Michael Kaplan

Davis Polk advised PPL Capital Funding, Inc. on its registered offering of $650 million aggregate principal amount of 3.100% senior notes due 2026, fully and unconditionally guaranteed by…

Davis Polk is advising Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. on its approximately $5.2 billion acquisition by Pfizer Inc. The closing of the transaction, which is expected in the third quarter…

Davis Polk advised the representatives of the underwriters in an SEC-registered offering of 59.8 million shares of common stock of AK Steel Holding Corporation for aggregate gross proceeds…

Davis Polk advised the joint book-running managers in connection with an SEC-registered offering of 65,550,000 Class A ordinary shares of Ensco plc. Included in the shares are 8,550,000…

Davis Polk advised Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in connection with its offering of $287.5 million aggregate principal amount of its 2.00% convertible senior notes due 2023 to qualified…

Davis Polk advised the dealer manager in connection with Windstream Services, LLC’s cash tender offer for $441,096,000 aggregate principal amount of the 7.875% senior notes due 2017 issued…

Davis Polk advised the joint book-running managers, in connection with the SEC-registered primary offering of 10,000,000 shares of common stock of U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc., which includes…

Davis Polk advised the representative of the initial purchasers on a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by GameStop Corporation of $475 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.75% senior…

Davis Polk advised the joint book-running managers on an SEC-registered offering by LYB International Finance II B.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of LyondellBasell Industries N.V., of €750…

Davis Polk advised the representative of the several underwriters in connection with the $975 million SEC-registered offering of 25,000,000 shares of common stock of Hess Corporation, and…