Hannes Snellman acted as counsel to Sentica’s portfolio company Trust Kapital, a company specializing in receivables lifecycle management and financing, in its acquisition of Enfo Zender, Enfo Oyj’s information logistics subsidiary. In the transaction, Enfo Zender’s information logistics business, including business operations and customers, is transferred to Trust Kapital.

Hannes Snellman acted as counsel to a fund managed by J.P. Morgan Asset Management in its disposal of a 11,200 sqm office property in Helsinki to a fund managed by Genesta.

Our core team in Helsinki comprised Tapio Teräkivi, Maria Lassenius, Heikki Vesikansa, Katja Heikkinen, Ninja Heikkilä, Janne Veneranta and Tuuli Pikkarainen.

Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier advised Banca Leonardo S.p.A. in the context of the execution of a binding agreement for the sale of 100% of Banque Leonardo S.A share capital, French subsidiary of Banca Leonardo S.p.A.

Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier advised Banca Leonardo S.p.A in the context of the execution of a binding agreement setting the terms and conditions of the purchase by UBS of 100% of the share capital of Banque Leonardo S.A., its French subsidiary.

Slaughter and May, London and Hong Kong, advised Standard Chartered PLC on its issue of US$1 billion Fixed Rate Resetting Perpetual Subordinated Contingent Convertible Securities. The Securities are convertible into ordinary shares of Standard Chartered PLC if at any time Standard Chartered PLC determines that its Common Equity Tier 1 ratio, calculated on a consolidated and fully loaded basis, is less than 7.00 per cent. The Securities are listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Bank of Cyprus today announced that its total issued share capital of 446.199.933 ordinary shares of nominal value €0,10 each has been admitted to trading on the Main Market for listed securities of the London Stock Exchange ("LSE") and to trading on the Main Market of the Cyprus Stock Exchange. 

Jason Manketo, Capital Markets partner at Linklaters, says: “Bank of Cyprus’s listing on the London Stock Exchange sends a strong signal to the market about investor confidence in the UK’s capital markets despite Brexit.”

Baker McKenzie assisted FCA Bank in the reorganisation of its activities in Ireland, through the conversion of FCA Capital Ireland Plc into the Irish branch of FCA Bank S.p.A. The operation aims to rationalize and simplify the governance assets of the bank’s activities outside of national borders.

Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Huatai Financial Holdings Limited (Huatai Financial) as the financial adviser to the offeror, a company controlled by Inner Mongolia Yili, on its acquisition and mandatory cash offers (the Offers) for China Shengmu Organic Milk (China Shengmu). China Shengmu is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange.

Private equity investors Advent International and Bain Capital have acquired all shares in the leading German payment solutions provider Concardis GmbH headquartered in Eschborn/Frankfurt. Sellers are numerous representatives of the German banking sector, amongst others Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, DZ Bank and the German Savings Bank Association (DSGV). Closing of the transaction is subject to the approval of the supervisory authorities.

A GvW team headed by Lead Partner Dr Markus Rasner advised Concardis on all legal aspects of the transaction.

Shearman & Sterling represented Barclays Capital Inc., Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mizuho Securities USA Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC and SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. as joint book-running managers and BB Securities Ltd.

Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised HSH Nordbank on the financing of the acquisition by Railpool of 196 type BR 151 and BR 155 electric locomotives from DB Cargo. The locomotives will be partly let back to DB Cargo under a capacity take-off agreement. The transaction is co-sponsored by Toshiba.

Munich-based Railpool is a full service lessor of locomotives jointly owned by funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management L.P. and by the Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC.