Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint book-running managers on an SEC-registered offering by The Western Union Company of $250 million aggregate principal amount of floating-rate notes due 2015.

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Dechert LLP announced today that renowned trial lawyer David M. Bernick will join the firm’s litigation practice in New York effective Monday, August 26. Bernick spent more than 30 years with Kirkland & Ellis LLP before leaving to become Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Philip Morris International in 2010.

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The Firm represented the underwriters, led by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, in connection with a registered offering by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge”) of $400 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.950% Senior Notes due 2020.

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Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, RBS Securities Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, RBC Capital Markets, LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as joint book-running managers in connection with an SEC-registered offering by PHH Corporation of $350 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.375% senior notes due 2021.

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Davis Polk advised J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Leerink Swann LLC as joint book-running managers on an SEC-registered offering of 5,785,123 shares of common stock of The Medicines Company for an aggregate price to the public of approximately $175 million. The underwriters have a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 867,768 shares. The Medicines Company’s common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the trading symbol “MDCO.”

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The law firm of Miller Canfield announces that lawyer Gang Yuan (袁钢)  has joined the firm in its New York City office in the Corporate Group. He will focus his practice on global M&A transactions, foreign direct investment and regulatory issues, especially in the oil and gas industry. He will continue representing Chinese, North American and European companies as they expand globally.

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On August 21, 2013, Firm client Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. closed a public offering of $400 million principal amount of its 3.950% Senior Notes due 2020. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC acted as representatives of the underwriters.

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Adding an experienced corporate and securities lawyer to its New York office, Venable LLP announced that Michael R. Manley, a veteran general counsel serving investment management firms and operating companies, had joined the firm as a partner.

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Allen R. Wolff has joined Anderson Kill P.C. as a shareholder in the firm’s New York office.  Mr. Wolff’s practice concentrates in construction litigation, insurance recovery and the nexus between the two, as well as complex commercial litigation.

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Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP announced today that the firm is continuing the expansion of its insurance and financial services practice in New York with the addition of capital markets partner Brian G. Barrett, who was most recently at Goldman Sachs as a Vice President in the Global Liquidity Products group, where he focused on financing transactions.

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