Slaughter and May, Hong Kong, advised Credit Suisse (Hong Kong) Limited, as manager, in relation to the HK$1.27 billion secondary placing of shares in Genscript Biotech Corporation held by KPCB China Fund, L.P. and KPCB China Founders Fund, L.P. The placing represents approximately 2.6% of the issued share capital of Genscript Biotech Corporation.

Genscript Biotech Corporation is a leading biotech company focusing exclusively on early drug discovery and development services and is listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

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Allen & Overy is advising Goldman Sachs International as the arranger providing the financing for Compagnie Financière Richemont SA (Richemont) as it launches an EUR2.6 billion voluntary public tender offer to acquire all ordinary shares of Yoox Net-A-Porter Group that it doesn’t already own.

HONG KONG – Allen & Overy advised CLSA, J.P. Morgan and UBS as underwriters in connection with the issuance by Lodha Developers of an additional USD125 million of high yield notes, which form a single series with the previously issued USD200 million of notes. The notes are guaranteed by Lodha Developers Private Limited and certain of its subsidiaries and are listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange. Proceeds from the tap offering will be used to refinance Lodha’s existing debt.

Ashurst advised UniCredit Bank AG (Unicredit) as Mandated Lead Arranger and Documentation Agent for a consortium of banks on the €350m facilities agreement for with Koenig & Bauer AG. The financing is Koenig & Bauer's debut in the syndicated credit market.

Ashurst is advising Centerview Partners UK LLP in relation to the £3.9 billion recommended cash and share offer for UBM plc by Informa PLC.
 

Ashurst advised The Bank of New York Mellon as trustee and in its agency capacities in connection with various classes of notes issued by Harvest XVIII CLO DAC, totalling €412.7 million and due in 2030. 

The Ashurst team was led by corporate trust (DCM) partner Malcolm Charles, assisted by associates Ciaran Vinaccia and Sophia Bathgate.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (‘Freshfields’) has advised Prudential Holdings Limited (‘Prudential’), a subsidiary of Prudential plc, on its US$151m auction sale of 100 per cent of Prudential Vietnam Finance Company Limited (‘Prudential Vietnam Finance’), a Vietnam-based consumer finance business, for US$151m.  The purchaser is Shinhan Card Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of the Shinhan Financial Group (a leading Korean financial institution), and the sale is subject to regulatory approvals.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (‘Freshfields’) has advised Prudential Holdings Limited (‘Prudential’), a subsidiary of Prudential plc, on its US$151m auction sale of 100 per cent of Prudential Vietnam Finance Company Limited (‘Prudential Vietnam Finance’), a Vietnam-based consumer finance business, for US$151m.  The purchaser is Shinhan Card Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of the Shinhan Financial Group (a leading Korean financial institution), and the sale is subject to regulatory approvals.

Ashurst is advising Centerview Partners UK LLP in relation to the £3.9 billion recommended cash and share offer for UBM plc by Informa PLC.
 

Ashurst advised UniCredit Bank AG (Unicredit) as Mandated Lead Arranger and Documentation Agent for a consortium of banks on the €350m facilities agreement for with Koenig & Bauer AG. The financing is Koenig & Bauer's debut in the syndicated credit market.