Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP is pleased to announce that Jeffrey H. Roth has joined the firm as a Partner in the Real Estate and Litigation Practice Groups at Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP. Mr. Roth has over 28 years of experience representing clients in all aspects of real estate and co-op and condominium litigation, as well as commercial and residential landlord-tenant law. He counsels shareholders, cooperatives and condominium clients, and owners and tenants in leasing and real estate transactions.

Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Paul H. Shur has joined the Firm as a partner in the Financial Services group. For the past 30 years, Mr. Shur has concentrated his practice in commercial and financial transactions, loan workout restructures and creditors’ rights litigation. He is based in the Firm’s New York and Princeton, N.J. offices.

McGuireWoods LLP announced today it has continued its expansion of its New York office with the addition of litigator Michael Simes, who has joined the firm’s Financial Services Litigation Department as a partner.

Davis Polk advised Metalmark Capital LLC in connection with the sale of its portfolio company SouthernCare, Inc. to an affiliate of Kohlberg & Company, L.L.C.

Davis Polk is advising Comcast Corporation in connection with the $3.6 billion sale by SpectrumCo, LLC of 122 Advanced Wireless Services spectrum licenses to Verizon Wireless. SpectrumCo is a joint venture between Comcast Corporation, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks. Comcast owns 63.6% of SpectrumCo and will receive approximately $2.3 billion from the sale. The transaction is subject to approval by the Federal Communications Commission and review under the Hart-Scott Rodino Act and other customary conditions.

The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Kelsey Nix has joined the Firm’s New York Office as a partner in the Intellectual Property Practice. Mr. Nix arrives from the New York office of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP where he was a partner in the Intellectual Property and Litigation Departments.

Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Royal Bank of Canada as lead arranger and administrative agent for the senior financing of GTCR’s $390 million acquisition of Fundtech Ltd. (NASDAQ: FNDT), a leading provider of banking software and services to global financial institutions.

Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as sole book-running manager in connection with the offering by Canadian Pacific Railway Company (CP) of $250 million aggregate principal amount of CP’s 4.500% notes due 2022 and $250 million aggregate principal amount of CP’s 5.750% notes due 2042.

International law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, led by Global Securities partners Rod Miller and Paul Denaro, acted as US counsel in a $900 million offering by Tenet Healthcare Corporation (“Tenet”) of its 6.25% Senior Secured Notes due in 2018, pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S.  The offering raised net proceeds of approximately $885 million.  Tenet will use the net proceeds from the offering to fund its cash tender offer for all of its outstanding $714 million 9% Senior Secured Notes due 2015, and for other general corporate purposes, including the repayment of indebtedness and drawings under its revolving credit facility.

A team of lawyers from Dewey & LeBoeuf’s Silicon Valley and New York offices represented Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in electronic design automation (EDA), on its definitive agreement to acquire Magma Design Automation Inc., a publicly traded provider of chip design software headquartered in San Jose, California, for more than $500 million.