Allen & Overy advised the joint lead managers in Oil India Limited’s USD550 million 5.125% bond offering, which was issued under Regulation S of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933.

Oil India Limited is the second largest national oil and gas company in India as measured by total proved plus probable oil and natural gas reserves and production. The joint lead managers consisted of Barclays Bank PLC, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Standard Chartered Bank, Mizuho Securities Asia Limited and MUFG.

Frankfurt am Main, 14 February 2019 – The international law firm BEITEN BURKHARDT has advised a subsidiary of Frankfurter Volksbank   Germany's second largest Volksbank   on the acquisition of the 'Voltapark' project in Bockenheim, one of Frankfurt's city districts, by way of a forward deal. The seller has engaged BFL Investment to take over the entire project development as general contractor for the building project, and to manage the sales process. The parties have agreed to keep the transaction volume confidential.

International law firm Simmons & Simmons has advised Citi, as arranger and joint lead manager, and BAML, Barclays and J.P. Morgan as joint lead managers on the UK Government’s £3.7bn securitisation of income contingent student loans.

Cravath represented the initial purchasers, led by Citigroup and NatWest Markets, in connection with the EU400 million Regulation S high-yield senior notes add-on offering of Smurfit Kappa Acquisitions Unlimited Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Smurfit Kappa Group plc, one of the world's largest integrated manufacturers of paper-based packaging products. The notes were listed on the Irish Stock Exchange. The transaction closed on February 4, 2019.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Goldman Sachs, as financial advisor to Credito Fondiario and structuring agent to Elliott, on their successful bid to acquire a portfolio of non-performing loans (NPLs) from Banco BPM for a nominal amount of €7.8 billion, and establishing an NPL servicing platform to manage the acquired portfolio and 80 percent of any new NPLs originated by Banco BPM in the next ten years.

Hogan Lovells assisted Generalfinance S.p.A., a financial intermediary entered in the Register under art. 106 of Legislative Decree 385/93, in the negotiation and execution of a medium long-term revolving facility agreement with Banco BPM S.p.A., Creval S.p.A. and UBI Banca S.p.A. (as Mandated Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners and Lending Banks) and with Banca Centropadana Credito Cooperativo – Società Cooperativa, BPER Banca S.p.A., Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A., and Banca Sella S.p.A.

Mayer Brown represented Mongolian Mortgage Corporation HFC LLC, the only finance company licensed to issue asset-backed securities and the sole RMBS issuer in Mongolia, on its debut US$250 million unsecured bond offering and subsequent tap issuance for an additional US$50 million.

The issuer plans to use at least 90 percent of the net proceeds from the offering to purchase mortgages with recourse and the remaining portion for general corporate purchases.

Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised an international consortium comprising Commerz Real AG (“Commerz Real”), Ingka Group and German investment companies KGAL Group (“KGAL”) and wpd invest GmbH (“wpd invest”) on the acquisition of an 80% stake in the Veja Mate offshore wind farm. Together with the existing project financing taken up by Veja Mate offshore wind farm, the transaction volume for the Veja Mate project totals approx. €2.3bn.