Cahill Represents Lead Arrangers in Credit Facility for MedAssets

Cahill represented JPMorgan Chase as administrative agent and J.P. Morgan, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, BofA Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey as lead arrangers in connection with a credit facility comprised of a $300,000,000 Term B loan, a $250,000,000 Term A loan and a $200,000,000 revolving credit facility for MedAssets, Inc.

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Shearman & Sterling Advises on $8 Billion Financing for AT&T

Shearman & Sterling advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Bank PLC, and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners in connection with a $8 billion financing for AT&T Inc., consisting of a $3 billion five-year credit facility and a $5 billion amended and restated four-year credit facility.

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Shearman & Sterling Advises NASDAQ OMX on Acquisition of Thomson Reuters’ Investor Relations, Public Relations and Multimedia Solutions Businesses

Shearman & Sterling is advising the NASDAQ OMX Group Inc. in its $390 million acquisition of Thomson Reuters’ Investor Relations, Public Relations and Multimedia Solutions businesses. Upon completion of the transaction, these complementary businesses will be integrated into NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions. The proposed transaction will be subject to customary regulatory approvals and is expected to close in the first half of 2013.

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Cravath – Sherwin-Williams Company’s Senior Debt Offering

Cravath represented the underwriters, led by Citigroup, J.P. Morgan Securities and Wells Fargo Securities, in connection with the US$1 billion registered senior debt offering of The Sherwin‑Williams Company, a developer, manufacturer, distributor and seller of paint, coatings and related products to professional, industrial, commercial and retail customers. The transaction closed on December 7, 2012.

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Simpson Thacher Represents Volvo Car Financial Services in Connection with the Structuring of Automobile Financing Program

The Firm recently represented Volvo Car Financial Services U.S., LLC, a newly created U.S. captive auto finance subsidiary of Volvo Car Corporation, in connection with the structuring of a program with Bank of America, N.A. for the origination and financing of automobile retail installment contracts and leases.

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Cahill Represents Financing Sources in Acquisition Financing for Clean Harbors

Cahill represented the joint-book running managers and co-managers in connection with the Rule 144A/Reg S offering of $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.125% Senior Notes due 2021 by Clean Harbors, Inc. that closed today. Proceeds from the offering are intended to be used to fund a portion of the cost of the proposed acquisition by Clean Harbors of Safety-Kleen, Inc. If the acquisition does not occur, the notes will be subject to mandatory redemption.

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Milbank Represents Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Barclays Bank PLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Jefferies Finance LLC in connection with $765 Million Senior Secured Facilities for the Acquisition of CHG Healthcare Services, Inc.

The $765,000,000 senior secured facilities arranged by Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Barclays Bank PLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Jefferies Finance LLC was funded today. The senior secured facilities included a $475,000,000 senior secured first lien term loan facility, maturing in 2019, a $190,000,000 senior secured second lien term loan facility, maturing in 2020 and a $100,000,000 senior secured revolving credit facility, terminating in 2017, the proceeds of which will be used to finance in part the acquisition of CHG Healthcare Services, Inc. and its subsidiaries by Leonard Green & Partners and Ares Management from JW Childs. Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, LLP represented the Joint Lead Arrangers including Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Barclays Bank PLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Jefferies Finance LLC; Milbank also represented Barclays Bank PLC and Goldman Sachs Bank USA as First and Second Lien Administrative Agents in connection therewith.

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Paul Hastings Represents Lead Arrangers in Pharmaceutical Research Associates, Inc. Refinancing

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as administrative agent, and UBS Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and GE Capital Markets, Inc., as joint lead arrangers, in connection with the amendment and restatement of the $375 million dollar equivalent first lien credit facilities and the entry into a new $135 million second lien term loan credit facility of Pharmaceutical Research Associates, Inc. for the purposes of, among other things, refinancing existing indebtedness and the payment of a shareholder dividend.

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