Davis Polk advised MSCI Inc. (“MSCI”) in connection with a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $800 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.750% senior notes due 2025. The notes are guaranteed by certain subsidiaries of MSCI. 

For more than 40 years, MSCI’s research-based indexes and analytics have helped the world’s leading investors build and manage better portfolios. Clients rely on MSCI’s offerings for deeper insights into the drivers of performance and risk in their portfolios, broad asset class coverage and innovative research. MSCI’s line of products and services includes indexes, analytical models, data, real estate benchmarks and ESG research.   

The Davis Polk corporate team included partner Richard D. Truesdell Jr., counsel Jeffrey S. Ramsay and Meredith L. Mackey and associate Darren Jackson. The tax team included partner Michael Mollerus and associate Sam R. Van Peperstraete. Counsel Sarah E. Kim provided Investment Company Act advice. Associate Britt Mosman provided OFAC advice. Partner Frank J. Azzopardi and associate Katharine Jan provided intellectual property advice. Members of the Davis Polk team are based in the New York and Washington DC offices.   

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