Global law firm DLA Piper has advised St.George Bank on the financing for the acquisition of six hotels and resorts across Australia, to the value of $100 million.

The Elanor Investors Group's new multi-asset managed Elanor Hospitality and Accommodation Fund acquired the six properties.

The properties included the iconic Peppers Cradle Mountain Lodge in Tasmania, Best Western Tall Trees ACT, and in NSW the Best Western Port Macquarie, Mantra Pavilion Wollongong, Mantra Wagga Wagga and Parklands Resort Mudgee.

Hong Kong – Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Bank of Tianjin, the only city commercial bank headquartered in Tianjin, in its US$948 million global offering and IPO on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. BOCI Asia Limited, ABCI Capital International and CCB International Capital Limited acted as joint sponsors for the listing.

Allen & Overy advised a syndicate of 38 banks on the successful issue of a bond by Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft with a volume of EUR 1.6 billion.

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch and Dekabank Deutsche Girozentrale acted as joint lead managers. The bond pays interest at a rate of 1.00% p.a. and matures in 2019 (ISIN: DE000DL19SQ4).

The Allen & Overy team was led by partner Christoph Enderstein and comprised counsel Michael Becker and associate Christoph Pohl (all International Capital Markets, Frankfurt).

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised China Zheshang Bank Co., Ltd (China Zheshang Bank) on its US$1.7bn (HK$13.18bn) IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

The listing, which commenced trading today, is the world’s largest IPO in 2016 to date.

China Zheshang Bank is a nationwide joint-stock commercial bank in mainland China, headquartered in Hangzhou.

Freshfields advised on both the Hong Kong and US aspects of the listing.

Clifford Chance has advised Moelis Advisory Australia Pty Ltd in its roles as underwriter to the AUD$212 million initial public offering (IPO) of OneView Healthcare PLC on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).

OneView Healthcare is headquartered in Dublin and provides software solutions that integrate hospital's IT systems onto one technology platform. It allows hospital staff, clinicians and patients to use the bedside terminal for a range of different purposes including health monitoring, and entertainment for the patient.

Clifford Chance has advised Standard Chartered Bank Principal Finance Real Estate (SCB PFRE) on its strategic investment of up to US$73 million in Chayora Holdings Limited, a data centre project developer and operator in China, offering clients large-scale, built-to-suit and high-performance data centres.

Clifford Chance has advised the joint global coordinators, BOCI Asia Limited, ABCI Securities Company Limited, CCB International Capital Limited, Guotai Junan Securities (Hong Kong) Limited, Haitong International Securities Company Limited and AMTD Asset Management Limited, on the Bank of Tianjin's US$949 million IPO. The Bank sold 995.5 million shares at approximately US$0.95 each, and secured US$560 million in commitments from cornerstone investors.

Simpson Thacher is representing KKR and the other selling shareholders in the announced sale of all the shares of the Alliance Tire Group (“ATG”) to Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. for approximately $1.2 billion. Closing of the transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and other necessary closing procedures.

Vinge assists Vostok Emerging Finance Ltd (“VEF”) in connection with its investment in Finanzero, an online marketplace for brokerage of consumer loans in Brazil.

VEF is an investment company with the goal of investing in early stage modern financial services companies across emerging and frontier markets. VEF is listed on Nasdaq First North.

Vinge’s team primarily consisted of Jesper Schönbeck and Sofie Bjärtun, with assistance from Tomas Forsgren and Malin Malm on IPR matters.

Simpson Thacher, acting as sole international counsel, represented BNP Paribas, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Merrill Lynch International, Mizuho Securities USA Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc, Shinhan Asia Limited and Shinhan Investment Corp., as dealers, in connection with the update of the US$6 billion Global Medium Term Note program of Shinhan Bank. In addition, Simpson Thacher, acting as sole international counsel, represented BNP Paribas Securities Corp., The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, J.P.