Davis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as book-running managers and representatives of several initial purchasers in connection with a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of senior notes by Ingersoll-Rand Global Holding Company Limited. The offering consisted of $350 million principal amount of 2.875% notes due 2019, $700 million principal amount of 4.25% notes due 2023 and $500 million principal amount of 5.75% notes due 2043. The notes are guaranteed by Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited, Ingersoll-Rand International Holding Limited and Ingersoll-Rand public limited company.

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Skadden is representing Vanguard Health Systems, Inc. in its $4.3 billion acquisition by Tenet Healthcare Corporation, announced on June 24.

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The Firm represented Ingersoll-Rand plc (NYSE: IR) in connection with its Rule 144A and Regulation S offering of $350 million aggregate principal amount of 2.875% Senior Notes due 2019, $700 million aggregate principal amount of 4.250% Senior Notes due 2023 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of 5.750% Senior Notes due 2043. The notes were issued by Ingersoll-Rand Global Holding Company Limited and guaranteed by Ingersoll-Rand plc, Ingersoll-Rand Limited Company and Ingersoll-Rand International Holding Limited. BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan acted as joint lead bookrunning managers of the offering.

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Simpson Thacher represented the underwriters, led by BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, in connection with the registered public offering of $600 million principal amount of 3.875% Senior Notes due 2023 of Agilent Technologies, Inc.

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Dentons US LLP announced today that Matthew S. Yoon has rejoined the firm as a partner in its Capital Markets practice. He will lead a team that covers the key areas of federal and state regulatory compliance for residential mortgages and consumer finance.

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Lowenstein Sandler LLP announced today that Michele J. Alexander has joined the firm as a partner in its Business Tax Counseling & Structuring Practice. She will focus on complex corporate and business tax issues, particularly involving mergers and acquisitions and the structure of transactions involving private equity and hedge funds. Alexander was previously with Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.

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Davis Polk advised BNP Paribas Securities Corp., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and RBS Securities Inc. as joint bookrunners on an SEC-registered offering by Rio Tinto Finance (USA) plc of $3 billion aggregate principal amount of notes guaranteed by Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited. The offering consisted of $1 billion principal amount of 1.375% notes due 2016, $1.25 billion principal amount of 2.250% notes due 2018, $250 million principal amount of floating-rate notes due 2015 and $500 million principal amount of floating-rate notes due 2016.

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Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint book-running managers in connection with an SEC-registered offering by Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. of $250 million aggregate principal amount of its 1% convertible senior notes due 2018.

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The Firm recently represented a group of underwriters, led by Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Barclays Capital Inc., in connection with a registered public offering of 9,775,000 shares of common stock of Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (“Bright Horizons”), a portfolio company of Bain Capital Partners, LLC. A total of approximately $323.1 million in proceeds was raised in the offering. Affiliates of Bain Capital Partners, LLC and certain other selling stockholders received all of the gross proceeds from the offering.

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Cahill represented Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Wells Fargo Securities as lead arrangers in connection with the $425,000,000 credit facility comprised of a $225,000,000 Term A Loan and $200,000,000 revolving credit facility for Hanger, Inc. Proceeds from the facility will be used to refinance existing indebtedness.

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