Law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP has advised Tractebel on its acquisition of a 70 percent stake in RED Engineering, a company which designs mechanical, electrical and public health services for infrastructure, new buildings and upgrade projects.

Red is headquartered in the UK, with operations in Dubai, Singapore and Manila, and has delivered more than 200 data centre project designs.

Tractebel is a global engineering company headquartered in Brussels, specialising in energy and infrastructure and is part of the ENGIE group.

International law firm Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised OMV AG (”OMV”) and OMV (U.K.) Limited (“OMV UK”), a subsidiary of OMV, on achieving completion of the divestment of a thirty per cent (30%) interest in the Rosebank Field and related Licences (the “Assets”) to Suncor Energy UK Limited for a consideration, subject to adjustments, of up to US$215m (US$50m at completion and up to US$165m upon the final investment decision on the development of the Rosebank Field).

International law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Cuadrilla on its successful appeals against Lancashire County Council's refusal to grant planning permission for shale gas exploration works at its Preston New Road exploration site in Lancashire and related monitoring works.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Air Liquide on its first Yankee bond offering, comprising five series of notes for a total amount of US$4.5 billion.

The notes have maturities ranging from three to 30 years and bear interest at rates between 1.375 percent and 3.5 percent. The proceeds of the offering will contribute to the refinancing of the acquisition of Airgas, and to sustainably finance the Group's long term growth.

Dechert LLP served as legal advisor to OCI Company Ltd. of Seoul, Korea in connection with its acquisition of a 100% equity interest of Tokuyama Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. from Tokuyama Corporation based in Japan. Tokuyama Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tokuyama Corporation in Malaysia and engaged in the production and sales of solar cell-grade polycrystalline silicon.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright, working with Norwegian law firm Thommessen AS, has advised BP on the combination of its Norwegian subsidiary BP Norge’s business with Det norkse Oljeselskap ASA to create Aker BP. The deal closed on September 30, 2016. Aker BP is now the largest Norwegian independent oil and gas producer, independently listed on Oslo Stock Exchange and 30% owned by BP and 40% by Aker.

A Squire Patton Boggs team served as bond counsel to the DC Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) in its issuance of the nation's first Environmental Impact Bond (EIB). The EIB will fund the initial green infrastructure project in the DC Clean Rivers Project, a $2.6 billion program to control stormwater runoff and improve the District's water quality.

Freshfields has advised RWE/Essent in its litigation against the Dutch government on a measure which would impose a tax on use of coal in coal-fired electricity plants

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (‘Freshfields’) has advised RWE/Essent in its litigation against the Dutch government on a measure which would impose a tax on use of coal in coal-fired electricity plants (‘Dutch coal tax’). RWE/Essent is the largest energy company in The Netherlands.

Our Houston office represented Vega Energy Partners, Ltd. in its divestiture of its 15 percent interest in Stonewall Gas Gathering, a West Virginia pipeline company, to DTE Energy.

The deal was a part of a larger transaction totaling US$1.3 billion between DTE Energy, M3 Midstream and Vega, in which DTE also purchased a 40 percent interest of SGG and 100 percent interest of Appalachia Gathering System from M3 Midstream.

ABB has agreed to divest its global high-voltage cable business to NKT Cables at an enterprise value of approximately EUR 836 million.

The business produces and supplies turnkey solutions with respect to high-voltage submarine and underground cables and includes a state-of-the art manufacturing and R&D facility in Karlskrona, Sweden.

The transaction is subject to certain customary conditions.