which is expected to close by the third quarter of 2014, is subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

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Cahill represented BofA Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse as underwriters in connection with the secondary public offering by certain shareholders of Nielsen Holdings N.V. (NYSE: NLSN), valued at $1,387,500,000. The offering made available 30,000,000 shares of common stock. The selling stockholders received all of the proceeds of the sale.

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International law firm McDermott Will & Emery announced that leading emerging markets and private equity lawyer, Daniel Chavez, has joined the Firm as a partner in the Energy Advisory Practice Group in the New York office.  Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Chavez was General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Zaff Capital LP, a private equity firm specializing in emerging markets, with a focus on Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa.

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On January 16, 2014, Johnson & Johnson announced that it has received a binding offer from The Carlyle Group to acquire its Ortho‑Clinical Diagnostics business for US$4.15 billion. Cravath represented Johnson & Johnson in connection with this transaction. The acceptance period for the offer will end on March 31, 2014, unless extended. If the offer is accepted by Johnson & Johnson, the proposed transaction would be expected to close toward the middle of the year, pending fulfillment of certain conditions, including regulatory approvals and other customary closing requirements.

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The Firm is representing Cetera Financial Group in connection with RCS Capital Corporation’s (NYSE: RCAP) announced acquisition of Cetera for $1.15 billion in cash. The closing of the transaction, which is expected later in 2014, is subject to FINRA approval and other customary closing conditions.

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Davis Polk advised Barclays Bank PLC and Royal Bank of Canada Capital Markets as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners and Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent and collateral agent, in connection with a new $800 million senior secured term loan facility provided to Open Text Corporation (Open Text), the proceeds of which were used by Open Text to finance its acquisition of GXS Group, Inc. (GXS). The term loan facility is guaranteed by certain domestic and foreign subsidiaries of Open Text and is secured by substantially all of the assets of Open Text and the guarantors thereunder. In connection with the new financing, certain amendments to Open Text’s existing credit agreement were effected.

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