London & New York - Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, has advised Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs as joint dealer managers and solicitation agents in connection with the exchange offers and consent solicitations by Altice US Finance I Corporation, Cequel Communications Holdings I, LLC and Cequel Capital Corporation (the “Issuers”), which expired on 30 October 2018. Over $5.5 billion of notes have now been exchanged for new notes issued by the Issuers.

BBVA and Red Electrica Corporation have become the first in the world to deliver a syndicated loan using blockchain. Linklaters advised BBVA on the €150m syndicated loan with the whole facility’s negotiation process closed over the blockchain network. Linklaters also advised MUFG of Japan and BNP Paribas as co-lenders.

King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) advised Altus Capital Limited as the sponsor, Get Nice Securities Limited and Sun Hung Kai Investment Services Limited as underwriters under the laws of Hong Kong on the listing of Dragon Mining Limited (Dragon Mining, HKEX Stock Code: 1712) on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEX) under Chapter 18 of the Listing Rules.

Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) advised Norway’s DNB Bank ASA (“DNB”), as facility agent and security agent for a syndicate of banks comprising itself, ABN AMRO Bank N.V., BNP Paribas, Danish Ship Finance and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, in relation to a US$310m loan facility provided to Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (“Star Bulk”).

Secured on 26 vessels in Star Bulk’s fleet, the facility consists of two tranches:

Herbert Smith Freehills is advising Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) on the sale of its global asset management business, Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) to Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (MUTB). The total expected cash consideration for the sale is A$4.13 billion.

CFSGAM operates across the European, US and Asia Pacific regions. CFSGAM is also known outside of Australia as First State Investments and has A$213 billion in assets under management.

Led by its Frankfurt-based partner Michael Schlitt Hogan Lovells has advised Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited as listing agent on the listing of Linde plc on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Linde plc is an Irish public limited company formed for the purpose of effecting the business combination of Linde AG and Praxair, Inc., two leading companies in the global industrial gases industry. The business combination was completed on 31 October 2018.

Ashurst advised Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) Frankfurt Branch and HSH Nordbank AG as lenders on the refinancing of the existing facilities and financing of new projects of hGears Holding GmbH with a volume of €50m. Longtime controlling shareholder of hGears is Finatem, a Frankfurt-based independent investment company focusing on SMEs.