Simpson Thacher represented the underwriters Barclays Capital Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC in the recent public offering of 4,000,000 shares of 4.50% Series J Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock issued by iStar Financial Inc. The offering included 500,000 shares issued following the exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option.

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Dilworth Paxson LLP announced the opening of its New York City office, adding a seventh location to its regional presence. The firm also welcomes Gregory Blue who will serve as resident partner in charge of the office. Blue’s practice is primarily devoted to business litigation and representation of creditors, shareholders, and official committees in complex bankruptcy cases.

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup and BMO Capital Markets as joint book-running managers for Sun Communities, Inc.’s (NYSE: SUI) follow-on public offering of common stock.

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The Firm represents affiliates of Blackstone Real Estate Partners and Invitation Homes, L.P. in connection with a $2.075 billion revolving credit facility to capitalize the purchase of distressed single-family rental homes. Invitation Homes is a national platform to purchase distressed single family homes and then refurbish, lease and maintain them in neighborhoods across the country and is the largest owner of single-family homes in the United States.

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Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy announced that Douglas Landy, one of the country’s leading banking and financial services regulatory lawyers, has joined the firm as a partner in the Leveraged Finance and Financial Regulations Group in Milbank’s New York office.

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Davis Polk is advising Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A. (Rabobank) on its €1.935 billion sale of approximately 90.01% of the equity in Robeco Groep N.V. to ORIX Corporation. The closing of the transaction, which is subject to legal and regulatory approvals, is expected within six months.

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Shearman & Sterling advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, BNP Paribas, BBVA Compass, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, HSBC Bank USA, National Association, and Sovereign Bank, N.A. as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners in connection with a $1 billion four-year revolving credit facility for Avon Products, Inc. and Avon Capital Corporation.

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Cahill represented Barclays, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, and RBC Capital Markets as joint book-running managers and the co-managers in connection with the public offering of $1,250,000,000 comprised of $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 3.875% Senior Notes due 2018 and $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.625% Senior Notes due 2021 by International Lease Finance Corporation.

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A multi-disciplinary team of Dechert attorneys recently finalized a long-standing matter allowing a sovereign wealth fund to purchase numerous hotel assets out of the high profile bankruptcy of CNL/MSR Resorts. The firm has represented this client since 2006 when it made its initial loan to CNL/MSR, which was indirectly secured by five high-end luxury resorts (including the iconic Arizona Biltmore and the Grand Wailea in Hawaii). CNL/MSR Resorts filed for Chapter 11 on February 1, 2011 and the firm worked with this client to make an offer to buy the assets owned by the Debtors within a week after the filing. That initial offer was rebuffed and so began a two-year process to gain control of the resorts.

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP advised OneRoof Energy, Inc. in the acquisition of $100 million in new financing.

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