Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented SunTrust Bank, as administrative agent and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., as joint lead arranger, in connection with $105 million in senior secured credit facilities in favor of PGT, Inc., the nation’s leading manufacturer and supplier of residential impact-resistant windows and doors.

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, represented Grupo Famsa, S.A.B. de C.V., a leading company in the Mexican retail and finance sectors, in connection with its international issuance of high-yield debt securities. The offering was underwritten by Credit Suisse and Citigroup and involved the issuance of $250 million of 7.250% Senior Notes due 2020 pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S. This transaction marks the first international notes offering by Grupo Famsa since 2010.

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Davis Polk advised Barclays Capital Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as representatives of the several underwriters in connection with the secondary offering of 17,250,000 shares of common stock of Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc. sold by a selling stockholder, an affiliate of the Carlyle Group, for an aggregate price to the public of $276 million. Wesco Aircraft’s common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “WAIR.”

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. (Ogletree Deakins), one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management, is pleased to welcome Ronald Kreismann as a shareholder in its New York City office. Kreismann, an attorney with more than 40 years of experience in the full range of labor and employment law matters, joins Ogletree Deakins from Blank Rome LLP, where he was a partner. Kreismann is the 14^th shareholder to join Ogletree Deakins in 2013 and the second shareholder to join the New York City office. The firm welcomed Frank Birchfield in March.

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Chadbourne acted as counsel to lenders and Korean export credit agencies in the closing of project finance debt facilities totaling US$6 billion for Cheniere Energy Partner’s US$12 billion Sabine Pass Liquefaction Project.

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Reed Smith LLP, a leading international law firm, today announced the addition of James A. Mercadante as a partner in its firmwide Corporate & Securities Group in the firm’s New York office.

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Citigroup, BofA Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Bank Securities, Wells Fargo Securities and UBS Investment Bank as joint book-running managers for Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc.’s (NYSE: BXMT) public offering of class A common stock.

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Simpson Thacher is representing J.P. Morgan in its role as financial advisor to Service Corp International (“SCI”) in its acquisition of Stewart Enterprises, Inc. (“STEI”) in a transaction valued at approximately $1.4 billion. Under the terms of the merger agreement, holders of STEI’s Class A and Class B common stock will receive $13.25 in cash for each share of common stock they hold.

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The Firm represented Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. (“Cooper-Standard”) in connection with its offering of $175.0 million aggregate principal amount of Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2018 and its subsequent offering of $25.0 million aggregate principal amount of additional Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2018. The notes were issued pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and UBS Securities LLC acted as joint book-running managers of the offerings.

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Cahill represented Merrill Lynch, Citigroup Global Markets and Credit Suisse Securities as joint book-running managers in connection with the Rule 144A offering of $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.00% Senior Notes due 2020 by Springleaf Finance Corporation.

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