Robert J. Brener has joined the law firm of LeClairRyan as a partner on the Business Litigation and Labor and Employment Practice Area Teams. He will be resident in the national law firm’s Newark, N.J. and New York, N.Y. offices.

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Davis Polk is advising Roper Industries, Inc. in connection with its $1.415 billion acquisition of Sunquest Information Systems, Inc. The transaction is subject to Hart-Scott-Rodino approval and customary closing conditions and is expected to close within 30 days.

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Davis Polk advised underwriters represented by BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and UBS Securities LLC in connection with a public offering by International Business Machines Corporation of $1 billion principal amount of its 1.875% notes due 2022.

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Shearman & Sterling is U.S. counsel to Cinram International ULC, the authorized foreign representative for Cinram International Inc. and certain of its affiliates in chapter 15 bankruptcy proceedings commenced in the District of Delaware. The Cinram Group is one of the largest providers of pre-recorded multimedia products and related logistics services.

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Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy announced that top-ranked bankruptcy and restructuring attorney Gerard Uzzi had joined the firm as a partner in its Financial Restructuring Group.

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Simpson Thacher advised KKR & Co. L.P. in the formation of a Partnership with Stone Point Capital (“Stone Point”), through its Trident V private equity fund, to establish a new company, KKR – SPC Merchant Advisors LLC (“Merchant Advisors”). The newly formed company will provide principal and agency-based capital markets services to mid-market and sponsor-backed companies as well as make certain principal investments to support client needs. This new business will be distinct and separate from KKR’s existing capital markets business (“KKR Capital Markets” and, together with its affiliates, “KKR”), which primarily serves KKR’s private equity portfolio companies. Trident V and KKR will each commit $150 million of equity, or $300 million in total, to Merchant Advisors to support its capital markets activities and client base. Merchant Advisors will be overseen by a board of directors consisting of equal representation from KKR and Stone Point.

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Cahill represented Deutsche Bank Securities as sole book-running manager in connection with the Rule 144A/Reg S offering of $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.875% senior notes due 2022 by DISH DBS Corporation. Proceeds from the offering were to be used for general corporate purposes.

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Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. as representatives of the several underwriters on the $104.6 million initial public offering of 4,025,000 shares of Class A common stock of KAYAK Software Corporation, including 525,000 shares from the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares. KAYAK’s common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Stock Market under the symbol “KYAK.”

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Davis Polk advised FedEx Corporation on its SEC-registered offering of $500 million principal amount of 2.625% notes due 2022 and $500 million principal amount of 3.875% notes due 2042. The joint book-running managers of the offering were Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Mizuho Securities USA Inc.

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Davis Polk is advising Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners for $1.2 billion of financing in connection with DigitalGlobe, Inc.’s acquisition of GeoEye, Inc. The financing consists of a $1.05 billion senior secured term loan facility and a $150 million senior secured revolving credit facility. The obligations under the facilities are guaranteed by certain of DigitalGlobe’s domestic subsidiaries and are secured by substantially all of the assets of DigitalGlobe and the guarantors. The acquisition is expected to close in 2013.

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