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Analog Devices’s $2.1 Billion Registered Senior Debt Offering

December 05, 2016

Cravath represented the underwriters, led by J.P. Morgan Securities, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, in connection with the US$2.1 billion registered senior debt offering of Analog Devices, Inc., a world leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of a broad portfolio of high performance analog, mixed‑signal and digital signal processing integrated circuits used in virtually all types of electronic equipment. Proceeds of the offering will be used to finance the pending acquisition of Linear Technology Corporation by Analog Devices, Inc. The transaction closed on December 5, 2016.

The Cravath team included partners William J. Whelan III and William V. Fogg and associates Benjamin S. Persina, Tamara S. Smallman and Alan Campbell on securities matters and associate Joyce Y. Kim on tax matters.

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William J. Whelan III
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Corporate
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Retired Partner
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wwhelan@cravath.com
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+1-212-474-1999
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    Education

    • J.D., 1983, Fordham University School of Law
      cum laude
    • B.A., 1980, University of Virginia
      with Distinction
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    William V. Fogg
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      Education

      • J.D., 1991, Columbia Law School
        Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
      • A.B., 1988, Brown University
        magna cum laude

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