Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC announced today the addition of Brian S. Rauch as shareholder in its Labor and Employment Section. Previously with Proskauer Rose LLP, Brian has extensive experience representing employers in all aspects of employment law and litigation, union/management relations and collective bargaining. With significant experience in real estate, construction, transportation, retail and financial services industries, Brian has a reputation of providing practical, business-focused guidance to clients.

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Squire Sanders announced today that financial restructuring lawyer Nava Hazan has joined the firm as a partner in the Restructuring and Insolvency Practice Group, resident in the New York office.

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Kirkland & Ellis LLP announced today that former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Enforcement Director Robert Khuzami has joined the Firm as a partner in the global Government, Regulatory and Internal Investigations Practice Group. Mr. Khuzami joins the Firm after leading the SEC’s Enforcement Division for four years, and will be based in Kirkland’s Washington, D.C., and New York offices.

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Cahill represented the underwriters in connection with the public offering of $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.5% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2016 and $375,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Floating Rate Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2016 by Ally Financial Inc. Proceeds from the offering will be used to redeem outstanding notes.

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The Firm represented underwriters, led by Credit Suisse and Citigroup, in connection with public offerings of €750 million aggregate principal amount of 3.259% Senior Notes due 2023 and £300 million aggregate principal amount of 4.948% Senior Notes due 2033 by América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V.

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Simpson Thacher represented the underwriters, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, in a secondary offering by certain funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management, LLC (“Apollo”) of an aggregate of 25,125,070 shares of Realogy Holdings Corp.’s (“Realogy”) common stock, representing Apollo’s remaining equity interests in Realogy. The offering raised aggregate net proceeds of approximately $1.2 billion.

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Simpson Thacher represented Teleflex Incorporated (NYSE: TFX) in connection with a new $850 million revolving five-year credit facility.  The proceeds of the revolving credit facility are available to be used to refinance existing indebtedness and for other general corporate purposes.

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Simpson Thacher represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as lead arranger, in connection with a $225 million, second lien term loan facility for Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (“Lions Gate”).  In connection with the financing, Lions Gate also issued $225 million of senior secured second priority notes.

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Leading regional grocery distributor and retailer Spartan Stores and one of the leading food distribution companies in the U.S., Nash Finch Company, today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spartan Stores and Minneapolis-based Nash Finch will combine in an all-stock merger valued at approximately $1.3 billion, including existing net debt at each company.

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Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm is representing Citigroup Global Markets, J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, BofA Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, in the underwritten committed debt financing for Fieldwood Energy’s LLC’s acquisition of Apache Corporation’s Gulf of Mexico Shelf business for $3.75 billion.

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