Davis Polk advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as joint book-running managers on the SEC-registered offering by Altera Corporation of $600 million of its 2.5% senior notes due 2018 and $400 million of its 4.1% senior notes due 2023.

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Ropes & Gray LLP announced today that Andrew N. Thomases has joined the firm as a partner in the intellectual property (IP) litigation group, adding another premier litigator to one of the strongest patent litigation teams in the country. He will be based in the firm’s Silicon Valley office. Mr. Thomases’ 20 years of experience as a successful trial attorney will benefit Ropes & Gray’s clients facing patent and trade secret disputes, particularly those in the technology sector.

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Kenyon & Kenyon LLP has announced that Michael N. Zachary has rejoined the firm as a litigation partner in the Palo Alto office. The addition of Mr. Zachary will further strengthen the already highly-ranked patent litigation practice at Kenyon, underscoring the firm’s commitment to providing a full complement of intellectual property legal services to its clients out of its Palo Alto office. Mr. Zachary will continue his practice advising clients on patent infringement, trade secret, trademark and other intellectual property litigation matters.

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that it represented Infinity World Development Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Dubai World, in connection with a successful $1.78 billion refinancing package for CityCenter Holdings, LLC, a 50/50 joint venture of Infinity World and MGM Resorts International.

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Cooley LLP announced today that it advised the underwriters on FireEye, Inc.’s $303.5 million initial public offering. FireEye, a California-based technology company, invented a purpose-built, virtual machine-based security platform that provides real-time threat protection to enterprises and governments worldwide against the next generation of cyber attacks. FireEye now trades on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol “FEYE.”

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Shearman & Sterling represented the Province of Ontario in connection with its public offering of US$1,750,000,000 of its 2.000% Bonds due September 27, 2018. Application will be made to the Luxembourg Stock Exchange for the bonds to be admitted to trading on the Euro MTF Market of the exchange.

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Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Adrian M. Fenty has joined the firm’s Business Development department, where he will focus on expanding the firm’s Emerging Company & Venture Capital practice and supporting various firm and client strategic initiatives.  Most recently Special Counsel at Klores Perry Mitchell P.C., Fenty rose to national prominence when he served as Mayor of Washington, D.C. from 2007 – 2011.

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International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges is representing Applied Materials Inc., a Santa Clara, California-based leader in semiconductor equipment manufacturing, in its merger with Japan-based Tokyo Electron Ltd., to create a new company with a combined market capitalization of approximately $29 billion (2.8 trillion yen).

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Davis Polk advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC as representatives of the initial purchasers in connection with an unregistered Rule 144A offering by Clean Energy Fuels Corp. of $220 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.25% convertible senior notes due 2018.

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Cooley LLP announced today that it is advised the underwriters on LinkedIn Corp.’s follow-on offering of 5.55 million shares of Class A common stock worth approximately $1.25 billion.

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