Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy continues its steady pace of large Latin American deals with a major capital markets transaction in Peru’s energy sector. The firm has advised Transportadora de Gas del Peru S.A. in its issuance of $850 million senior notes.

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Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, a national law firm with offices in New York, Los Angeles and Miami, announced the addition of Andrea N. Satty as a Partner in the firm’s Energy and Project Finance Practice Group, effective immediately.

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Morrison & Foerster today announced that Lawrence A. Ceriello, a highly experienced real estate finance practitioner with significant expertise in originating loans backing commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), has joined the firm’s Real Estate Finance Group in New York as a partner.

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Caplin & Drysdale announced today that Peter A. Lowy, a nationally-recognized tax controversy practitioner, has joined the firm as a member in its New York office. Before joining the firm, Mr. Lowy was the Global Tax Dispute Resolution Manager for Royal Dutch Shell, with worldwide management responsibilities for Shell’s tax litigation. He has more than a decade of experience handling tax controversies for several of the world’s largest corporations. Mr. Lowy’s private practice will center on advising and defending multinational corporations, foreign businesses, and U.S. taxpayers in tax disputes with U.S. tax authorities.

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Simpson Thacher represented the underwriters, led by Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., in connection with the registered public offering by Apple Inc. of $17 billion aggregate principal amount of notes over six tranches with maturities ranging from three to 30 years. The offering, Apple’s first since 1996, represents the largest corporate offering in history. The net proceeds from the offering will be used for general corporate purposes, including repurchases of common stock and payment of dividends under Apple’s recently expanded program to return capital to shareholders.

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The Firm represented the underwriters, led by Barclays, Credit Suisse, HSBC and Wells Fargo Securities, in connection with a public offering by Altria Group, Inc. of $350 million aggregate principal amount of its 2.950% Notes due 2023 and $650 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.500% Notes due 2043.

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The national law firm of Epstein Becker Green (EBG) today announced that Jeffrey A. Lieberman, a prominent employee benefits and executive compensations attorney, has joined the firm as a Member in the Employee Benefits practice, in the New York office.

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented UBS Securities LLC, RBC Capital Markets and GE Capital Markets, Inc., as joint lead arrangers, in connection with a $300 million refinancing for ThermaSys Corporation, a manufacturer and supplier of engineered copper, brass and aluminum heat exchanger components and assemblies. The financing consists of first lien credit facilities for the purposes of, among other things, refinancing existing indebtedness of ThermaSys Corporation and the payment of a shareholder dividend.

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Carlton Fields is pleased to announce that Edward C. Marschner has joined the firm as a shareholder in New York. He is a member of the firm’s Corporate, Securities, and Tax practice group.

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Cahill represented JPMorgan Chase Bank and Jefferies Finance as lead arrangers in connection with a $225,000,000 Term B Loan and $50,000,000 revolving credit facility for Reddy Ice Corporation. Cahill also represented the lead arrangers in connection with a new $120,000,000 second lien term loan for Reddy Ice.

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