Herbert Smith Freehills has advised the financiers on the A$2 billion acquisition by a consortium of investors, led by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, of Crown Castle Australia Limited, the largest independent telecommunications tower operator in Australia.
Macfarlanes has advised Ares Capital on providing a unitranche package to support a deal which sees private equity firm Inflexion partnering with Auctus Industries to acquire manufacturing business Shimtech Industries from Bridgepoint Development Capital.
The Macfarlanes team was led by finance partner Bronwen Jones. Finance partner Chris Lawrence acted for Lloyds Bank plc as the revolving lender.
Allen & Overy's London Real Estate Team advised the Financial Conduct Authority on the relocation of their headquarters from Canary Wharf to Stratford, near the site of the London Olympic Stadium (now known as The International Quarter).
Slaughter and May, Hong Kong, is advising Credit Suisse (Hong Kong) Limited and Haitong International Securities Company Limited, acting as joint placing agents, in relation to China Harmony Auto Holding Limited's (China Harmony Auto) top-up placing of shares, which involves the placing of existing shares and top-up subscription of new shares (the Shares) for a total consideration of HK$2.1 billion (approximately US$273 million).
DLA Piper has advised Helaba Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen on the financing of the Odin portfolio. As arranger, sole lender and hedging provider, Helaba has financed the majority of the Odin portfolio for the Orion European Real Estate Fund IV with a sum of 347 million euros.
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) acted as joint counsel for Westpac and National Australia Bank (NAB) on a transaction which will provide six new AgustaWestland AW139 (AW139) helicopters to Victoria’s emergency health services. The innovative financing agreement enabled Lease Corporation International Helicopters (LCIH), the helicopter leasing arm of the Libra Group, to lease six new AW139 aircraft to Australian Helicopters Pty Ltd (a member of the Babcock Mission Critical Services Group).
Norton Rose Fulbright has been advising Bank BGZ BNP Paribas S.A and Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego on loan facilities and a payment guarantee advanced to Wielton S.A. in Wielun to acquire (in two phases, a majority stake, and later a minority stake) the leading French truck trailer producer Fruehauf Expansion SAS, based in Auxerre, France.
As a result of this transaction, Wielton S.A., the biggest truck trailer producer in Poland, became Europe’s third biggest truck trailer producer.
Dentons has advised on a US$550 million conventional and Islamic multi-tranche facility to Dubai-based oilfield services firm Topaz Energy and Marine, completed on 30 April 2015. The facility was arranged over three tranches lasting between five and seven years and will be used principally to refinance existing debt and fund its expansion plans.
Dentons advised the Joint Lead Arrangers Standard Chartered Bank and HSBC, who acted together with Gulf International Bank, Emirates NBD, Noor Bank and First Gulf Bank as the arrangers on the deal.
Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Denham Capital, Qualitas Venture Capital and founder shareholders on the sale of Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV), a leading global developer of solar power plants, to Abdul Latif Jameel (ALJ).
Clyde & Co advises National Bank of Fujairah in its capacity as the global agent for a syndicate of banks on an AED 750 million
Clyde & Co has advised National Bank of Fujairah (NBF), in its capacity as global agent, on an AED 750 million syndicated loan for Pacific Control Systems. NBF Capital Ltd, a subsidiary of NBF acted as the financial advisor for this transaction. Pacific Control Systems will use the loan to finance its expansion and working capital requirements.