Baker & McKenzie has acted as counsel for Société Générale Corporate, Investment Banking (Société Générale) in their fourth public ABS (asset-backed securities) transaction of Bank Deutsches Kraftfahrzeuggewerbe GmbH (BDK) in Germany.
Gide has advised the private equity management company Omnes Capital on structuring the first fund in France dedicated to investments in high environmental performance public and private buildings, Construction Energie Plus. Launched with a commitment of 50 million euros of the Pro BTP group, with a target size of 100 million euros, the fund’s strategy is to invest in buildings that go one step further than the applicable energy regulations, targeting constructions with a low carbon footprint.
London – Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that it has advised Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank as lead arrangers and bookrunners on the $815 million term loan B refinancing of Suddenlink’s existing term loan facilities. Suddenlink is the 7th largest US cable operator with approximately 1.5 million subscribers.
Deutsche Bank AG, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, DBS Bank Ltd. and Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd. acted as managers. The bonds have been listed on the Singapore Exchange.
Homburger acted as counsel to Julius Baer Group Ltd. The Homburger team consisted of René Bösch, (Partner, Financial Services), Dieter Grünblatt (Partner, Tax), Eduard De Zordi and Lee Saladino (Counsels, Financial Services) and Bettina Oertle (Paralegal, Financial Services).
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised bank syndicates on Wendel's tender offer to repurchase its 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021 bond issues for a total of €635 million, and on Wendel's €300 million bond issue maturing in 6.5 years with a coupon of 1 per cent.
Wendel will use the net proceeds of the new issue for its general corporate purposes, to repurchase the bonds that have been tendered under the tender offer and to continue improving its financial structure.
Cadwalader has advised on the first securitization of marketplace consumer loans in Europe. The firm advised the arranger of a securitization backed by £150m of loans to UK consumers originated on the Zopa platform. This is the first public, rated securitization of marketplace consumer loans in Europe.
Simpson Thacher, acting as sole international counsel, represented UBS AG Hong Kong Branch, as Arranger and Dealer and BNP Paribas, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Hana Financial Investment Co., Ltd., The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, J.P.
Simpson Thacher, acting as sole international counsel, represented UBS AG Hong Kong Branch, as Arranger and Dealer and BNP Paribas, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Hana Financial Investment Co., Ltd., The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, J.P.
ApS KFI-Domus owned by KFI Erhvervsdrivende Fond has sold the first floor of 6300 sqm of the distinctive Domus Vista property in Frederiksberg, Denmark.
On October 18, 2016, CRISPR Therapeutics AG, a Swiss-based, biopharmaceutical company focused on translating CRISPR|Cas9 gene-editing technology, and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Piper Jaffray & Co. and Barclays Capital Inc. signed an underwriting agreement with respect to the initial public offering (IPO) and the sale and listing on the NASDAQ of up to 4,600,000 shares at a price of USD 14 each. The base offering consisted of 4,000,000 shares with an over-allotment option of up to 600,000 additional shares. The gross proceeds of the IPO amount to USD 64.4 m.