International law firm Dechert LLP announced today that Linda C. Goldstein has joined the firm as a partner in the White Collar and Securities Litigation practice. She will be resident in the firm’s New York office. Goldstein was most recently a partner at Covington & Burling LLP and a co-chair of its Securities/Derivatives Litigation & Enforcement practice.

Davis Polk is advising Credit Suisse AG and the other joint lead arrangers in connection with the bridge and bond financing portion of a €870 million financing to be provided to Apollo Management, L.P. in connection with its LBO of Taminco Group Holdings S.à.r.l. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2012.

Simpson Thacher represented American Industrial Partners in connection with the establishment of its fifth private equity fund, American Industrial Partners Capital Fund V, L.P. (the “Fund”).  The Fund, which raised $700 million in limited partner commitments, held a first and final closing after only two months of fundraising.  American Industrial Partners seeks to acquire control positions in industrial companies based in North America.

The Firm represented the underwriters in connection with three registered public offerings by First Niagara Financial Group, Inc. (the “Company”): (i) 56,911,764 shares of common stock, underwritten by Goldman, Sachs & Co., Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P., BofA Merrill Lynch, and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods; (ii) 14,000,000 shares of Fixed-to-Floating Rate Perpetual Non-cumulative Preferred Stock, Series B, at a liquidation preference of $25 per share, underwritten by Goldman, Sachs & Co., BofA Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo Securities, Citigroup and Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P.; and (iii) $300 million aggregate principal amount of 7.25% Subordinated Notes due 2021, underwritten by Goldman, Sachs & Co., Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P. and BofA Merrill Lynch.

Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP is pleased to announce that Timothy M. Gladden has joined the Firm’s New York office as a member of the Business Services Department.

Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint book-running managers and representatives of the several underwriters in connection with an SEC-registered offering by IDEX Corporation of $350 million principal amount of 4.200% senior notes due 2021.

Davis Polk advised V.F. Corporation, V.F. Investments S.a r.l. and VF Enterprises S.a r.l. in connection with a new five-year $1.25 billion multicurrency unsecured revolving credit facility. The facility refinances V.F. Corporation’s existing domestic and international revolving credit facilities and may be used for general corporate purposes, including acquisitions, repurchases of outstanding shares of V.F. Corporation’s common stock and other lawful corporate purposes.

Davis Polk advised CVS Caremark Corporation in connection with its cash tender offer for any and all of its $1 billion outstanding 6.302% enhanced capital advantaged preferred securities. Barclays Capital Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. were the dealer managers for the tender offer.

Simpson Thacher represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and the other initial purchasers in an offering by SESI, L.L.C of $800 million aggregate principal amount of 7.125% Senior Notes due 2021, in connection with the $2.7 billion acquisition of Complete Production Services, Inc. by Superior Energy Services, Inc.  The offering was conducted pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S.

Anderson Kill & Olick is pleased to announce that Judith Sullivan joins  Anderson Kill & Olick today as a Shareholder in our Corporate Group where she will head the International Business Department.  She serves a broad range of industries including private equity, insurance, airline, manufacturing, publishing, banking, entertainment, software and real estate in transactional business counseling and litigation.  Her international clients range from Northern Europe to the Middle East to Australia.