On January 31, 2013, Scientific Games Corporation and WMS Industries Inc. announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Scientific Games will acquire WMS for US$26.00 in cash per common share or approximately US$1.5 billion.

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Cravath represented the initial purchasers, led by Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, Crédit Agricole CIB, Credit Suisse, J.P. Morgan Securities and RBS, in connection with the €400 million 144A/Reg.

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Chadbourne & Parke represented the North American Development Bank (NADB) and Banco Mercantil del Norte (Banorte) on a US $130 million project in which Compañía Eólica de Tamaulipas, S.A. de C.V. (CETSA) will construct a 54MW wind farm in Reynosa, Tamaulipas.

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Perrigo Company, a leading global provider of quality, affordable healthcare products, today announced that is has signed a definitive agreement to acquire leading companion pet health product company Velcera, Inc., for $160 million in cash. The acquisition is expected to close during calendar year 2013 pending the satisfaction of closing conditions, including regulatory approvals.

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Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Claudia T. Salomon has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Litigation Department. Salomon joins Latham with almost two decades of experience in complex international disputes. She has extensive experience advising in investor treaty arbitration and international commercial arbitration cases.

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Stevens & Lee announced today that Zdzislaw “Zee” Wieckowski has joined the firm’s Corporate, Finance and Capital Markets practice and will reside in its New York City office.

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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 the initial public offering of common stock of Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. (“Bright Horizons”), a portfolio company of Bain Capital Partners, LLC. Bright Horizons’ shares are now listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “BFAM”. Bright Horizons received approximately $222 million in gross proceeds from the offering.

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Simpson Thacher represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC in an offering of $250 million aggregate principal amount of 7.500% Senior Notes due 2020 by Zachry Holdings, Inc. The proceeds of the notes offering were used repay certain indebtedness.

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Affiliates of global alternative investment manager Apollo Global Management, LLC and merchant banking and management firm Metropoulos & Co. today announced that they have entered into a “stalking horse” asset purchase agreement to acquire certain assets of Hostess Brands, Inc.’s baked snack food business for $410 million in cash.

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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today that Tara Higgins, Torsten Marshall andRafael Galvan, a group of leading energy and project finance partners from Bingham McCutchen, have joined the firm as partners in Orrick’s Energy and Infrastructure Group, resident in New York.

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