On Friday 27 May, 2016 Millicom International Cellular S.A. successfully listed a three year, SEK 2 billion, senior unsecured bond carrying a floating rate coupon (STIBOR + 3.30 per cent.) on Nasdaq Stockholm. The proceeds of the issue is to be used for the general corporate purposes of the group and part of such proceeds have been used to finance a tender offer made by Millicom in relation to their SEK 2012/2017 bonds which was run in parallel with the new issue.

Gide has advised a syndicate of banks constituted by BNP Paribas, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Crédit Industriel et Commercial, Merrill Lynch International and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International plc on the issuance by Vivendi of EUR 1.5 billion notes with two tranches due 2021 and 2026 respectively and listed on Euronext Paris.
 
Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier advised Vivendi.
 
Gide's team was led by partner Hubert du Vignaux, assisted by Laurent Vincent and Aude-Laurène Dourdain.

Davis Polk advised the underwriters in connection with SEC-registered Schedule B debt offerings by KEXIM of $500 million aggregate principal amount of its floating rate notes due 2019, $1 billion aggregate principal amount of its 1.750% notes due 2019 and $1 billion aggregate principal amount of its 2.625% notes due 2026.

KEXIM is an official export credit agency, providing comprehensive export credit and guarantee programs to support Korean enterprises conducting overseas business.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised the British Business Bank in relation to the structuring of its Help to Grow scheme.

The Help to Grow scheme was announced by Prime Minister David Cameron in February 2015 and forms part of £1bn worth of commitments to support small businesses in accessing finance needed for growth that was announced by Chancellor George Osborne in the Budget 2016.

Slaughter and May advised Holmes Master Issuer PLC in respect of the issue of a total of US$375 million and £340 million of senior notes and £582 million of subordinated notes, in three different classes, under its Residential Mortgage-Backed Note Issuance Programme. The Notes were listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and awarded the Prime Collateralised Securities Label by the PCS Secretariat.

Slaughter and May also advised Santander UK plc in its capacity as sponsor, seller, servicer, cash manager and originator under the Programme.

Eversheds was delighted to provide legal advice to the National Development Finance Agency, part of the National Treasury Management Agency, on the first healthcare public private partnership in Ireland for the provision of 14 primary care centres.  Construction will commence shortly with the first centres being delivered in mid-2017.

New facilities will be built in Dublin, as well as at locations in Galway, Kildare, Limerick, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, Waterford, Tipperary and Wexford.

Clifford Chance Paris advised a group of banks, represented by Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (as Global Coordinator and Dealer Manager), and comprising Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited and Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc (each a Dealer Manager), on the offer by Crédit Agricole S.A.

King & Wood Mallesons has advised the joint lead managers as their international and PRC counsels in relation to the debut offering of green bonds by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Company Limited (Geely) through its subsidiary, London Taxi Corporation Limited (LTC) of US$400,000,000 2.75 per cent credit enhanced bonds due 2021.

Fieldfisher advised Investec Bank plc in connection with a placing it carried out for NAHL Group plc.  The fundraising of £14.6 million was used to part fund the acquisition of Bush & Company Rehabilitation Limited. Fieldfisher's team included corporate partners Neil Matthews and senior associate Edward Westhead.

Fieldfisher acted on behalf of Cenkos Securities and Nplus1 Singer on a £20 million placing for Abzena plc, with the proceeds used to acquire The Chemical Research Solution LLC.  Fieldfisher corporate partner Neil Matthews and senior associate Nicholas Heap advised.