Lawyers of Clifford Chance's Prague office have advised European Investment Bank (EIB) on its up to EUR 50m equity investment into Inven Capital, an internally managed, qualified-investor, Czech SICAV fund, fully-owned by the regional energy group CEZ, to support the growth of clean energy and smart technology SMEs and midcaps.
Linklaters has advised a consortium of banks on the financing of the acquisition of Paysafe Group Plc by Blackstone and CVC. Paysafe is a leading global online payments services company serving more than 125,000 merchants in over 100 countries and this transaction is one of the largest public-to-private takeovers of the year and one of the top 10 largest European LBO's of 2017.
Schulte represented UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as administrative agent, and UBS Securities LLC, as sole lead arranger, in connection with a $420-million U.S. dollar-denominated term loan, a €200-million euro-denominated term loan and a $20-million revolving credit facility for affiliates of ION Investment Group in their acquisition of a controlling stake in Dealogic from affiliates of The Carlyle Group and certain other owners. Dealogic is a global provider of data and analytics for capital markets.
Transaction solidifies Firm's leading position as international legal advisor for 4G financings.
Clifford Chance advised Goldman Sachs and a group of Colombian lenders on the approximately US$708 million (debt and equity) multisource financing for the construction of the 4G ("Fourth Generation") Antioquia-Bolívar highway in Colombia, also known as Ruta al Mar. This transaction is the seventh 4G project financing handled by the Firm out of eight that have obtained international financing.
Allen & Overy LLP has advised M.M. Warburg & CO (AG & Co.) KGaA, Hamburg (Warburg) on the sale of its subsidiaries Warburg Invest Luxembourg S.A. and M.M. Warburg & CO Luxembourg S.A. to Apex Group Ltd. (Apex), a portfolio company of Genstar Capital. The target entities have USD 50 billion assets under administration. The transaction follows Apex’s acquisition of Deutsche Bank’s Alternative Fund Services business in 2017.
Warburg and Apex will form a strategic partnership for Luxembourg based asset management services businesses.
Shearman & Sterling represented The Bank of Nova Scotia in connection with its registered offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.5% senior notes due 2021 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of floating rate senior notes due 2021.
The Bank of Nova Scotia is Canada’s international bank and a leading financial services provider in North America, Latin America, the Caribbean and Central America, and parts of Asia, offering a broad range of advice, products and services to its approximately 23 million customers around the world.
Slaughter and May, Hong Kong, advised Credit Suisse (Hong Kong) Limited, as manager, in relation to the HK$928.2 million secondary block trade of shares in Xiabuxiabu Catering Management (China) Holdings Co., Ltd. held by General Atlantic Singapore Fund Pte. Ltd. The block trade represents approximately 6.3% of the issued share capital of Xiabuxiabu Catering Management (China) Holdings Co., Ltd.
Mayer Brown JSM acted as the legal adviser for Essence Corporate Finance (Hong Kong) Limited as Sole Sponsor in relation to China Futex Holdings Limited’s listing on Growth Enterprise Market (GEM) of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
China Futex is engaged in the research and development, manufacturing and sales of both single and double circular knitting machines.
The Mayer Brown JSM team was led by Corporate & Securities partner Derek Tsang.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has jointly advised Nomura International plc on Zhejiang Geely Holding Group's (Geely) acquisition of the activist fund Cevian Capital's entire shareholding in AB Volvo, the leading global manufacturer of trucks and the largest listed company in Sweden.
International legal practice Osborne Clarke has advised corporate finance and investment firm, TradeRisks, on arranging and implementing £75.2m of fixed and indexed rate notes to assist Arlington Investors with their purchase of boutique student accommodation provider, Study Inn Group.