Shearman & Sterling is advising NPC International Inc. in the sale of its parent, NPC Acquisition Holdings, LLC, and all of its parent’s equity holders to Olympus Partners. The amount of the sale was not disclosed.

Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Alan W. Avery has joined the firm’s New York office as a partner in the Corporate Department. Avery’s practice spans a broad range of transactional and advisory assignments, including bank regulatory matters, investments in banks and bank holding companies, and the development and analysis of institutional and retail financial products, among others.

Davis Polk advised HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc. as representatives of the initial purchasers in connection with the offering by Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (CODELCO) of $1.15 billion aggregate principal amount of its 3.875% notes due 2021. The notes were sold in an offering exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S.

Simpson Thacher represented Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., The Bank of Nova Scotia and RBS Securities Inc. as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners in connection with approximately $1.4 billion of committed financing for the $1.0 billion acquisition of Avis Europe plc by Avis Budget Group, Inc. (the “Company”).  In addition, Simpson Thacher represented Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as representative of the initial purchasers of $250.0 million 9.75% Senior Notes due 2020 issued by Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC (“ABCR”) and Avis Budget Finance, Inc., each a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, in connection with the acquisition. The acquisition was effected through a scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the UK Companies Act 2006 in the United Kingdom, and was subject to the “certain funds” and “cash confirmation” requirements for a public bid in the United Kingdom under the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers.

Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. has announced that it is expanding its Intellectual Property practice with the addition of John A. Bauer. Mr. Bauer, an experienced litigator with first chair trial and appellate experience will be joining as a Member in the firm’s Intellectual Property practice in New York.

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP represented Gunvor Group, Ltd., one of the world’s leading commodity traders, in its subsidiary’s purchase of one-third interest in Signal Peak coal mine in Montana from the subsidiary joint venture owners FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) and Boich Companies.  The acquisition was successfully closed for a total purchase price of USD $400 million.

Simpson Thacher represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Inc. as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners in connection with the financing of Web.com Group, Inc.’s acquisition of Network Solutions.  The acquisition was funded with credit facilities consisting of a $600 million first lien term loan, a $50 million first lien revolving credit facility and a $150 million second lien term loan.

Dickstein Shapiro LLP is pleased to welcome Frederick R. Fucci as a partner in the firm’s Energy Practice in New York. With more than two decades of experience, Mr. Fucci focuses his practice on corporate and commercial transactions and the development and financing of infrastructure projects in the United States and abroad, principally in the energy sector, as well as on international commercial arbitration.

Davis Polk advised underwriters represented by Barclays Capital Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC in connection with a public offering by International Business Machines Corporation of $1.35 billion principal amount of its 0.875% notes due 2014 and $500 million principal amount of its 2.900% notes due 2021.

Greenberg Traurig, LLP, a full service international law firm, is representing interclick, Inc., a technology company that provides solutions for data-driven advertising in the United States, in its sale to Yahoo! Inc., in a transaction announced today valued at approximately $270 million. Under the terms of the definitive agreement entered into by interclick and Yahoo!, Yahoo! will commence an all cash tender offer for all outstanding shares of common stock of interclick at $9.00 per share. The companies expect the tender offer to close by early 2012.