The Firm is representing Nielsen Holdings N.V. (NYSE: NLSN) in connection with its announced acquisition of Arbitron Inc. (NYSE: ARB) for a transaction valued at approximately $1.26 billion, or $48 per share in cash. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions.

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The Firm recently represented the initial purchasers in connection with Cinemark USA, Inc.’s private placement of $400 million aggregate principal amount of 5.125% Senior Notes due 2022 and Barclays Bank PLC and the other lenders in connection with the amendment and restatement of the Cinemark USA, Inc. Senior Credit Facility. Barclays Capital Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities LLC acted as joint book-running managers, and Nomura Securities International, Inc. acted as co-manager, in connection with the senior notes offering. Barclays acts as joint bookrunner, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., acts as joint bookrunner and co-documentation agent, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. acts as joint bookrunner and syndication agent, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC acts as joint bookrunner and co-documentation agent, Webster Bank, N.A. acts as co-documentation agent and Barclays Bank PLC continues to act as administrative agent in connection with the amended and restated credit facility. Cinemark USA, Inc. intends to use the net proceeds from the senior notes offering and borrowings under the amended and restated credit facility to fund the repayment of all remaining outstanding amounts under its previous credit facility, to fund a portion of the purchase price for substantially all of the theaters of Rave cinemas and for fees and expenses related to the refinancing transactions.

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The Firm represented underwriters, led by J.P. Morgan, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and RBS, in a $250 million public offering of 3.95% Guaranteed Notes due 2023 of Brandywine Operating Partnership, L.P. The Notes are guaranteed by Brandywine Realty Trust, the parent company of Brandywine Operating Partnership, L.P.

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On December 18, Willkie client Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited closed on its debt offering by its special purpose finance subsidiaries, consisting of two tranches:

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In its latest capital markets transaction in Latin America’s banking sector, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy has represented a group of major investment firms in their role as initial purchasers of a 400 million offering by Peru’s third-largest bank, Scotiabank Peru SAA.

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A team from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP advised The Laclede Group in its $1.04 billion acquisition of Missouri Gas Energy and New England Gas Company. The price includes roughly $20 million in debt.

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Simpson Thacher represented the underwriters, led by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, in an offering of $500 million in aggregate principal amount of 3.30% Senior Notes due 2022 by Equifax Inc. (“EFX”).

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The Firm represented the initial purchasers, led by Barclays Capital Inc., in connection with a US $600 million offering of 4.229% Fixed Rate Senior Secured Notes by subsidiaries of Iconix Brand Group, Inc. The offering was made to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. The net proceeds from the offering were used to repay amounts outstanding under Iconix’s existing revolving credit facility and costs associated with the securitized financing transaction as well as to finance a portion of Iconix’s purchase of the Umbro brand and general corporate purposes.

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Kirkland & Ellis LLP announced today that Sarkis Jebejian has joined the New York office as a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. Mr. Jebejian joins the Firm from the New York office of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, where he was a partner in the corporate department.

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King & Spalding advised Sprint Nextel in its definitive agreement with Clearwire Corporation in which Sprint will acquire the approximately 50 percent stake in Clearwire it does not currently own for $2.97 per share, equating to a total cash payment to Clearwire shareholders, other than Sprint, of $2.2 billion and an enterprise value for Clearwire of $10 billion. King & Spalding also advised Sprint in connection with voting and support agreements for the transaction that were obtained from Clearwire shareholders Comcast, Intel Capital and Bright House Networks.

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