Deals of the week - August 14 2012

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Deals of the week - August 14 2012

Type of Deal

Value

Acquirer

Target

Adviser to acquirer (tax)

Adviser to target (tax)

Acquisition

Undisclosed

Carlyle Group and TCW Management

Societe Generale stake in TCW

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Debevoise & Plimpton

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

Type of Deal

Value

Issuer/Borrower

Lead managers/arrangers

Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax)

Adviser to lead managers (tax)

Notes offering

$2.5 billion

PepsiCo

Citigroup Global Markets; Morgan Stanley; RBS Securities

Davis Polk & Wardwell - Avishai Shachar, William Curran

Jones Day

Notes offering

$500 million

Korea Finance

Deutsche Bank; Korea Development Bank; Merrill Lynch; Morgan Stanley

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton; Kim & Chang

Davis Polk & Wardwell - John Paton, Sarah Joy

SEC-registered dribble-out offering

$500 million

Westar Energy

BNY Mellon Capital Markets

Davis Polk & Wardwell

Hunton & Williams

Secondary offering

$308 million

Vantiv

JP Morgan Securities; Morgan Stanley; Credit Suisse Securities

Weil, Gotshal & Manges; Kirkland & Ellis

Davis Polk & Wardwell - Harry Ballan, William Curran

Notes offering

$300 million

Ingram Micro

Morgan Stanley; RBS Securities

Davis Polk & Wardwell - Rachel Kleinberg, Changsheng Song

Notes offering

$200 million

Isis Pharmaceuticals

Goldman, Sachs; JP Morgan Securities

Cooley

Davis Polk & Wardwell - Rachel Kleinberg, Isaac MacDonald

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