Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised BNP Paribas, Natixis and Société Générale, as joint global coordinators, on the €700 million offering of 2.625% senior notes due 2025 by Faurecia, a French automotive parts manufacturer.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (‘Freshfields’) has advised China Zheshang Bank Co., Ltd. (‘China Zheshang Bank’) on its placing of 759m new H-shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The transaction closed today (29th March 2018) and raised approximately US$464m.
The placing shares represent around 4.05 per cent of the total issued share capital of China Zheshang Bank as enlarged by the allotment and issue of the placing shares. China Zheshang Bank plans to use the proceeds of the placement to replenish the core tier-one capital.
Kyiv—Dentons advised BNP Paribas and a syndicate of six other international banks on a US$195,000,000 three-year pre-export secured revolving facility to Ferrexpo. The financing will be used by Ferrexpo for general corporate purposes.
Dentons’ cross-border team from offices was led by Partners Evgenia Laurson and Natalia Selyakova, and included Partner Udayan Mukherjee, Counsels Nadiya Shylienkova and Dennis Montgomery, and Associates Olga Sokolova and Artem Lukyanov.
Clifford Chance acted for US private equity investor J.C. Flowers & Co as selling shareholder in the IPO and listing on Euronext Amsterdam of ordinary shares in the capital of NIBC Holding N.V. ("NIBC"), a mid-sized Dutch bank with a focused mid-market corporate and retail product offering. NIBC operates in the Northwest European markets, with a focus on the Netherlands and Germany.
Reed Smith represented global investment servicing company Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, headquartered in Chicago, in connection with its successful sale to Luxembourg-based Alter Domus Group, a leading provider of fund administration and corporate services.
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Leading global law firm Baker McKenzie is advising FTSE 250 company BGEO Group PLC on the demerger of its investment business from the banking business. This will involve the insertion of a new parent company by way of scheme of arrangement and premium listings of both banking and investment businesses. It is currently expected that both will be FTSE 250 companies. Announced yesterday and, subject to shareholder approval, expected to close in May 2018, this will be the first demerger by way of scheme of arrangement involving London premium listed companies since 2012.
Paris office represents the European Investment Bank (EIB) on its €20 million financing of MedinCell, an innovative French biotech company specializing in injectable medical treatments with controlled and extended action.
Willkie recently advised EIB on its €20 million financing of MedinCell. The financing will enable MedinCell to develop innovative injectable controlled-acting and prolonged treatments in order to replace daily medication with subcutaneous or localized injections and improve the quality of life of patients.
Baker McKenzie advised the financiers on the project financing of the Bulgana Green Power Hub (BGPH) in Victoria, an integrated wind farm and battery storage facility - Neoen's largest single-stage project in Australia. Located in Stawell, regional Victoria, the BGPH will comprise a 194 MW wind farm with Siemens-Gamesa wind turbines, combined with a 20 MW / 34 MWh lithium-ion battery provided by Tesla.
Allen & Overy LLP has advised Barclays Bank PLC as co-ordinator and agent on a syndicated revolving credit facility for ADO Properties S.A., a Luxembourg-based real estate company operating primarily in Berlin, in the amount of 175 million euro.
The financing bank syndicate further consisted of ABN AMRO Bank N.V., BNP Paribas S.A. Niederlassung Deutschland and Société Générale S.A., Frankfurt Branch, acting as mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners.
Dentons is pleased to have advised the syndicate of underwriters, BofA Merrill Lynch, Citi, Morgan Stanley, SMBC Nikko, ABN AMRO and RBC Capital Markets, on the issue by RELX PLC ("RELX") of €500 million 1.500 per cent guaranteed bonds due 2027.