Deals of the week - August 14 2012

August 13 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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