Mayer Brown has advised AIM listed Velocys plc, the company at the forefront of smaller scale gas-to-liquids (GLT), on its equity fundraising of £52 million by way of a placing.
Velocys will use the proceeds of the placing to further accelerate the adoption of the company’s technology following announcement of its first commercial project.
Global legal practice Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Sierra Oil & Gas S. de R.L. de C.V. (Sierra), Mexico's first independent exploration and production company in relation to the US$525 million investment commitment made by private equity firms: Riverstone Holdings LLC (Riverstone), EnCap Investments (EnCap), and Infraestructura Institucional (I2).
DLA Piper has advised ASX and AIM-listed Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited (ASX:CFU) on its pro rata renounceable rights issue to raise a maximum of approximately AU$13.7 million.
White & Case LLP is advising GDF SUEZ subsidiary and leading engineering company Tractebel Engineering on the acquisition of Germany-based Lahmeyer, specializing in energy and water infrastructure.
Upon completion of the project, the group will become a leading world player in consultancy engineering services specialized in energy and infrastructure, with a staff of 4,400 experts, a local presence in 34 countries and €600 million in expected annual revenues.
Trowers & Hamlins is delighted to report that the Shuweihat S3 Power Plant in Abu Dhabi has achieved commercial operational status, adding key power generation capacity to the Emirate.
Slaughter and May, working as a team with Uría Menéndez, advised Aigües de Barcelona, part of the AGBAR group of companies, on the issue of EUR 200 million 1.944% notes due 2021 (the Notes).
Eversheds has advised energy company RWE Innogy UK Limited, in obtaining consent for the construction and operation of Clocaenog Forest Wind Farm in North Wales.
The wind farm will consist of up to 32 turbines connected to an onsite substation, and will have the capacity to generate up to 96 megawatts of electrical output. The size of the project means that it was classified as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (“NSIP”), which required a ‘development consent order’ under procedures governed by the Planning Act 2008.
New York, NY/ Houston, TX - Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented SHD Oil & Gas, LLC, an exploration and production company focused on the Bakken Shale play, in amending its notes facility to increase the outstanding amount to $200 million.
Leveraged Finance partner Michael Chernick and Energy partner James Vallee led the Paul Hastings team, which also included Tax partner Greg Nelson, of counsel Lindsay Sparks, attorney Catherine Patton and associates Kim Hicks and Alexandra Ciganer.
Shearman & Sterling acted as designated lenders’ counsel in connection with the $600 million bridge financing for Gasoducto Sur Peruano S.A.’s southern gas pipeline project in Peru. The bridge financing is expected to be taken out by a $3.8 billion project financing. This financing is expected to be one of the largest non-recourse financings in the region.
Bingham’s Tokyo office advised on the integration of one of Japan’s largest LPG ventures. The firm represented Sumitomo Corporation and three major Japanese refiners — Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd., Showa Shell Sekiyu K. K. and TonenGeneral Sekiyu K. K. (Esso/Mobil) — in the integration of their liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) wholesale operations and retail business.