Shearman & Sterling advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and TD Securities as arrangers and bookmanagers in connection with a $1 billion cross-border financing for TransCanada Pipeline USA Ltd.

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Carl Riley has joined the international law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP, as a shareholder in its Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT) and Tax practices in New York.  Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Riley practiced at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York.

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Davis Polk is advising Shire plc in connection with its approximately $4.2 billion acquisition of ViroPharma Incorporated. The closing of the transaction is subject to customary conditions, including the tender of a majority of the outstanding ViroPharma shares and the receipt of regulatory clearances. Pending antitrust authority clearances, it is anticipated that the transaction will close in the last quarter of 2013, the first quarter of 2014 or as soon as possible thereafter.

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Winston & Strawn LLP has announced Jared A. Hershberg has joined the firm’s New York office as a private equity partner in the corporate practice.

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The Firm is representing Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. in connection with its acquisition of The Brickman Group, Ltd. LLC (“Brickman”) for $1.6 billion from Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. and other shareholders. The investment is being made by KKR North American Fund XI and other funds and accounts managed by KKR. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close by the end of 2013.

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The national law firm of Epstein Becker Green (EBG) is pleased to announce that James M. Kunick, an experienced intellectual property and technology lawyer, has joined as a Member of the Firm in the Health Care and Life Sciences and Corporate Services practices, in the Chicago office.

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Kirkland & Ellis LLP announced today that it has expanded its New York corporate practice with the hiring of leading attorney Sean Rodgers. Mr. Rodgers has joined the Firm as a partner, and was previously a mergers and acquisitions partner in the New York office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.

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Simpson Thacher represented Crestwood Midstream Partners LP (“Crestwood”) and Crestwood Midstream Finance Corp. as co-issuers in connection with a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $600 million aggregate principal amount of 6.125% Senior Notes due 2022, guaranteed by each of Crestwood’s existing and future domestic subsidiaries that guarantee any indebtedness for borrowed money.

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On November 6, 2013, Toll Brothers, Inc., the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes, and Shapell Industries, Inc., a premier private California builder, announced that they have entered into a definitive purchase agreement under which Toll Brothers will acquire the home building business of Shapell in a stock acquisition for approximately US$1.6 billion in cash. Cravath represented Toll Brothers, Inc. in connection with this transaction, which is expected to close in the first quarter of 2014 following satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

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Davis Polk advised underwriters represented by Goldman Sachs International, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Mizuho International plc and RBC Capital Markets, LLC in connection with the offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 0.625% U.S. dollar bonds due 2016, issued by Export Development Canada.

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