Dianrong is a leading online marketplace connecting millions of borrowers and lenders from China.

Bank of Gansu is the only provincial city commercial bank in Gansu province, a region that occupies a key position in Northwest China.

Latham & Watkins has advised Bank of Gansu Co., Ltd. (Bank of Gansu) on its approximate HK$6 billion initial public offering on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

Davis Polk advised the representatives of the several underwriters, in an SEC-registered offering by Ensco plc of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of its 7.75% senior notes due 2026.

Davis Polk also advised the dealer managers in connection with Ensco’s concurrent cash tender offer for its outstanding 8.50% senior notes due 2019, 6.875% senior notes due 2020 and 4.70% senior notes due 2021. The tender offer was funded with the proceeds of the notes offering.

Morrison & Foerster served as sole counsel to SoftBank in facilitating the successful close of SoftBank’s primary and secondary investment in Uber, the largest ever private secondary transaction in the technology space.

The MoFo deal team was led by Suz Mac Cormac, a partner in the firm’s San Francisco office, and included partner Alex Kaufman (Palo Alto), partner Noah Carr (Tokyo) and Ken Siegel, managing partner of the firm’s Tokyo office.

Ashurst LLP advised J.P. Morgan Securities PLC et Nomura Bank International PLC on the refinancing of the existing debt of Financière CEP group.

The operation involved a €630 million senior facilities debt and €120 million of second lien notes.

It was completed on 16 January 2018.

Ashurst LLP advised J.P. Morgan Securities PLC et Nomura Bank International PLC on the refinancing of the existing debt of Financière CEP group.

The operation involved a €630 million senior facilities debt and €120 million of second lien notes.

It was completed on 16 January 2018.

Ashurst LLP advised J.P. Morgan Securities PLC et Nomura Bank International PLC on the refinancing of the existing debt of Financière CEP group.

The operation involved a €630 million senior facilities debt and €120 million of second lien notes.

It was completed on 16 January 2018.

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang in Kyiv is pleased to announce that our law firm has recently advised the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on improvement of energy efficiency of public buildings in Ukraine. The city of Kremenchuk in central Ukraine is the first municipality to receive funding under the EBRD’s Public Sector Energy Efficiency Financing Framework (PSEEF). EBRD will provide loan financing of up to €7.5m and a €1.5m grant to the Communal Enterprise “Kremenchuk Municipal Energy Service Company”.

Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented the underwriters in the US$1 billion GDR offering by Kakao Corp., the operator of leading mobile and online platforms in Korea. This marks the largest overseas-listed equity offering by a Korean issuer in a decade.

The GDRs will be listed on the Singapore Exchange, while the underlying common shares will be listed on the Korea Exchange.

Sidley has advised on the initial public offering of Zhenro Properties Group Limited (Zhenro Properties) on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. Our clients were CCB International Capital Limited, Guotai Junan Securities (Hong Kong) Limited and Haitong International Securities Company Limited as the underwriters of the transaction. The total offering amount was HK$3.99 billion (excluding over-allotment).