Hong Kong (August 7, 2014) - Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented J.P. Morgan Securities plc, Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, UBS AG, Hong Kong Branch, BNP Paribas, Hong Kong Branch, CLSA Limited and China Merchants Securities (HK) Co., Limited in connection with the Regulation S offering of US$350 million of 10.25% senior notes due 2019 by Future Land, a leading Chinese property developer focused on developing quality residential and mixed-use projects.

NEW YORK - Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP advised Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC) in providing a $200 million loan to leading Brazilian soybean producer Amaggi Commodities, a transaction insured by the Japanese export credit agency Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI). SMBC acted as Lender, Mandated Lead Arranger, Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, and NEXI Agent.

NEW YORK - Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP represented a group of international banks as initial purchasers in the $1.1 billion bond offering by leading Chilean natural gas provider GNL Quintero S.A.

Mayer Brown advised BHF-BANK AG on the financing of the acquisition of lichtbasis meissner-spahn gmbh (lichtbasis) by Finatem Beteiligungsgesellschaft. Established in 2000, lichtbasis is one of Europe’s leading wholesalers for lighting technology. The acquisition was made as a primary leveraged and owner buyout with management retaining a 25% stake. The transaction volume was not disclosed. It was the first time for Mayer Brown to advise BHF on the financing of a leveraged acquisition.

Linklaters is acting for Banco Espírito Santo (‘BES’) and its successor bank, Novo Banco, in respect of the bank's resolution scheme. The firm has been acting throughout the period leading up to the resolution measures announced by the Bank of Portugal, over the resolution weekend and since then on the subsequent split into a “good bank” and “bad bank”.

Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) in relation to its role as sole bookrunner for Kuwait Energy's inaugural high yield bond which is comprised of US$250 million senior guaranteed notes due 2019.

International law firm, Osborne Clarke has advised Santander Corporate and Commercial Banking on its £73.0 million development and investment finance facility relating to Imperial College London's £200 million new Research and Translation Hub.

The loan was made to Voreda, the London based real estate development and investment company who have exchanged contracts with Imperial College London to deliver the major research and translation centre.

Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse AG, as administrative and collateral agent for the first-lien facility, and Bank of America, N.A, as administrative and collateral agent for the second-lien facility, in connection with the senior secured facilities provided to Solenis International L.P. and Solenis Holdings 3 LLC, acquisition subsidiaries of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R), to finance CD&R’s acquisition of the Water Technologies division of Ashland Inc.

Global legal practice Norton Rose Fulbright has advised a syndicate of lenders on four limited-recourse facilities totalling US$787 million to part finance the procurement of four 174,400m3 LNG vessels to be built by Hudong-Zhonghua in China.

DLA Piper has advised GE Capital International and Ares Management Ltd on the provision of a £113.5 million unitranche facility to refinance Hillarys, the leading UK provider of domestic blinds and window fittings owned by European Capital.

The facilities include a term unitranche component, a junior term debt component and a revolving credit facility.