Simpson Thacher represented Nielsen Finance LLC and Nielsen Finance Co., indirect subsidiaries of The Nielsen Company B.V., in connection with the issuance of $800 million aggregate principal amount of 4.500% Senior Notes due 2020. The offering was conducted in reliance upon Rule 144A and Regulation S. Nielsen intends to apply the net proceeds of this private offering for the following purposes: redemption of Nielsen’s 11.50% Senior Notes due 2016; prepayment of Nielsen’s 8.50% senior secured term loan due 2017; and general corporate purposes (including capital expenditures and working capital).

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The Firm represented the initial purchasers in connection with the Rule 144A and Reg S offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 5.625% Senior Notes due 2019 by SBA Communications Corporation. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., RBS Securities Inc., TD Securities (USA) LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC acted as joint book-running managers for the offering. The offering closed on September 28, 2012.

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Cahill represented the initial purchasers in connection with the Rule 144A/Reg S offering of $1,625,000,000 of notes, comprised of $825,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.5% Senior Notes due 2020 and $800,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.5% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2020 by Biomet, Inc. Proceeds from the offering will be used to refinance existing indebtedness.

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Cahill represented the initial purchasers in connection with the Rule 144A/Reg S offering of $800,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.5% Senior Secured Notes due 2020 by Nielsen Finance LLC and Nielsen Finance Co.

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Cahill represented Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as administrative agent and the lead arrangers in connection with the $590,000,000 credit facility, comprised of a $385,000,000 Term B Loan, a $165,000,000 Second Lien Loan, and a $40,000,000 Revolving credit facility for Cannery Casino Resorts, LLC and Washington Trotting Association. Proceeds from the facility will be used to refinance existing indebtedness.

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Steptoe is pleased to announce that Pieter Bekker has joined the firm’s International Arbitration Group as a partner.  Dr. Bekker, who brings 20 years of experience in all aspects of cross-border dispute resolution, is based in the firm’s Brussels office, but will regularly work out of Steptoe’s London, Washington and New York offices.

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Squire Sanders is pleased to announce that Eric W. Cowan and Glynna K. Christian have joined its global legal practice as partners in the Corporate Transactions, Finance & Governance Practice Group.  The new partners will be resident in both the New York and London offices.

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Shearman & Sterling represented American Axle Manufacturing, Inc. (AAM), along with its parent and subsidiary guarantors, in connection with its shelf takedown of $550 million aggregate principal amount of 6.625% Senior Notes due 2022 and in connection with its concurrent tender offer and consent solicitation for all of the outstanding $250 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.25% Senior Notes due 2014.

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Shearman & Sterling represented Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as sole bookrunning manager and representative of the several initial purchasers in connection with HudBay Minerals Inc.’s (“HudBay”) offering of $500,000,000 of its 9.50% Senior Notes due 2020.

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Bank of America Merrill Lynch as joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner, in connection with the $600 million in financing for independent exploration and producer, Midstates Petroleum Company, Inc.’s (NYSE: MPO) acquisition of Mississippian Lime oil properties in Oklahoma and Kansas from Eagle Energy Production, LLC, an independent energy business engaged in exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas.

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