Gilbert + Tobin is pleased to have advised the syndicate of banks on funding for Stage 1 of Pacific Hydro’s Haughton Solar Farm Project. The project is located in central Queensland’s Burdekin Shire, about 40km west of Ayr and 60km south of Townsville.
International law firm Ashurst advised Commonwealth Bank of Australia, as lender and mandated lead arranger, on a A$100 million reserve-based lending facility in favour of WestSide Corporation Pty Limited (and certain subsidiaries) in connection with WestSide's interest in the Greater Meridian Gas Fields west of Gladstone in Queensland's Bowen Basin.
Ashurst advised Regional Savings Banks of Böblingen and Biberach on the financing of the acquisition of a stake in Kraft & Bauer, a manufacturer of fire protection systems, by DBAG Fund VII.
In the course of this transaction DBAG Fund VII acquires a majority stake in Kraft & Bauer, in addition, listed DBAG invests alongside the fund and will hold 20 per cent of the shares. Sellers are the Swiss financial investor Invision, the founding family Bauer and the current managing director Frank Foddi.
International law firm CMS has advised Bank of London and The Middle East (BLME) and their investors, on the £55m Shariah compliant acquisition of 1 Atlantic Quay in Glasgow, in partnership with Darin Partners. Located in the heart of Glasgow’s financial district, Atlantic Quay 1 is a recently refurbished Grade A prime office investment extending to 121,737 sq ft.
Mayer Brown represented Development Bank of Mongolia LLC, Mongolia's development and export-import bank, in its benchmark US$500 million five-year bond that closed this week.
DBM, a wholly Government-owned and systematically important bank,were priced at 98.973% on a coupon of 7.25% to yield 7.50%.
Davis Polk advised the representatives of the underwriters on the SEC-registered initial public offering by Studio City International Holdings Limited of 28,750,000 American Depositary Shares, each representing four Class A ordinary shares, for total gross proceeds of approximately $359.4 million. Studio City has granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 4,312,500 ADSs. The ADSs are listed on the NYSE under the symbol “MSC.”
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Investec Bank plc (Investec) and a syndicate of banks including National Westminster Bank Plc and Qatar National Bank (Q.P.S.C) on loan facilities to SCCL Holdings Ltd of up to £140 million.
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Bayerische Landesbank, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank, J.P. Morgan Securities plc and Bankhaus Lampe KG, as managers, on Berlin Hyp AG'a issuance of green Pfandbriefe for an aggregate principle amount of €500 million.
Linklaters acted for the banks’ syndicate comprising J.P Morgan and Natixis as joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners, Barclays and Société Générale as joint bookrunners and Carnegie AS as co-lead managers on the initial public offering of Neoen.
AUCTUS Capital Partners, a Munich-based financial investor focusing on small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in the German-speaking region, acquired a majority stake in Robert Bürkle GmbH. Oldenburgische Landesbank AG and Raiffeisenlandesbank Niederösterreich-Wien AG arranged the financing. They were advised by Ashurst.