The Firm is representing Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. in the acquisition by a holding company, Finedining Capital GmbH, of a controlling interest in WMF AG from the Swiss financial investor Capvis Equity Partners AG. Finedining Capital GmbH also announced its intention to make a voluntary public tender offer for the remaining ordinary and preference shares of WMF, currently listed on the Frankfurt stock exchange. The aggregate transaction value is estimated to amount to at least €587 million.

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The Firm represented Sheridan Holdings, Inc., a provider of a full line of hospital based clinical and management solutions in the specialty areas of children’s services, anesthesiology, radiology and emergency medicine, in connection with the establishment of first and second lien senior secured credit facilities in an aggregate principal amount of $810 million. A portion of the proceeds from such new facilities was used to refinance Sheridan Holdings, Inc.’s existing first and second lien senior secured credit facilities. Sheridan Holdings, Inc. is an affiliate of Hellman & Friedman LLC.

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Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC as sole underwriter in connection with an SEC-registered offering by Corcept Therapeutics of 11,000,000 shares of its common stock for approximately $46.4 million.

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The Firm represented HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., as initial purchaser, in connection with a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of US$475 million of 4.138% Notes due 2023 by the Government of Bermuda.

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Weil advised Lincare Holdings Inc., a Florida-based, publicly-traded provider of oxygen and respiratory therapy services to patients in the home, in its $4.6 billion sale to German conglomerate Linde AG, one of the world’s leading providers of industrial air and gas products.

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Weil advised Mubadala Development Company PJSC, a strategic investment arm of the Abu Dhabi Government, in the formation of a joint venture with Sony/ATV and a consortium of co-investors – including GSO Capital Partners, Jynwel Capital and film and music mogul David Geffen – to acquire EMI’s music publishing business for $2.2 billion. The transaction closed on June 29, 2012 following clearance by EU and US antitrust regulators. Weil also advised the full consortium on numerous aspects of the transaction, including negotiation of the acquisition agreements with Citigroup and EMI and the $1.25 billion senior secured and $403.3 million senior notes financing for the acquisition.

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented RBC Capital Markets as lead arranger and bookrunner in a $400 million amendment to extend an existing facility for Niska Gas Storage Partners LLC, the largest independent owner and operator of natural gas storage in North America.

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Shearman & Sterling represented Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Barclays Bank PLC, Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., UBS Securities LLC, RBC Capital Markets and Goldman Sachs Bank USA as arrangers in connection with a $1.62 billion term loan and a $250 million revolving credit facility related to the acquisition of Above Net, Inc. by Zayo Group, LLC.

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International law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP represented Linde AG, a publicly held company headquartered in Munich, Germany, as health regulatory counsel in its $4.6 billion acquisition of Lincare Holdings Inc., a Clearwater, Florida-based home health care company. Lincare Holdings Inc. provides home-based respiratory and related services and equipment to more than 800,000 customers in the United States and Canada, making it one of the largest such providers in the U.S.

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Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C. is pleased to announce that Jonathan W. Emery has joined the Firm as a Member and will be based in our New York Office. His areas of practice are Corporate Business Law and Securities Law.

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