Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Berenberg and Jefferies as joint bookrunners on Eurofins's €300 million capital increase, by way of accelerated private placement.

On August 24, 2016, Mortgage Repurchase Agreement Financing Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the Issuer) issued USD 400 m Series 2016-1 Notes and 400 m Series 2016-2 notes (the Notes) which are backed by a revolving pool of mortgage loans purchased by the Issuer under a repurchase agreement from Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Branch (Credit Suisse).

Baker & McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise) advised Mizuho Bank, Ltd. on its JPY 1 trillion bridge loan to finance part of SoftBank Group's GBP 23.4 billion acquisition of ARM Holdings PLC (ARM), the largest cross-border acquisition ever by a Japanese company.  The acquisition successfully closed on 5 September 2016, with ARM being delisted from the London Stock Exchange on 6 September 2016.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Deutsche Bank and HSBC as Joint Arrangers and Bookrunners on the refinancing of Autoroute de Liaison Seine-Sarthe (Alis) which operates a motorway between the city of Alençon and the Rouen area in France.

Slaughter and May advised Standard Chartered PLC on its issue of US$1,000,000,000 2.100% Senior Notes due 2019, US$750,000,000 Senior Floating Rate Notes due 2019 and US$1,250,000,000 4.300% Dated Subordinated Notes due 2027 under its US$77,500,000,000 Debt Issuance Programme.

BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse, J.P. Morgan, Nomura and Standard Chartered Bank acted as joint lead managers on the issue of the Senior Notes. BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse, J.P. Morgan and Standard Chartered Bank acted as joint lead managers on the issue of the Dated Subordinated Notes.

On September 1, 2016, UBS Group Funding (Jersey) Limited completed its issuance of EUR 1.25 bn Bail-In Bonds under its USD 30 bn Senior Debt Programme (the "Programme"). The EUR 1.25 bn 1.25% Fixed Rate Notes due September 2026 (the "Notes") constitute the first issuance on a RegS only basis under the Programme and will be listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange Ltd.

International law firm Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised long standing client Nordea on the following two financings:

* For Nordea Bank Norge ASA in relation to a US$125,000,000 term loan facility for SCF. The loan facility was signed on 22 August 2016. Mandated lead arrangers are Nordea Bank Norge ASA, Citibank N.A., London Branch and DVB Bank SE, Amsterdam Branch. The loan facility will finance the acquisition of 9 tankers from Prisco; and

Fieldfisher advises on biggest fundraising completed on AIM so far this year

European law firm Fieldfisher has advised the nominated adviser and joint brokers on the reverse takeover by San Leon Energy plc and placing of 378,400,000 new shares at 45 pence per share, raising £170.3m – the biggest fundraising on AIM so far this year.

King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) advised the World Bank on its first Special Drawing Rights (SDR) – denominated bond in the Chinese Inter-Bank Bond Market.

The bonds in an aggregate principal amount of 500 million SDRs were priced on 31 August 2016 and issued on 2 September 2016, achieving a landmark development for China’s bond market and for the SDR as an international reserve asset.

Freshfields has advised on Housing Development Finance Corporation’s further Masala bond issuances