Gowling WLG has served as the legal adviser on one of the largest new-build nuclear power construction projects in the world: the El Dabaa project in Egypt, worth more than US$30 billion.

Gowling WLG acted for Rosatom State Corporation and its subsidiaries in successfully concluding the negotiation of the transaction. The project was formally announced in Egypt today at a ceremony attended by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin.

High-profile IPO is expected to be one of the largest in Germany for many years.

Latham & Watkins is advising Siemens AG on the Initial Public Offering of its medical technology unit. The IPO is planned for the first half of 2018 on the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, and is expected to be one of the largest IPOs in Germany for many years.

Skadden is representing Engen Limited, a South African oil and gas company and a member of the Petronas group, in the sale of certain downstream assets in 10 countries in Africa to Vivo Energy, a company owned by Vitol and Helios Investment Partners, in exchange for a minority stake in Vivo.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Greencoat UK Wind PLC (Greencoat UKW), the leading listed renewable infrastructure fund, in connection with a £340 million equity offering which forms part of Greencoat UKW’s new share issuance programme and the acquisitions in 2017 of eight wind farms:

    five wind farms (80% stake in Deeping St Nicholas – 16.4MW, Red House – 12.3MW, Glass Moor – 16.4MW, Red Tile – 24.6MW and Bicker Fen – 26.7MW) from EDF Energy Renewables for a total consideration of £98 million;

White & Case LLP has advised EN+, a leading international vertically integrated aluminium and power producer with core assets located in Russia, on the offering of global depositary receipts admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange and the Moscow Exchange.

The total size of the transaction, which is the largest Russian IPO globally since 2012, amounts to US$1.5 billion at the offer price, of which US$1 billion is primary proceeds and US$0.5 billion is a secondary component, excluding the over-allotment option.

Linklaters is advising the CGG group, a leading geosciences services provider, and its Paris and NYSE-listed parent company, CGG S.A. (“CGG”) on one of the largest ever restructurings of a French listed company. The multi-jurisdictional structure of the group, the number of stakeholders involved and the size and variety of the financial debt being treated also make it particularly complex.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Offshore Energy Pty Ltd (Offshore) on its strategic partnership for the development of Australia's first offshore wind project.

Offshore has entered into a formal partnership with Danish infrastructure fund Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners to develop the 'Star of the South' offshore wind farm.

The international law firm BEITEN BURKHARDT has advised Energiedienst Holding AG on the acquisition of 60 per cent of the shares in Messerschmid Energiesysteme GmbH. The parties have agreed not to disclose the transaction volume.

A team led by Carlo Montella with Cristina Martorana, Andrea Gentili, Celeste Mellone, Marcello Montresor and Simonetta Formentini assisted ForVEI, a JV between Foresight and VEI Green, in a competitive auction that identified ERG Power Generation, a subsidiary of ERG, as buyer of the entire share capital of ForVEI.

Orrick has advised German energy group STEAG on the purchase of the Krantz business segment from Finish Caverion Group. The purchase was carried out through STEAG Energy Services (SES).

By integrating products and services of Krantz, SES is primarily expanding its position in the market segment of nuclear technologies. Furthermore, SES is gaining access to previously undeveloped HVAC market segments while im-proving its international network to countries like Japan and the UK.