Alston & Bird LLP announced today that a group of five partners, previously at Dentons, will join its capital markets practice. Four partners will be based in New York, and another based in Washington, D.C.

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O’Melveny & Myers LLP is pleased to announce that John J. Rapisarsdi and George A. Davis, former co-chairs of Cadwalader’s Global Financial Restructuring Department, and former Cadwalader partner Peter M. Friedman will be joining O’Melveny as partners in the Firm’s Restructuring Practice. Widely recognized among the country’s most respected restructuring lawyers, Rapisardi, Davis, and Friedman have played key roles in some of the largest restructuring projects and most significant bankruptcies ever filed. Based in New York, Rapisardi and Davis will become Global Co-Practice Group Leaders of O’Melveny’s Restructuring Group, and Friedman will reside in the Firm’s DC office. San Francisco-based O’Melveny partner Suzzanne Uhland will serve as US Practice Group Leader of the Restructuring Group.

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Cahill represented Praxair, Inc. in connection with its public offering of $650,000,000 comprised of $475,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 1.25% Notes due 2018 and $175,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.55% Notes due 2042. Proceeds from the offering will be used for general corporate purposes.

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Hunton & Williams LLP continues the expansion of its global corporate practice, adding Alison Dreizen to its New York office as partner. She has more than 30 years of global corporate experience in the financial services, manufacturing, mining and shipping sectors. Dreizen joins the firm from White & Case, where previously she was the resident partner in Moscow and spent a year in its Hong Kong office.

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Veteran corporate lawyer Stephen M. Fields joined Dentons today as a partner in the firm’s Corporate practice group. Fields focuses his practice on investment transactions on behalf of fund managers in leveraged buyouts, mezzanine investing and advising small business investment companies (SBICs) on their formation, licensing and investment transactions. He will be resident in the firm’s New York office.

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The Firm represented JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as administrative agents under four credit facilities in connection with the merger of directory publishers Dex One Corp. and SuperMedia Inc. (now known as Dex Media Inc.). The merger was effectuated pursuant to prepackaged chapter 11 cases for Dex One and SuperMedia, with their respective plans of reorganization being confirmed by the Delaware Bankruptcy Court on April 29, 2013.

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Simpson Thacher represented JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, in connection with the refinancing of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation’s existing term loan credit facility using proceeds from a new $200,000,000 term loan facility.

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Stevens & Lee announced today that Eric M. Robinson has joined the firm’s Litigation Department and will reside in its New York City office.

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Simpson Thacher recently represented Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc. in connection with a new $275,000,000 senior unsecured term loan facility. The proceeds of the senior unsecured term loan facility will be used to redeem all of the Company’s outstanding 9.5%/10.25% Senior PIK-Election Notes due 2015.

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On May 6, it was announced that Houston-based software company BMC Software has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by a private investor group led by Bain Capital and Golden Gate Capital together with GIC Special Investments Pte Ltd and Willkie client Insight Venture Partners. Pursuant to the agreement, affiliates of the investor group will acquire all outstanding BMC common stock for $46.25 per share in cash, or approximately $6.9 billion.

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