Davis Polk advised Ingram Micro Inc. in connection with a designation of additional commitments under its revolving senior unsecured credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of $190 million, increasing total commitments under the facility to $940 million (more…)

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Davis Polk advised Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Barclays Capital Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as joint book-running managers on a Rule 144A offering by Encore Capital Group, Inc. of $100 million aggregate principal amount of its 3% convertible senior notes due 2017 (more…)

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Davis Polk advised Goldman, Sachs & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint book-running managers and representatives of the underwriters on an SEC-registered public debt offering by Airgas, Inc. of $250 million principal amount of its 2.9% notes due 2022 (more…)

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Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP is at it again. The California Daily Journal recently ranked Procopio fourth among all California firms in terms of growth in 2012, with a 27.3% growth rate. And the firm recently earned the ranking as San Diego’s largest law firm, with over 130 attorneys.

Procopio now adds again to that number, announcing the addition of five new attorneys to their Silicon Valley office (more…)

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Davis Polk advised CSG Systems International, Inc. (CSG) in connection with its $250 million amended and restated senior secured revolving and term loan credit facility (more…)

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Simpson Thacher represented Sears Holdings Corporation (Sears Holdings) in the spin-off of approximately 44.5% of the common shares of Sears Canada Inc. (Sears Canada) on a pro rata basis to holders of Sears Holdings common stock. Sears Holdings will retain an ownership interest of approximately 51% in Sears Canada (more…)

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Arnold & Porter LLP announced today that Richard S. Millard has joined its Corporate and Securities practice group as senior counsel in its San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices (more…)

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Shearman & Sterling is representing SafeNet, Inc. in its definitive agreement to sell its Government Solutions Business to an undisclosed buyer. The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, including required regulatory approvals, is expected to close by the end of 2012. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed (more…)

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Davis Polk advised Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC as lead arranger and Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent in connection with the redemption of McJunkin Red Man Corporation’s (MRMC) 9.5% senior secured notes due 2016 (the “Notes”) with a new $650 million senior secured term loan credit facility (more…)

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Shearman & Sterling represented BMO Capital Markets Corp., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as lead underwriters in connection with Bank of Montreal’s registered public offering of $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 0.80% Senior Notes due 2015 and $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.55% Senior Notes due 2022 under its US medium-term note program (more…)

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Arnold & Porter LLP announced today that Jeffrey J. Hessekiel has joined its FDA/Healthcare practice group as senior counsel in its San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices (more…)

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Simpson Thacher represented the underwriters, led by Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, RBS Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, in connection with the registered public offering by Oracle Corporation of $5 billion aggregate principal amount of notes issued in equal $2.5 billion tranches of 1.200% senior notes due 2017 and 2.500% senior notes due 2022 (more…)

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