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.

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP is pleased to announce that Emily Stern has joined the firm’s New York office focusing on litigation and dispute resolution.

Davis Polk advised Royal Bank of Canada Capital Markets, LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. as lead managers on an SEC-registered offering by Royal Bank of Canada of US$1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 1.45% senior notes due 2014 and US$750 million aggregate principal amount of senior floating-rate notes due 2014 under its US$25 billion medium-term notes program.

Winston & Strawn LLP announced today that it has again expanded its global intellectual property litigation group and regional capabilities with the addition of Alfred Fabricant and Lawrence Drucker as partners to its New York office. Fabricant will head the firm’s IP practice group in New York, as well. They join the firm from Dickstein Shapiro, LLP.

International law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, LLP, led by Global Securities partners Marcelo Mottesi and Paul Denaro, represented Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Itau BBA USA Securities Inc. and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, as underwriters in the follow-on sale of shares of Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. (“Arcos Dorados”). The underwriters fully exercised their over-allotment option to purchase a total of 44,475, 958 shares from the selling shareholders raising US$978 million.