Hunton & Williams LLP continues its expansion in New York with the arrival of Michael P. Richman as a partner in its bankruptcy, restructuring and creditors’ rights practice group. With more than 25 years of experience, he is skilled in all aspects of chapter 11 bankruptcy. Richman joins the firm from Patton Boggs, where he chaired its bankruptcy practice.

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LSKS is pleased to announce that Katherine Bolger has joined the firm as a partner in its New York office. Prior to joining LSKS, Kate was a partner at Hogan Lovells, where she co-chaired the media litigation and counseling practice group.

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Shearman & Sterling represented Morgan Stanley as sole underwriter in a $582.7 million public offering of common stock of The Fresh Market, Inc. by selling stockholders.

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Shearman & Sterling represented Syniverse in its definitive agreement to acquire MACH for cash consideration of approximately €550 million, subject to regulatory approvals.

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Duval & Stachenfeld LLP announced today the formation of a new Tax Practice Group with the addition of leading tax attorney, Stephen B. Land, as a partner in its New York office. Mr. Land was the former head of the US Tax Practice for Linklaters and worked out of their New York office.

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Davis Polk is advising AstraZeneca plc in connection with the expansion of its diabetes alliance with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company through Bristol-Myers Squibb’s acquisition of Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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Davis Polk is advising Ingram Micro Inc. on its acquisition of Brightpoint, Inc., a global leader in providing device lifecycle services to the wireless industry. Ingram Micro is the world’s largest technology distributor and supply-chain services provider.

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Simpson Thacher represented JPMorgan as financial advisor to the Board of Directors of Merchant eSolutions, Inc. in connection with Cielo S.A.’s agreement to acquire Merchant eSolutions for $670 million. The transaction is subject to the satisfaction of certain closing conditions.

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Chadbourne & Parke LLP represented Southern Cross Latin America Private Equity Fund IV, L.P. (“Southern Cross”) in connection with their proposed investment in Estrella International Energy Services Ltd. (“Estrella”) (TSX‐V: EEN), a group of companies engaged in providing services to the petroleum, mining and geothermal industries in Latin America.

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On June 27, client Time Warner Cable Inc. closed a £650,000,000 (approximately U.S. $1 billion) registered offering of 5 1/4% notes due 2042. The notes were offered in the United Kingdom. The bookrunning managers for the transaction were Barclays Bank PLC, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc. In connection with the notes offering, the company entered into cross-currency swaps to effectively convert its £650 million aggregate principal amount of fixed-rate British pound sterling denominated debt to fixed-rate U.S. dollar denominated debt.

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