Paul, Weiss represented Elliott Management Corp. in a $6.9 billion acquisition of BMC Software by a consortium led by Bain Capital and Golden Gate Capital Corp. Elliott currently holds over nine percent of BMC’s common stock, making it the company’s second-largest shareholder. The transaction represents the culmination of an activist effort that began in the summer of 2012 with a successful proxy contest in which Elliott added two directors to BMC’s Board.

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Cahill represented BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup and BMO Capital Markets, as joint book-running managers, and Barclays, J.P. Morgan, and Wells Fargo Securities, as co-managers, in connection with the Rule 144A offering of $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.875% Senior Notes due 2023 by Resolute Forest Products Inc., a global leader in the forest products industry.

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Cahill represented BofA Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo Securities, RBS, and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities, as joint book-running managers, and the co-managers in connection with the Rule 144A offering of $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.75% Senior Notes due 2023 by LKQ Corporation, a leading provider of alternate vehicle collision replacement products and recycled transmissions and remanufactured engines.

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Simpson Thacher represented the Toronto-Dominion Bank (“TD Bank”) in its offering of $1.5 billion 1.40% Senior Medium-Term Notes due 2018, $750 million Floating Rate Senior Medium-Term Notes due 2018 and $3 billion Floating Rate Senior Medium-Term Notes due 2015.

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Simpson Thacher represented the underwriters, led by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, in connection with the public offering by Texas Instruments Incorporated of an aggregate of $1.0 billion in investment grade notes.

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Simpson Thacher represented the underwriters, led by Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, in connection with the public offering by GAMCO Global Gold, Natural Resources & Income Trust by Gabelli (the “Fund”) of 4,000,000 shares of 5.00% Series B Cumulative Preferred Shares. The offering raised aggregate net proceeds of approximately $96.85 million.

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Morgan Lewis announced today that John Dellaportas—a litigator with over 18 years of experience handling complex commercial litigation and arbitration matters, with an emphasis on securities litigation—has joined the firm as a partner in its Litigation Practice, resident in New York.

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In a move designed to enhance the tax and corporate practices at Baker Botts L.L.P., two major lateral hires were announced by firm management today — international tax lawyer Don J. Lonczak and capital markets lawyer Bonnie Barsamian.

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On May 8, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued its opinion and order in favor of firm client Chesapeake Energy Corporation, in its declaratory judgment action against Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, the trustee for a $1.3 billion bond offering – saving Chesapeake some $100 million in interest expense.

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Simpson Thacher represented JPMorgan as lead arranger and administrative agent in connection with a new $1.7 billion revolving credit facility for Air Lease Corporation, which replaces the company’s prior $1.1 billion facility.

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