The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced a $621 million deal to refinance a previous mortgage at Co-op City, a large cooperative housing community that is home to more than 57,000 residents in the Bronx, New York. As announced by HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan, HUD and Wells Fargo Bank N.A. closed on the loan that will preserve long-term affordable housing for these families and significantly lower annual interest payments for the building’s owner over the next 35 years. The new mortgage is backed by the Federal Housing Administration’s (FHA) General Insurance and Special Risk Insurance (GI/SRI) Fund. Nixon Peabody LLP provided legal counsel to Wells Fargo Bank N.A.

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The Firm is representing Forest City Ratner Companies (FCRC) in connection with its formation of a joint venture with Skanska USA related to the construction of residential towers in the Atlantic Yards development project in Brooklyn, New York. FCRC is the developer of the $4.9 Billion Atlantic Yards project, which is a mixed-use commercial and residential development project and includes the recently opened Barclays Center. The first of the residential towers to be constructed as part of the Atlantic Yards project are designed to be erected using modular construction technology, and the new company created by the joint venture will be responsible for building the towers’ modular components. FCRC expects to break ground shortly on the first 32-story tower, which is expected to become the tallest modular building in the U.S. upon completion.

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The Firm recently represented Sealed Air Corporation (“Sealed Air”) in its offering of $425 million aggregate principal amount of 6.50% Senior Notes due 2020. Sealed Air is using the net proceeds from the offering, along with cash on hand, to repurchase and redeem all of its outstanding 5.625% Senior Notes due 2013. The notes are guaranteed by certain of Sealed Air’s wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries. The offering was conducted in reliance on Rule 144A and Regulation S.

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Covington & Burling is advising Grupo Financiero Banorte S.A.B. de C.V., and its affiliate Afore XXI Banorte, S.A. de C.V., in a $1.6-billion acquisition of Afore Bancomer, S.A. de C.V. from the Spanish bank, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A., which would create Mexico’s largest pension fund.

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, represented Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent, and RBC Capital Markets, as joint lead arranger, in connection with a $150,000,000 senior secured revolving credit facility for Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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Chadbourne & Parke LLP represented Southern Cross Latin America Private Equity Funds III and IV (collectively “Southern Cross”) and certain of their affiliates, in connection with their proposed investment of $220 million in Ultrapetrol (Bahamas) Limited (“Ultrapetrol”) (NASDAQ: ULTR), an industrial transportation company serving marine transportation needs in three markets (River Business, Offshore Supply Business and Ocean Business).

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International law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, led by Project Finance partners Daniel J. Michalchuk,William B. Bice and Daniel Bartfeld, represented the lenders, Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd. and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Ltd., in the $189 million refinancing of the Hardee Power Plant (“Hardee”) project in Bowling Green, Florida. Located approximately 60 miles southeast of Tampa, the Hardee facility, is a 370-MW natural gas-fired electric generation facility including both combined cycle and peaking capabilities. The facility is jointly owned by affiliates of Marubeni Power International, Inc. and Invenergy LLC.

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Cahill represented Deutsche Bank Securities as sole book running manager and the co-managers in connection with the public offering of $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 9.75% Senior Secured First Priority Notes due 2017 by Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. Proceeds from the offering will be used to refinance existing indebtedness and for general corporate purposes.

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Simpson Thacher represented the initial purchasers, led by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, in connection with Deluxe Corporation’s (“Deluxe”) offering of $200.0 million aggregate principal amount of 6.000% Senior Notes due 2020 pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S. The proceeds from the notes offering were used to fund a cash tender offer for any or all of Deluxe’s outstanding $200.0 million 7.375% Senior Notes due 2015. Simpson Thacher also represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC in their capacity as dealer managers in the concurrent tender offer.

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The Firm represented underwriters in 18 public offerings of debt securities by KfW in 2012:

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