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NEW YORK, March 17, 2015 – International law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP represented Credit Suisse, UBS and TD Bank as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners for the senior secured credit facilities in connection with the acquisition of DBRS, the fourth largest global credit rating agency headquartered in Toronto, by The Carlyle Group and Warburg Pincus. The Milbank Global Leveraged Finance team was led by New York-based partner Marc Hanrahan and associates Spencer Pepper, Tyler Garaffa and Gabrielle Paolini and by London-based of counsel Patrick Holmes and associates Catherine Molony and Alexandra Schofield. Also providing advice were Employee Benefits associate Robin Heszkel, Intellectual Property partner Lawrence Kass and Tax special counsel Eschi Rahimi-Laridjani and associate Jules Mugema. About Milbank Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy is a leading international law firm that has been providing innovative legal solutions to clients throughout the world for nearly 150 years. Milbank is headquartered in New York and has offices in Beijing, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Munich, São Paulo, Seoul, Singapore, Tokyo and Washington, DC. The firm’s lawyers provide a full range of legal services to the world’s leading commercial, financial and industrial enterprises, as well as to institutions, individuals and governments. Milbank’s lawyers meet the needs of its clients by offering a highly integrated and collaborative range of services across key practice groups throughout its global network. Milbank’s integrated practice is underpinned by its attorneys’ acknowledged technical excellence, sectorial experience and a strong tradition of innovation and client service.
