Deals of the week - January 13 2014

January 13 2014

Type of Deal	Value	Issuer/Borrower	Lead managers/arrangers	Adviser to issuer/borrower (tax)	Adviser to lead managers (tax)
Notes offering/accelerated share repo	$2 billion	FedEx Corporation	JP Morgan Securities; Goldman, Sachs; Morgan Stanley; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith; Citigroup	Davis Polk & Wardwell - Mario Verdolini, Leslie Altus, Ankur Dalal	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Primary placing of H shares	$759 million	China Oilfield Services (CNOOC)	China International Capital; Credit Suisse; JP Morgan; Goldman Sachs; Morgan Stanley	Davis Polk & Wardwell; KangDa Law Firm; Freshfields Burckhaus Deringer	Zhong Yin Law Firm
Acquisition financing	$325 million	XPO Logistics & 3PD	Credit Suisse Securities	Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz	Davis Polk & Wardwell
Incremental facility	$300 million	Verint Systems	Credit Suisse Securities; Deutsche Bank Securities	Jones Day	Davis Polk & Wardwell - Kathleen Ferrell
Common stock offering	$192 million	Kennedy-Wilson Holdings	Deutsche Bank Securities	Latham & Watkins; Kulik, Gottesman & Siegel	Davis Polk & Wardwell - Lucy Farr, Juelle Gomes
Secondary common stock offering	$163 million	Groupon (LivingSocial)	Morgan Stanley	Winston & Strawn; Cooley	Davis Polk & Wardwell - Rachel Kleinberg, Catherine Paskoff Chang
Senior notes offering	$150 million	K Hovnanian Enterprises	Credit Suisse Securities; JP Morgan Securities	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett	Davis Polk & Wardwell - Lucy Farr, Adam Perry
Acquisition financing	Undisclosed	Platinum Equity	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith; Credit Suisse Securities	Wilkie Farr & Gallagher	Davis Polk & Wardwell - Rachel Kleinberg, Vinay Prabhakar

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