Stibbe advises UBS and the other underwriters on the contemplated IPO of Ferrari N.V.

Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised UBI Banca on the amendment of the respective finance documents and ancillary financial documentation for two separate projects’ financial facilities equal to, in aggregate, €23.5 million and provided to two Italian energy producers, Energia Sviluppo Toscana S.r.l. and Possidente Energie S.r.l., which are special purpose vehicles held entirely by Solar Investment Group (“SIG BV”).

Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised Iccrea BancaImpresa in the financing of Vremar for the acquisition of a crew boat vessel from a leading international operator.

Iccrea BancaImpresa is the corporate bank of Credito Cooperativo, which is a subsidiary of Iccrea Holding. Vremar is a company operating in the maritime field, which provides offshore services to companies involved in the oil and gas sector.

Dentons’ Real Estate team advised Union Investment on the acquisition of the five-star Radisson Blu hotel in Wroclaw, Poland’s fourth largest city and next year’s European Capital of Culture.

Dentons’ Real Estate team advised Union Investment on the acquisition of the five-star Radisson Blu hotel in Wroclaw, Poland’s fourth largest city and next year’s European Capital of Culture. The hotel was sold by a company from the UBM Development AG group.

DLA Piper has advised the Co-operative Bank on an agreement with leading outsourcing group, Capita, to manage the Bank's mortgage processing operations for its Platform, Britannia and Co-operative Bank mortgage brands.

Linklaters has advised HSBC Latin America Holdings (UK) Limited on the sale of its entire business in Brazil to Banco Bradesco S.A.

The deal, which was run as an auction process, is subject to regulatory approvals from BACEN (the Brazilian central bank), CADE (the Brazilian competition authority) and SUSEP (the Brazilian insurance regulator) along with regulatory approval for the Cayman branch.

The Linklaters team was led by corporate partners Aedamar Comiskey and Nicola Mayo in London and Alberto Luzárraga in Sao Paulo.

Clifford Chance advised UniCredit Bank AG on the securitisation of German SME loans in an amount of EUR 2 billion.

The loans were sold by UniCredit Luxembourg S.A., a subsidiary of UniCredit Bank AG, to Geldilux-TS-2015 S.A., a Luxembourg special purpose vehicle. Geldilux financed the purchase by issuing several classes of notes.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised the joint lead managers in relation to an issue by the Republic of Zambia of U.S.$1,250,000,000 8.970% Notes due 2027. This is the third time the Republic of Zambia has accessed the international debt capital markets since 2012.

On July 27, 2015, Deutsche Börse AG and SIX Group AG have entered into a binding agreement regarding the full acquisition of the joint ventures STOXX AG and Indexium AG by Deutsche Börse AG for a purchase price of CHF 650 million. STOXX AG and Indexium AG have previously been operated as joint ventures by SIX Group AG and Deutsche Börse AG. Closing of the transaction occurred on July 31, 2015.

Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised Citibank N.A., London Branch (“Citibank”) as coordinator for a syndicate of lenders on a US$357 million term loan facility for Subsea 7, in order to fund the construction of two new Oilfield Service vessels.

The Export-Import Bank of Korea and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (“ANZ”) both served as mandated lead arrangers alongside Citibank. Both of the vessels are being constructed by Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea.