Slaughter and May advised Aquis Exchange, an independent pan-European equities trading exchange, on its new lease of offices at 75/77 Cornhill, London, EC3V 3QQ.
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Real Estate: John Nevin (partner); Helen White (associate).
Clifford Chance has advised National Bank of Kuwait S.A.K.P. (NBK) on the establishment of its US$3 billion Global Medium Term Note (GMTN) programme and its inaugural Rule 144A/Regulation S international debt capital markets issuance thereunder.
Walder Wyss advises Evolute Group AG, Zug, on its Series A financing round. The financing round amounts to CHF 6 mio. and was subscribed by investors from the financial and start-up sector.
Gide advised BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole CIB, Natixis and Société Générale as Joint Lead Managers, on the issuance by SEB of its 500 million 1.50 per cent. notes due May 2024 admitted to trading on Euronext Paris.
Gide’s team was led by Hubert du Vignaux (partner) assisted by Laurent Vincent (counsel), Aude-Laurène Dourdain and Juliette Pierre (associates).
Baker McKenzie acted for UBS as the sole Lead Manager and Underwriter to Qube's $350 million equity raising. Funds raised will be directed to Qube's development at Moorebank - the largest intermodal precinct in Australia, along with other growth projects.
Baker McKenzie lead partner, Lauren Magraith stated:
We were delighted to act for our client, UBS, as the sole Lead Manager and Underwriter on another raising for Qube Holdings
Volati has signed an agreement to acquire the shares in Akademibokhandeln Holding AB.
The purchase consideration for 100% of the shares amounts to SEK 263 million. The acquisition will take place at an estimated enterprise value (EV) of about SEK 760 million. The management will remain as shareholders, with holdings amounting to around 5.2% of the shares in Akademibokhandeln Holding AB. The acquisition is conditional on approval from the Swedish Competition Authority.
On May 22 and May 24, 2017, UBS conducted an issuer substitution under approximately USD 17.3 bn bail-inable (TLAC) notes (the "Notes") issued by UBS Group Funding (Jersey) Limited (the "Old Issuer") and guaranteed by UBS Group AG, where the Old Issuer was substituted with UBS Group Funding (Switzerland) AG (the "New Issuer"), a fully owned subsidiary of UBS Group AG.
Credit Suisse AG acted as sole manager. The bonds will be listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange.
Homburger acted as counsel to Credit Suisse AG. The Homburger team consisted of partners René Bösch (Financial Services), Stefan Oesterhelt (Tax) and counsel Eduard De Zordi (Financial Services).
WARSAW — Allen & Overy has advised International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, in relation to its EUR 137 million investment in subordinated green bonds issued by Bank Zachodni WBK, to expand its capital base and increase its capacity to finance climate-related projects.
Ashurst has advised peer-to-peer lending platform operator, RateSetter, on an arrangement with the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) who will invest A$20 million to fund "green loans".
The green loans will fund households and businesses wanting to buy clean energy products and represents a unique partnership between a government authority and a leading fintech lending platform.