White & Case LLP has advised the lenders on the financial and capital restructuring of the 5àsec Group, the worldwide leader in textile care services, with Geneva-based private equity firm Rive Private Investment acquiring a stake in the business alongside independent investment fund Capzanine and investment adviser IFE Mezzanine.
BKL advised Daewoo Securities Co., Ltd., as arranger on the successful issuance of CNY180,000,000 3.7% Bonds due 2016 (the "Bonds") in Korea by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited ("ICBC"). BKL's dedicated team included partners Young Joon Cho and Hee-Gang Shin, associate Seung-Il Hong, and foreign legal advisor Heesug Chung from the Capital Markets team.
Clifford Chance has advised Haitong Securities Co., Ltd. on its proposed issue of 1.92 billion new H-shares at HK$15.62 each aiming to raise a total of US$3.9 billion in a private placement to seven institutional investors. The deal is subject to shareholders' and regulatory approvals.
Deacons recently advised Huatai Financial Holdings (Hong Kong) Limited, acting as the placing agent, on the top-up placing of shares of AVIC International Holding (HK) Limited raising up to approximately HK$540 million.
AVIC International Holding (HK) is a Hong Kong unit of state-backed aviation equipment maker, the Aviation Industry Corporation of China.
Deacons partner Sabrina Fung advised on the matter, supported by associate Catherine Kwan.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer acted as legal counsel for AVIC.
Deacons recently acted for the sole sponsor Haitong International Capital and the underwriters in relation to the spin-off and separate listing of SiS Mobile Holdings on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange by way of distribution in specie and global offering.
Shearman & Sterling advised Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, Goldman Sachs International and UBS Limited, as initial purchasers, in the high yield notes offering by Auris Luxembourg II S.A. (“Auris”) of €275 million 8% Senior Notes due 2023 as part of the financing for the proposed acquisition of Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH (the “Target”). The offering, which was conducted pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the US Securities Act, closed into escrow on December 29, 2014.
Gide advised ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A., Santander Global Banking & Markets and Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking as joint lead managers on the issuance by SOGECAP of 800 million euros undated subordinated notes, admitted to trading on the Euro MTF market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. Allen & Overy advised SOGECAP.
Gide's team was led by Hubert du Vignaux (partner), assisted by Bastien Raisse.
Norton Rose Fulbright has assisted BNP Paribas on a €180Mm long term project financing for the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Enel Green Power France SAS, a portfolio of 13 wind farms with a total capacity of around 196 MW.
Dentons advised Bank Polska Kasa Opieki, Bank Handlowy w Warszawie, mBank and ING Bank Slaski on the restructuring and increase of the amount of the PLN 495 million (approx. US$147 million) multipurpose financing to Inter Cars S.A. The amount of financing has been increased up to PLN 550 million (approx. US$163 million).
Inter Cars are the biggest automotive spare parts distributor for passenger cars, commercial vehicles and trucks in Middle-Eastern Europe.
Stibbe advises J.P. Morgan and the other underwriters on the equity offering of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V.
Team: Pieter Schütte, Derk Lemstra, Jeroen Smits, Fons Leijten, Eva Das, Paul Vestering, Robert Jean Kloprogge