Ljubljana, 23 September 2016 - Wolf Theiss Ljubljana has advised SOCIETA' ITALIANA ACETILENE E DERIVATI S.I.A.D. S.p.A. on its successful acquisition of ISTRABENZ PLINI d.o.o.

Wolf Theiss advised on transaction documentation, negotiation of the SPA, escrow arrangements as well as the merger filing in Slovenia. After already having a 49% share, SIAD with this acquisition became the sole owner of ISTRABENZ PLINI. The transaction closed on 7 September 2016.

On 28 September 2016, the Amsterdam District Court granted a motion to dismiss for lack of international jurisdiction filed by BP in a securities class action initiated by VEB. VEB had requested a declaratory judgment on the basis of Article 3:305a Dutch Civil Code regarding BP’s liability towards investors who bought, sold, or held BP Ordinary Shares in the period running up to and just after the 2010 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil platform.

Over the last two years, Ashurst Tokyo has been advising Caribbean Gas Chemical Limited (CGCL) in relation to the project financing of a methanol (and dimethyl ether) production facility at the Union Industrial Estate in the La Brea area of southern Trinidad, in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

Project financing has been obtained from The Japan Bank for International Cooperation together with cofinancing provided by The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. and certain other commercial lenders with an overall debt facility of USD693 million.

China General Nuclear Power Corporation 's ('CGN') investment into the UK's first new nuclear power station for a generation which signs today, sees the culmination of three years of work for law firm Ashurst on this ground breaking project.

Ashurst is advising CGN on its investment into Hinkley Point C, the establishment of a broader UK partnership for the development of new nuclear power stations at Sizewell in Suffolk and Bradwell in Essex and a key joint venture designed to bring Chinese nuclear technology to the UK for future projects.

Leading global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has advised China's United Photovoltaics Group Limited on the acquisition of six solar farms in the United Kingdom.

The solar farms are located in the UK counties of Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and Cumbria and have a combined capacity of about 82.4mw.

HKEX-listed United PV is a leading investor and operator focusing on photovoltaics power plants in China, and its single largest shareholder is China Merchants Group.

CHSH Cerha Hempel Spiegelfeld Hlawati Rechtsanwälte GmbH advised Austrian publicly listed OMV in connection with the sale of a 49% stake in Gas Connect Austria GmbH (GCA) to a consortium formed by the German Allianz Group and Snam, Italy’s gas infrastructure operator.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Air Liquide on the US law aspects of its €3.3 billion rights issue with preferential subscription rights.

Air Liquide is the world leader in gases, technologies and services for industry and health, present in 80 countries with around 68,000 employees and more than three million customers and patients. During 2015 it generated revenue of €16.4 billion.

International law firm Taylor Wessing has advised new client Fabrinet on its acquisition of Exception EMS, a UK-based contract manufacturer of printed circuit board assemblies (PCBA’s) for approximately $13.5 million. Fabrinet provides optical packaging and precision optical, electro-mechanical and electronic manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of complex products, such as optical communication components, modules and sub-systems, industrial lasers, medical devices and sensors.

Baker & McKenzie has advised Sundance Energy Australia Limited, an ASX-listed Australian corporation with oil & gas operations in the United States, on the listing of its shares, as represented by American Depositary Receipts, on Nasdaq.

Sydney-based US Corporate Partner Andrew Reilly led the transaction with support from associates Heath Trisdale in Houston and Anna Kramer in Sydney.

Gernandt & Danielsson advises General Electric in connection with its public takeover offer to the shareholders of Arcam Aktiebolag (publ) in a total value of approximately SEK 5.86 billion