The Firm is representing Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (“KKR”) in connection with the acquisition from A2A S.p.A. (“A2A”) of A2A Coriance SAS (“Coriance”), a French société anonyme simplifiée specializing in the design, construction and operation of cogeneration, biomass, geo-thermal sources, and waste to energy plants in France, with an aggregate managed capacity of 790 MW of thermal power and 123 MW of cogeneration power.

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Simpson Thacher represented the underwriters, led by Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, in connection with the public offering by Texas Instruments Incorporated of an aggregate of $1.5 billion in investment grade notes.

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International law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, led by Global Transportation Finance partner Drew S. Fine and Global Securities partner Arnold Peinado, recently represented the initial purchasers in three separate offerings of notes by Pemex, Mexico’s national oil and gas company, totaling $1.2 billion. The joint book runners were Credit Agricole Securities, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan.

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Proskauer has expanded its biotechnology patent litigation capabilities with the addition of Mary S. Consalvi as a Partner in the firm’s Patent Law Group. Based in New York, Ms. Consalvi is the former president and general counsel of NetBio Systems, Inc., a leading provider of rapid DNA analysis solutions located in Waltham, MA.

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Andrew D. Shaffer, an attorney who concentrates his practice on bankruptcy and restructuring, has joined the law firm Butzel Long as a Shareholder in its New York office.

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Shearman & Sterling represented Inversiones La Construcción S.A. (ILC) and the selling shareholders Cámara Chilena de la Construcción A.G. and Fondo de Inversion Privado ILC in connection with the global offering of 32,193,892 shares of ILC’s common stock. The offering, which closed on July 24, raised US$468 million, making it the largest initial public offering in the Santiago Stock Exchange’s history.

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Cahill represented the underwriters in connection with the public offering of $1,750,000,000 of 4.25% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2017 and $1,250,000,000 of 5.00% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2022 by CIT Group Inc. Proceeds from the offering were to be used to refinance existing indebtedness and for general corporate purposes.

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A Weil team, led by New York partner Morgan Bale, advised Goldman Sachs as joint lead arranger, joint bookrunner and administrative agent for a $3.5 billion senior unsecured bridge facility in connection the $6.7 billion strategic investment by Walgreen Co. (Walgreens), the largest drug store chain in the United States, in Alliance Boots GmbH, a Switzerland-based international pharmacy-led health and beauty group from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. The bridge facility and the investment closed on August 2, 2012.

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Shearman & Sterling is representing Richard Schulze, founder and former Chairman of Best Buy Co., Inc., in his proposal to the Best Buy Board of Directors to acquire all of the outstanding shares of the company that he does not already own. Schulze is Best Buy’s largest shareholder, controlling 20.1% of Best Buy shares.

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Davis Polk advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, BMO Capital Markets Corp. and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. as joint book-running managers on a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by The Pantry, Inc. of $250 million aggregate principal amount of its 8.375% senior notes due 2020.

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