Clifford Chance has advised Citigroup, as Structuring Adviser and Global Coordinator, BNP Paribas and SEB, as Joint Global Coordinators, and Barclays, BofA Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs International and Nordea, as Joint Bookrunners, on the issue of almost SEK 15 billion hybrid securities by Telia Company, a leading telecommunications group in the Nordic and Baltic region, and a leading provider of mobile services in Eurasia, headquartered in Sweden.

Clifford Chance advised the underwriters, IDFC Bank, Credit Suisse India, ICICI Securities, and IndiaInfoline (IIFL), on the international law aspects of IRB InvIT Fund's US$785 million IPO on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE). This is India's first ever infrastructure investment trust. The transaction established a new form of funding for infrastructure developers in India.

Led by their Frankfurt based Partners Michael Schlitt and Tim Brandi, Hogan Lovells advised Bank of America Merrill Lynch on a fairness opinion in relation to the integration of 1&1 Telecommunication SE into Drillisch AG under the umbrella of United Internet AG.

Gide advised Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank in connection with the issuance of two tranches of bonds by Kaufman & Broad for a total amount of EUR 150 million admitted to trading on the Marché Libre of Euronext Paris.

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank was the sole arranger of this Euro PP financing.

Gide’s team was led by Hubert du Vignaux (partner), assisted by Bastien Raisse and Louis Ravaud (associates).

Kaufman & Broad was advised by White & Case.

Frankfurt, May 18, 2017 – The international law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP has advised the Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG) on the sale of its shares in ZGS Verwaltungs-GmbH (Schülerhilfe). The shares in Schülerhilfe are acquired by Oakley Capital Private Equity, whose portfolio includes numerous private schools.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Citibank as Bond Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar, Offshore Security Agent and Coordination Agent on the issuance of a US$814 million bond with a 22 year maturity by ACWA Power Management and Investments One Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ACWA Power.

The Firm also advised Arab National Bank in its capacity as Onshore Security Agent, holding security in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Frankfurt, May 18, 2017 – The international law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP has advised an international banking consortium led by Bank of Ireland, NIBC and UniCredit as mandated lead arrangers on the refinancing of the Hofmann Menu Group. The deal volume amounts to over EUR 200 million. The financing documentation is structured as a "Term Loan B" financing under English law.

Davis Polk advised Nederlandse Waterschapsbank Bank N.V. in connection with the annual update of its €60 billion Rule 144A/Regulation S debt issuance program. In the 12 months prior to the update, Davis Polk advised NWB Bank in connection with senior notes issuances totaling $5.65 billion.

Schoenherr has advised Erste Group Bank AG ("Erste Group"), one of the leading financial service providers in Central and Eastern Europe, on the financing of the leveraged buyout of Austrian sensor technology manufacturer Frauscher Sensortechnik GmbH ("Frauscher Sensortechnik") by New York-based Greenbriar Equity Group LLC ("Greenbriar").
 
Schoenherr acted as lead counsel to the agent and original lender Erste Group with respect to the structuring and implementation of the leveraged buyout financing under Austrian law.
 

Clifford Chance US LLP advised Mexican development bank Banco Nacional de Obras y Servicios Públicos ("Banobras") and EKF Denmark's Export Credit Agency ("EKF") in the approximately USD 466 million refinancing of two wind farms to be constructed by Energía Eólica del Sur in the municipalities of Juchitan and El Espinal in the state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico.