Mayer Brown advised Commerzbank AG as arranger and other banks on the establishment of a new debt issuance program for the issuance of senior unsecured notes with a volume of up to EUR 5 billion Euro as well as on the first successful placement of notes issued by Eurogrid GmbH under the issuance program in the amount of EUR 500 million.

The notes have a term of ten years and bear interest of 1.875 per cent per annum. The notes were admitted to trading on the regulated market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.

A combined team from Dechert LLP’s London and Almaty offices advised the International Creditors’ Committee of JSC Astana Finance, a Kazakh financial services group, in connection with the restructuring of US$1.9 billion of its financial indebtedness. Astana Finance, was the third Kazakh financial institution to default on its international bond obligations, in May 2009, following the global financial crisis.

Baker & McKenzie recently acted as legal advisor (covering both Hong Kong and US law) to ICBC International Capital Limited ("ICBCI") as the sole sponsor, sole global coordinator and sole bookrunner, as well as the Underwriters on the approximately HK$300 million global offering of Chen Xing Development Holdings Limited, one of the leading property developers in Shanxi Province ("Chen Xing").  The shares of Chen Xing commenced trading on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited on 3 July 2015.  The net proceeds from the global offering will be mainly used to finance the develop

DWF has advised Inspired Capital plc in connection with an increased cash takeover offer from Bentley Park UK Limited of 21.5 pence per share, valuing the Company at £47.1m.

Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division and GRO Capital, a capital investment company, have today announced the acquisition of M-Tec Holding, Pandrup, the parent company of Trackunit, a leading global independent provider of machine telematics products and software.

UniCredit Bank Austria AG and UniCredit Bulbank AD have jointly participated in the refinancing of the largest office park in Southeastern Europe - Business Park Sofia (BPS) by underwriting a € 103.3 million senior facility. The facility and security agent, account bank, and hedge provider of the transaction is UniCredit Bulbank AD.

Schoenherr advised Österreichische Volksbanken-Aktiengesellschaft (ÖVAG) in the restructuring of the Volksbanken sector (“Verbund”) and the continuation of ÖVAG as a run-down entity based on the new run-down regime under Austria’s newly implemented Federal Act on the Recovery and Resolution of Banks (BaSAG).

Schoenherr advised VB-Leasing International (VBLI), the joint venture between Österreichische Volksbanken-AG (ÖVAG) and Germany's VR-Leasing AG, on the sale of VB Leasing Slovakia to CSOB Leasing, a. s., a subsidiary of Belgium's KBC Group, and on the replacement of 100% of the shareholder funding at par (including accrued interest) by the KBC Group. The relevant agreement was executed on 1 July 2015. With the sale, ÖVAG and VR-Leasing have achieved another milestone in their strategic re-alignment to focus on their core business.

Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”), has advised Banca Nazionale del Lavoro S.p.A. (“BNL S.p.A.”) on the review of the original €23.8 million project finance facility agreement and the related financial documentation for Difesa Wind S.r.l.. The facility financed the construction, development, management and maintenance of a 16 MW wind farm in the Apulia Region of Southern Italy.

Most notably, WFW advised on the alteration of the contractual arrangements from a non-recourse project finance to a corporate recourse-style transaction.

A group of investors composed, among others, by Renaissance PME (a vehicle investing in Swiss SMEs and managed by Vinci Capital SA) and SVC – Ltd. for Risk Capital for SMEs (a subsidiary of Credit Suisse), announced that they have signed an agreement to acquire Bandi S.A. in a club deal. With more than 50 employees, Bandi S.A. is active mainly in the production of components for luxury watchmakers.