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Capital Markets - March, 2015

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• Etsy Fine-Tunes $250M IPO Led By Gunderson Dettmer
• Insmed To Issue $206M In Stock To Fund Inhaled Antibiotics
• 1 Firm Leads March IPO Activity With Single PE-Backed Debut
• Migraine Biotech Heads For $86M IPO With Alternative Drug
• Goodwin Procter Adds Ex-Stroock Real Estate Partner In LA
• PE-Backed Credit Bureau TransUnion Aims For $100M IPO
• Charter Inks $10.4B Deal For Bright House Networks
• MYOB Aims To Raise $635M By Going Public, Again
• London Police Scour Forex Traders' Texts In Fraud Probe
• Rising Star: Cleary Gottlieb's Pamela Marcogliese
• Global Crowdfunding Soars To $16.2B In 2014, Report Says
• Rising Star: Baker Botts' Hillary Holmes
• Underwriters Blast Plaintiffs' Bid To Exit Facebook-IPO MDL
• SEC's Gallagher Calls For More Capital Formation Initiatives
• The 2015 Rising Stars, By Firm
• Kuwait Fund Pays $550M For 25% Stake In Gas Natural Spinoff
• Novartis, Aduro Ink $750M Cancer Drug Development Deal
• Ex-Bank Of Montreal Trader Avoids Prison, Must Pay $14M
• 5 Ways To Deal With The Next Capital Markets Downturn
• MultiVir Eyes Float Amid Stream Of Cancer-Focused IPOs
• EIG Sinks $1B Into Oil Producer Breitburn Energy
• Mediation And The Thorny Issue Of Settlement Authority
• Law Firm Slater And Gordon To Pay $948M For Quindell Unit
• Dufry To Buy World Duty Free In $3.9B Airport Retail Deal
• 11th Circ. Nixes Venezuelan Bank's Claim Against BofA
• ICMA Extends Green Bond Eligibility To Climate Change Work
• Law360 Capital Markets Editorial Advisory Board
• Wilson Sonsini, White & Case Set To Lead Week's Tech IPOs
• Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40
• Fed's Fischer Urges Vigilance Over Shadow Banking Sector
• Growth-Minded Sanne Group Eyes $211M IPO In London
• Former Broker-Dealer Execs Get 4 Years Each In FCPA Case
• NY Brokerage To Pay SEC $15M For Offering Fraud
• Yahoo Unveils $2B Share Buyback Amid Activist Pressure
• Shearman, Others Steer Dow's $5B Chlorine Spinoff To Olin
• MoFo Steers Self-Storage REIT Jernigan Capital's $100M IPO
• What Experts Can Say About Inadmissible Facts During Trial
• Borse Dubai Unloads Stake In London Stock Exchange Group
• Ex-Commerce Chiefs Want Fast-Track Without Currency Rules
• Franklin Financial Misses Target In Year's 4th Bank IPO
• German Appeals Court Nixes Suit Over Axed Porsche-VW Deal
• Billboard REIT Outfront Media Selling $100M In Notes
• 4 Ways To Botch Your Firm's Expansion Into Africa
• Regional Banks Atlantic Capital, FSGBank Ink $160M Merger
• Telefonica Plans $3.3B Share Offering To Fund GVT Deal
• Haversham Drops $2B On Europe's Largest Used-Car Reseller
• Gibson Dunn Steers Energy Co. SolarEdge's $126M Debut
• SEC Fines 22 Broker-Dealers $6M For Failing To Register
• ZS Pharma Eyes $214M Offering To Commercialize Lead Drug
• Zynga Can't Dodge Consolidated Suit Over IPO, Stock Dump
• Deals Rumor Mill: Xella, Hellman & Friedman, Borse Dubai
• Forex Dealer FXCM Sells Japan Unit For $62M After Bailout
• NYC Comptroller Calls For Broker Fiduciary Duty Law
• The FCPA Predictions GCs Can't Afford To Ignore
• French Investor Eurazeo Reaps $588M In Accor Share Sale
• Alibaba Seeks To Consolidate Suits Over $25B IPO In NY
• SEC Unanimously Approves Final Rules For Reg A+
• Tying Bucks' Taxes To Wis. Arena Bonds May Cost $165M
• Omnicare: Good News For Issuers But Questions Remain
• FaegreBD Nabs 9 Partners To Amp Up Chicago Operations
• SEC Floats Rules On High-Frequency Trader Registration
• Jones Day-Led Cellectis Outshines Expectations In US IPO
• EMIR's Effectiveness Is Doubtful
• Ocwen Announces Delisting Threat Amid Delayed 2014 Report
• Supreme Court Sets High Bar For Challenging Exec Opinions
• Deals World Rests Easy In Wake Of Omnicare Ruling
• Lawyers Weigh In On High Court's Omnicare Decision
• Cellectis Boosts IPO Target As Immunotherapy Cos. Rally
• Whiting Seeks Cash With $1B Stock, $1.75B Debt Offerings
• DOL Didn't Influence Fiduciary Standard Push, SEC Chair Says
• Some Plaintiffs Want Out Of MDL Over Facebook IPO
• Goodwin Procter Leads Blueprint Medicines Toward $100M IPO
• Latham, Sidley Guide REIT Kimco's $350M Notes Deal
• Blank Check Co. Harmony Merger Hits Target With $100M IPO
• Andrews Kurth Steers Sunoco In $816M ETP Deal
• Attys Want 33% Slice Of $1M Pie In PolyMedix Stock Suit
• TPG-Backed American Tire Nixes IPO Plans For Ares Deal
• High Court Applies 'Reasonable' Standard To Omnicare Execs
• BNP, HSBC, RBS Need To Improve 'Living Wills,' Fed Says
• Haynes And Boone Wins Back Finance Pro From Strasburger
• Chestnut Petroleum Settles Unpaid Fees Suit In $65M Recap
• Blackstone To Shave $600M From Brixmor REIT Stake
• One Firm Sees Big Benefits From Flurry Of REIT Activity
• Alleged Ponzi Schemer Barred From Using Assets, Trading
• WilmerHale Adds Former CFPB Atty In DC
• Carlyle Fine-Tunes Plans To Trim $985M From Axalta Stake
• Cos. To Issue $30B In 'Green' Bonds in 2015: S&P Report
• Sunoco, Rice Seek $1.2B As Debt Issuance Hits Record High
• Hong Kong Court Clears Pacific Sun In Investment Ad Case
• Lowe's Expands Stock Buyback By $5B Amid Sales Growth
• RBS To Further Cut Citizens Bank Stake In $3.3B Offering
• FINRA Floats Rules To Register Algorithmic Developers
• UK's Optimal Payments To Pay €1.1B For E-Wallet Rival Skrill
• The Law360 400
• An Important Interpretation Of The Volcker Rule
• Litigation Firms Make Cuts Amid Work Slowdown
• Is MegaLaw Just Big Enough To Fail?
• Law360 Reveals 400 Largest US Firms
• Borgata Sues Atlantic City, Wants $88.5M Before Bond Sale
• Black Stone Minerals Plans $100M Debut In Slow IPO Market
• Cooley, Maynard Cooper Lead Sluggish Week's 2 IPOs
• 8 IPOs On Deck To Shatter Lull In New Issuances
• Frankin Square Energy Fund Seeks $900M Follow-On Offering
• Irish Biotech Malin Raises $357M In IPO For Acquisitions
• Pharmaceutical Co. SteadyMed Misses Target With $40M IPO
• Pulling Up Stakes: Jones Day, Mayer Brown, K&L Gates
• Apigee Eyes $86M IPO As Tech Debuts Gain Steam
• FedEx Discloses It Paid $1.4B To Acquire Logistics Co. Genco
• 10 Key Points From The 2015 Bank Stress Tests
• 5 Insights From Avon General Counsel Jeff Benjamin
• Etsy's Planned IPO Brings Benefit Corps Into Sharp Focus
• RI Issues $620M In Tobacco Bonds After Oppenheimer Row
• Texas Court Nixes Indemnity Interpretation In Stock Agreement
• Israeli Digital Printing Co. Kornit Seeks $106M US IPO
• Bank Of New York To Pay $714M In Forex Settlement
• Ceresney Defends In-House Courts To Skeptical Lawmakers
• Fracking Services Likely To Make The Cut In MLP Guidance
• Venable, Goodwin, Hunton Guide Equity One's $105M Offering
• Digital Marketplace Auto Trader Raises $2B In London IPO
• Philips Aims To Spin Off Lighting Business In 2016 IPO
• Web Hosting Co. GoDaddy Seeks $418M IPO To Repay Debt
• A Test For The Banking Recovery And Resolution Directive
• Oneok Partners Taps Bond Markets For $800M
• Ad Tech Co. AppNexus Pays $100M For Analytics Firm Yieldex
• Cancer Treatment Developer Cellectis Fine-Tunes $130M IPO
• Yellen's Message To Congress: Fed Structure Works Fine
• Aussie Iron Ore Miner Pulls $2.5B Debt Sale As Prices Slide
• Warburg Set To Exit National Penn With 11.6M Share Sale
• MoFo Guides Mobileye Investors In $736M Secondary Offering
• LME Sells Clearing House Stake To Turkish Stock Exchange
• Epizyme Eyes $124.5M Offering After Buying Back Cancer Drug
• Valeant Plans $1.45B Stock Offering To Fund Salix Buy
• Fried Frank Helps Goldman Lending Unit Price $120M IPO
• OPINION: Not All That Is Public Should Be Publicized
• 2 Drug Developers Latest To Tap Market With $275M On Offer
• Merck KGaA Places $4B In Bonds To Fund Sigma-Aldrich Buy
• Market Rumors: Ant Financial, Cowell, Puerto Rico
• Chicken Co. Wayne Farms Uses Up-C Structure For $100M IPO
• Refresco Gerber Eyes $1.4B Valuation In Amsterdam IPO
• BHP Billiton Urges Shareholders To OK Spinoff Of Metals Unit
• Pinterest Hits $11B Valuation In Latest Funding Round
• MGM Resorts Urged To Spin Off Real Estate Assets Into REIT
• Citibank To Exit Argentina Custody Business Under Pressure
• Adelphia's Creditors Lose Second Bid At $149M Clawback
• Up The Irish: St. Paddy's Is For Celebrating Pro Bono, Too
• Vulcan Materials Plans $400M In Notes To Reduce Debt
• Market Rumors: MYOB, Legend, Gala Coral
• Securities Attys Wary Of Crowdfunding Risk Losing Clients
• Commercial Bank Franklin Financial Sets Terms For $65M IPO
• Discovery Communications Prices $635M In Euro-Based Notes
• Epocrates Must Face Investors' Suit Over Financial Disclosures
• CFTC Hits ICE Futures With $3M Fine Over Data Reporting
• Label Maker Multi-Color Eyes $300M In Follow-On Offering
• IMS Rolls Out €275M Note Offering To Back Cegedim Deal
• Murray Pays $1.4B For Controlling Stake In Coal MLP
• 5th Amendment Doesn't Shield FINRA Testimony, Agency Says
• Cancer-Focused Biotechs ViewRay, Xbiotech Join IPO Rush
• McGuireWoods Adds Ex-Buchanan Finance Pro In Pittsburgh
• Week's Lone IPO Nets $400M As 7 Cos. Promise To Break Lull
• Pillsbury, Sidley Guide REIT Federal Realty's $200M Offering
• SEC Explains Use Of 'Bad Actor' Waivers
• Market Rumors: Orient Securities, Malakoff, PulsTV
• Davis Polk Guides Toyota Credit Arm In $1.75B Debt Offering
• Planned Self-Storage REIT Jernigan Capital Prices $120M IPO
• United Tech Enters $2.65B Common Stock Buyback
• PE-Backed Par Pharmaceutical Plans $700M IPO
• SEC's Piwowar 'Disappointed' With Market Structure Debate
• Valeant Prices $10.1B Bond Offering To Help Fund Salix Deal
• 5 Insights From Dish General Counsel Stanton Dodge
• UBS Agrees To $135M Settlement In Forex Class Action
• Feds Say Sky-High Fines Show Perks Of FCPA Self-Reporting
• FINRA Withdraws OTC Quoting Standards Proposal
• CFTC Closer To In-House Enforcement Actions, Official Says
• IRS Proposes Guidance On Tax-Exempt Obligation Reporting
• Avis Sells $375M In Notes To Back Maggiore Buy
• Banks Rush To Buy Back Stock After Fed OKs Capital Plans
• High-Profile Retail Closings Haven't Shaken Debt Lenders
• Aduro Becomes Latest Immuno-Oncology Biotech To Plan IPO
• Flowserve Prices $530M Euro-Note Offering To Back SIHI Deal
• Market Rumors: Integrated Dental, Weststar, Valeant
• Chicago Futures Contract Traders Hit With 'Spoofing' Suit
• Healthcare REIT Omega Backs $3B Aviv Deal With Note Sale
• PE-Backed UK Bank Shawbrook Charts $134M London IPO
• Energy Co. Investor Kayne Anderson To Offer $1B In Stock
• White Says SEC's Waiver Process Is Rigorous — Not Routine
• Blackstone-Backed Cement Co. Summit Raises $400M In IPO
• Dollar General Expands Buybacks $1B Amid Dividend Launch
• OPINION: Beyond The 'Grow Or Die' Law Firm Model
• Mayer Brown, Davis Polk Steer Abbott's $2.5B Notes Offering
• Sunoco Logistics To Tap Public Markets With $564M Offering
• Baker & McKenzie, Sidley Advise On Essex's $500M Note Sale
• Ex-Financial Adviser Cops To Fake Winklevoss Relationship
• Troutman Sanders Snags 4 K&L Gates Corporate Attys In NC
• What To Make Of Tobacco Bond Defaults And Restructurings
• SEC Stall Tactic Over Wal-Mart Bribery Probe Unlikely To Fly
• Valero Seeks $1.25B From Bond Markets
• Kythera Prices $125M Offering After Double-Chin Drug OK'd
• Nasdaq OMX Group To Offer New Energy Futures Exchange
• Bayer To Spin Off Or List $10B Polymer Biz By 2016
• 2nd Circ. Rejects Pre-Dodd-Frank Whistleblower's Award Bid
• 18% Of Alibaba Shares Soon Up For Grabs As Lock-Up Expires
• Zimmer Launches $7.65B Bond Sale To Back Biomet Buy
• Energy Tech Co. SolarEdge Sets Terms For $119M IPO
• Goldman Lending Unit Eyes $126M IPO To Repay Debt
• Sidley Austin Adds Former V&E Corporate Pro In Houston
• Qualcomm To Buy Back $15B Shares After Antitrust Probe
• Calumet Specialty Products Plots $161M Stock Offering
• Cybersecurity Co. Imperva Eyes $132M Follow-On Offering
• Market Rumors: Aurelis, Europris, Promigas
• SEC Commish Praises Muni Bond Fraud Enforcement Push
• PE-Backed British Lender Aldermore Issues $340M IPO
• Robbins Geller Says SEC Sitting On Wal-Mart Bribery Docs
• AltheaDX Nixes IPO As 3 Other Diagnostic Cos. Eye Debuts
• BofA Wrongly Pinning Bond Row On Buchanan, Court Told
• 2 Life Sciences Cos. Set Terms Amid Quiet Period For IPOs
• Verisk Pays $2.8B For Energy Specialist Wood Mackenzie
• 2014 PE Exits Bust Record As Another Robust Year Takes Hold
• CFTC Seeks New Comments On Challenged Swaps Rules
• Aflac Hopes To Recoup $850M With Latest Bond Offering
• Market Rumors: Aldermore, Caixa, PTSB
• Crestwood Midstream Readies $700M Bond To Revamp Debt
• Ashford Hospitality Injects $1B Refi Into PREI Stake Buy
• GM Heads Off Proxy Fight With $5B Buyback Program
• CyberArk's VC Backers Fine-Tune $230M Secondary Offering
• Starboard Continues Push For 'Major Overhaul' At Yahoo
• IRS Lifts Blackout On MLP Guidance, Vows New Standards
• DFS Furniture Hits Flat Market Debut After Pricing At Low End
• March Starts Quietly With 2 IPOs, But Forecast Still Strong
• Market Rumors: GF Securities, Douglas, Fuayo Glass
• Poultry Producer Pilgrim's Pride Prices $500M Bond Sale
• After Raising $75M In Debut, MaxPoint Shares Quickly Dip
• Permira Unit Sells $122M Stake In UK's Just Retirement
• Semiconductor Co. Lam Research Unveils $1B Notes Offering
• Goodwin, Hogan Lovells Guide Retail REIT's $250M Note Sale
• TPG, Cruise Operator To Pare Stakes In Norwegian
• Wendel Nets €1B As It Downsizes Its Bureau Veritas Stake
• A Simmering Debate Over Coal Future
• Solar Capital Plans $1.25B Stock Offering Across Two Units
• Online Ad Co. Tremor Beats Investors' Suit Over $75M IPO
• Vivint Solar Says Investors Weren't Misled Before $330M IPO
• Parker Drilling Investor Refused Execs' Names In FCPA Case
• Quest Plans $1.2B Note Offering, $250M Tender Offer
• SEC's Asset Manager Stress Tests Won't Copy Bank Model
• Market Rumors: HKBN, Huarong, 1MDB
• Ex-XStrata Head's New Firm Raises $5.6B For Mining Venture
• Davis Polk Advises On Tech Co. Debt Sales Worth $945M
• EU Capital Markets Push Raises Cross-Border Investing Hopes
• GIC Boosts Merlin Stake After Blackstone, CVC Share Sale
• Antero Guns For $485M In Stock Offering
• Offshore Drilling Co. Ensco Raises $1.1B In Debt Offering
• Constangy Beefs Up With New Name Partner, 11 Labor Attys
• Carlyle Trims $615M From CommScope Stake
• French Solar Co. Solairedirect Plans $193M Paris IPO
• Growth-Minded AMAG Pharma Closes $201.2M Stock Offering
• Clifford Chance, Latham Guide Apollo's $170M Stock Sale
• Law Firm Tensions Mount In Africa — What Does It Mean?
• Burger King's Fresh Take On Exchangeable Share Structure
• Bernstein Litowitz, Entwistle To Lead Cobalt Shareholder Suit
• Online Crafts Retailer Etsy Files For IPO
• Rubio Tax Reform Plan Bold, But May Sink Under Costs
• SEC Small Biz Group Warns On Accredited Investor Rewrite
• PTAB Says Alice Sinks 3 CBOE Options-Trading Patents
• Market Rumors: Berkshire Hathaway, Evry, Tigar Pilar
• Blackstone-Backed Catalent Eyes $699M In Upsized Offering
• FSB Jumps Forward On Boundaries For SIFI Asset Managers
• Beware Phantom Income Risk In Crowdfunded Property Deals
• Bob Evans Won't Spin Off Foods Biz Despite Activist Pressure
• Cleary Gottlieb Leads Actavis In $21B Debt Offering
• ING Exits Insurance Biz With $2B Stock Sale And Repurchase
• Oasis Petroleum Seeks $410M In Stock Offering
• First Reserve Sells $230M In Glencore Shares Amid Slump
• The Rise Of 'Yankee Loans' In Europe
• The FCPA Dilemmas That Still Dog General Counsel
• Chanos Ducks Wynn Resorts' FCPA Defamation Suit Again
• Target Plans $2B Share Buyback Amid Major Restructuring
• Med Device Maker Stryker Boosts Share Buybacks To $2.6B
• What The SEC Enforcement Stats Really Tell Us
• Sidley Guides Times Property's $273M Senior Notes Sale
• Sirius XM Plans $750M Offering Of Senior Notes
• Market Rumors: Actavis, HKBN, Aldermore
• Viking Recalibrates Drug Focus In New IPO Plans
• Best Buy Unveils $1B Stock Buyback After Holiday Gains
• Share Sale Backs NorthStar's €1.1B European Portfolio Deal
• Refresco Gerber Readying To Launch Amsterdam IPO
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Akerman's Palash Pandya
• Real Estate Crowdfunding To Top $2.5B In 2015, Report Says
• Steel Industry Wants Japan Suspended From TPP Talks
• E-Trade Launches Note Offering In Plan To Cut $340M In Debt
• Stock Sales A Sign Of Strength Amid Weak Oil Prices
• 1 Firm Leads February IPOs With $1.2B Of Capital Raised
• Peabody Energy To Issue $1B In Notes To Refinance Debt
• 1st Public Bitcoin Fund On Track After FINRA Gives OK
• Chinese Sports-Lottery Biz Misled Investors Before IPO: Suit
• Market Rumors: Wood Mackenzie, Qualitas, Gulf Capital
• SEC Buys Itself More Time To Decide On 'Tick' Size Plan
• Blackstone-Backed Summit Materials Aims For $420M IPO
• Actavis Plots Another Offering To Back $66B Allergan Deal
• IEX Of 'Flash Boys' Hires Ex-NYSE Boss In Exchange Push