Clifford Chance has advised Thai Union Group Public Company Limited (TU), Thailand, the world's largest self-stable tuna processor and owner of some internationally leading seafood brands on the acquisition of a majority stake in Rügen Fisch AG. Rügen Fisch is one of the leading producers of shelf-stable canned seafood in Germany. The current shareholders will stay in the company and will continue its successful development together with Thai Union.

White & Case LLP has advised a consortium of senior lenders consisting of Rabobank as Mandated Lead Arranger, and ASN Bank and Belfius Bank as Lenders, on the provision to Belwind NV of approximately €400 million in funding for the refinancing of a 165 megawatt operational offshore wind farm located on the Bligh Bank, around 46km off the Belgian coast.

White & Case LLP has advised Icelandic bank Kaupthing hf. on its restructuring, which is effective from December 23, 2015.

The landmark transaction follows the failure of Kaupthing Bank hf., which first entered into Icelandic insolvency proceedings in 2008 with liabilities of more than US$45 billion and creditors in more than 100 countries. It is one of the largest ever bank insolvencies.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges is advising on the financing of Hellman & Friedman’s controlling interest in the Italian software firm, TeamSystem SpA, a provider of tax, payroll and accounting software to small and mid-sized Italian businesses.

Finance Partners Mark Donald, Reena Gogna, Chris McLaughlin and High Yield Partner Patrick Bright have been advising Goldman Sachs on the financing package to support the acquisition.

The Hong Kong office of the Firm represented the underwriters, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, China Renaissance and Needham, in connection with the initial public offering and listing on the NYSE of American depositary shares (“ADSs”) of Yirendai Ltd. (“Yirendai”). The offering of 7,500,000 ADSs, representing 15,000,000 ordinary shares of Yirendai, raised US$75 million of gross proceeds before the exercise of greenshoe option.

Hogan Lovells has acted as Lenders' counsel to Standard Chartered Bank ("SCB"), Emirates NBD, Emirates Capital Ltd and Mashreq Bank, on a strategic financing for Joyalukkas Group ("Joyalukkas"), the largest, single-owned jewellery retail chain in the Middle East.

Clifford Chance has advised a banking consortium including Commerzbank, Credit Suisse, J.P. Morgan, Merrill Lynch International, Société Générale and UniCredit Bank on a bond issued by Vonovia Finance B.V. with a total volume of EUR 3 billion.

Chequers Capital has agreed to acquire the Spandex-group from Gilde Buy Out Partners AG and other shareholders. The Spandex-group is headquartered in Switzerland and is a leading distributor of graphic media and equipment to the signage and visual communication industry.

Basilea has successfully  placed CHF 200 Million 2.75% convertible bonds due 2022. The bonds provide a share settlement option and were issued at 100% of their principal amount. The convertible bonds will mature on 23 December 2022 at 100% of their principal amount unless previously redeemed, converted or repurchased and cancelled. J.P. Morgan Securities plc and UBS AG acted as Joint Bookrunners in this transaction.

Travers Smith LLP has advised longstanding client Liberum Capital Limited as placing agent and sole bookrunner on the £100 million IPO of Honeycomb Investment Trust plc.