Shearman & Sterling represented Banco Nacional de Costa Rica, the largest bank in Costa Rica, in connection with its 144A/Regulation S offering of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.875% Senior Notes due 2018 and $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.250% Senior Notes due 2023. This is Banco Nacional de Costa Rica’s first issuance of securities in the international capital markets.

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that it represented Fresnillo plc, the world’s largest silver miner and one of the world’s largest precious metals miners, in connection with its inaugural international issuance of debt securities. Fresnillo is a U.K. organized, FTSE 100 company, with operations primarily in Mexico. The five times oversubscribed offering involved the issuance of US$800 million of 5.500% Senior Notes due 2023 pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S. The underwriters involved were Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and J.P. Morgan.

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Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP announced today that prominent trial lawyer John P. “Sean” Coffey will join the firm on December 1, 2013 as a partner in New York, where he will serve as the firm’s chair of complex litigation.

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Cravath represented the initial purchasers, Citigroup, BofA Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, Jefferies, and J.P. Morgan Securities, in connection with the US$640 million 144A/Reg. S high‑yield senior debt offering of Level 3 Financing, Inc., guaranteed by Level 3 Communications, Inc., a facilities‑based provider of a broad range of integrated communications systems. The transaction closed on November 14, 2013.

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Shearman & Sterling advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and TD Securities as arrangers and bookmanagers in connection with a $1 billion cross-border financing for TransCanada Pipeline USA Ltd.

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Carl Riley has joined the international law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP, as a shareholder in its Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT) and Tax practices in New York.  Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Riley practiced at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York.

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Davis Polk is advising Shire plc in connection with its approximately $4.2 billion acquisition of ViroPharma Incorporated. The closing of the transaction is subject to customary conditions, including the tender of a majority of the outstanding ViroPharma shares and the receipt of regulatory clearances. Pending antitrust authority clearances, it is anticipated that the transaction will close in the last quarter of 2013, the first quarter of 2014 or as soon as possible thereafter.

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Winston & Strawn LLP has announced Jared A. Hershberg has joined the firm’s New York office as a private equity partner in the corporate practice.

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The Firm is representing Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. in connection with its acquisition of The Brickman Group, Ltd. LLC (“Brickman”) for $1.6 billion from Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. and other shareholders. The investment is being made by KKR North American Fund XI and other funds and accounts managed by KKR. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close by the end of 2013.

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The national law firm of Epstein Becker Green (EBG) is pleased to announce that James M. Kunick, an experienced intellectual property and technology lawyer, has joined as a Member of the Firm in the Health Care and Life Sciences and Corporate Services practices, in the Chicago office.

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