Davis Polk is advising Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners for $1.2 billion of financing in connection with DigitalGlobe, Inc.’s acquisition of GeoEye, Inc. The financing consists of a $1.05 billion senior secured term loan facility and a $150 million senior secured revolving credit facility. The obligations under the facilities are guaranteed by certain of DigitalGlobe’s domestic subsidiaries and are secured by substantially all of the assets of DigitalGlobe and the guarantors. The acquisition is expected to close in 2013.

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Hogan Lovells advised Daimler on the strategic partnership between Daimler Buses and Motor Coach Industries (MCI), including the sale of Daimler’s Setra-branded premium motor coach distribution business to MCI.  In connection with the transaction, which closed on 29 June 2012, Daimler Buses received a minority ownership stake in MCI, and MCI became the exclusive North American distributor of the Setra S407 and S417 German-manufactured premium motor coaches.

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Global law firm White & Case LLP achieved a significant trial victory for Pfizer Inc. in a patent infringement case against seven generic drug companies regarding three patents covering the active ingredient in Pfizer’s blockbuster drug Lyrica® and its therapeutic uses.

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Shearman & Sterling is representing the Ardagh Group in its acquisition of Anchor Glass Container Company from private investment funds managed by Wayzata Investment Partners LLC in a transaction involving total cash consideration of US $880 million (€721 million). The transaction is subject to US regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions.

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Shearman & Sterling is representing the Intellectual Property & Science business of long-standing client Thomson Reuters in its acquisition of MarkMonitor. The completion of the acquisition is subject to standard regulatory approvals. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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On July 25, 2012, United Technologies Corporation entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which affiliates of the Carlyle Group LP and BC Partners Ltd will acquire certain industrial businesses of its Hamilton Sundstrand subsidiary for approximately $3.5 billion. Cravath represented Credit Suisse as joint lead arranger of committed financing in connection with this transaction.

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