Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented BofA Merrill Lynch, Jefferies and Morgan Stanley as joint book-running managers and lead arrangers in connection with the financing of petrochemical provider TPC Group Inc.’s (Nasdaq:TPCG) $850 million acquisition by First Reserve Corporation, a leading global investment firm dedicated to the energy industry, and SK Capital Partners, a U.S. based private investment firm focused on the chemicals sector.

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Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and Goldman Sachs Bank USA as joint lead arrangers and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as arranger in connection with Riverbed Technology, Inc.’s new $575 million senior secured term loan facility. The facility was used by Riverbed to fund the acquisition of OPNET Technologies, Inc., which closed concurrently with the financing.

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Global law firm Proskauer is acting as corporate counsel to American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., and American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc., in connection with their planned merger that will create a combined real estate investment company with an enterprise value of $3 billion.

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Simpson Thacher recently represented HCA Holdings, Inc. (“HCA”) in its offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 6.25% Senior Notes due 2021. HCA intends to use the net proceeds for the financing of a dividend to its stockholders.

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The Firm recently represented Goldman Sachs Bank USA and Banco Santander (Mexico) in connection with a US$300 million bridge loan financing to Gruma, S.A.B. de C.V. The loan proceeds will be used principally to finance the repurchase of Gruma shares owned by Archers-Daniels-Midland Company.

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Eastman Kodak Company announced today that it has completed a series of agreements that successfully monetizes its digital imaging patents. Under the agreements, Kodak will receive approximately $525 million, a portion of which will be paid by 12 intellectual property licensees, with each licensee receiving rights with respect to the digital imaging patent portfolio and certain other Kodak patents.

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Watson, Farley & Williams (WFW), a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that it has acted as Marshall Islands counsel to Seadrill Partners LLC on its IPO that closed successfully this quarter.

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Watson, Farley & Williams (WFW), a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that it has advised Golar LNG Partners LP on its shelf takedown offering of 4,300,000 units of limited partner interest and a private placement of 1,524,590 common units sold to Golar LNG Limited. Both transactions closed in November 2012.

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Kramer Levin represented Spraylat Corporation, a family-owned paint and coatings business specializing in high-quality industrial liquid and powder coatings applied to metal, glass and plastic substrates, in connection with the sale of the Spraylat business to PPG Industries, Inc. (NYSE:PPG), a leading global coatings and specialty products company. The transaction closed on December 17, 2012.

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Lowenstein Sandler has added veteran attorney Seth T. Goldsamt as a partner in its Specialty Finance practice. Seth is based in Lowenstein’s New York City office. He focuses his practice on public and private securities offerings as well as private equity and mergers and acquisitions. He joins Lowenstein Sandler from McDermott Will & Emery, where he was a partner.

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