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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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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