International law firm Clifford Chance has advised Standard Chartered as placement agent in connection with the launch of the world's first sovereign blue bond by the Republic of Seychelles. The Seychelles blue bond is partially guaranteed by the World Bank (IBRD).
Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Tilt Renewables on the project development of the Dundonnell Wind Farm. The firm also advised the syndicate of lenders, including Australian and international banks on the financing of the wind farm.
Dundonnell Wind Farm will be developed approximately 23km north-east of Mortlake, in western Victoria. Construction is due to begin in early 2019, with the wind farm expected to be fully operational by September 2020.
Led by its Frankfurt-based partner Michael Schlitt international law firm Hogan Lovells has advised Baader Bank Aktiengesellschaft as sole global coordinator and sole Bookrunner, in connection with a capital increase of DEMIRE Deutsche Mittelstand Real Estate AG against cash contributions through the partial use of its authorised capital.
Hogan Lovells advised Natixis acting as Sole Underwriter, Initial Mandated Lead Arranger, Bookrunner, Hedge Provider, Offshore Security Agent and Offshore Account Bank to the ACWA Power led consortium on the successful project financing of the 300MW Sakaka Solar independent power plant (IPP) project in Saudi Arabia. Financial close was achieved today.
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP represented JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and UBS as joint global coordinators, Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs as joint bookrunners, and BDO Capital and BPI Capital as local lead underwriters in connection with the Rule 144A/Regulation S follow-on offering of 400,940,590 common shares of San Miguel Food and Beverage, Inc. The shares were sold in a secondary offering by parent company San Miguel Corporation at Php 85 per share for a total value of Php 34 billion or US$640 million.
DWF’s Corporate team advising on the deal was led by partner Jeremy Swift alongside senior associate Jemil Visram.
DWF Newcastle has advised leading investment bank Nplus1 Singer Advisory LLP in their capacity as a joint broker to Maistro plc on a secondary fundraising of up to £1m via placing of new shares together with an open offer and additional fundraising to raise up to a total of £2.2m.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Amigo Holdings PLC (Amigo), the leading company in the UK guarantor loan space, on the completion of its inaugural £150 million securitisation facility.
The facility will be used to fund new customer originations and repay drawings under the company's existing revolving credit facility, as Amigo continues to expand in the UK's non-standard finance market.
Dentons' Banking and Finance team in Warsaw has advised BGZ BNP Paribas on a EU4 million financing granted to ECI Group company (Europejskie Centrum Inwestycyjne ECI S.A.) for, among others, the repayment of intra-group debt incurred for construction of the Nordkapp office building in Warsaw, with a total lease area of approximately 4,000 s.qm.
The scope of Dentons' legal advice included the examination and preparation of a due diligence report on the key property documents, the borrower's company and the project, as well as preparation of the credit documents package.
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright is advising the ASEAN Financial Innovation Network (AFIN), formed by the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation, the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the ASEAN Bankers Association, on the establishment of a global FinTech marketplace and sandbox platform, called API Exchange (APIX), hosted in Singapore.
Weil advised Raiffeisen Bank International AG on the Sale of the Core Business and Demerger of Raiffeisen Bank Polska S.A.