New York and Orange County - Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent, collateral agent and issuer, and a joint book runner and a joint lead arranger, with respect to a $150,000,000 debtor-in-possession asset-based revolving credit facility, and Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative and collateral agent, and sole book runner and sole lead arranger, with respect to a $100,000,000 debtor-in-possession term loan credit facility, in each case, in connection with the voluntary petition for relief filed under

New York and Orange County - Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent, collateral agent and issuer, and a joint book runner and a joint lead arranger, with respect to a $150,000,000 debtor-in-possession asset-based revolving credit facility, and Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative and collateral agent, and sole book runner and sole lead arranger, with respect to a $100,000,000 debtor-in-possession term loan credit facility, in each case, in connection with the voluntary petition for relief filed under

Mayer Brown and Tauil & Chequer Advogados (T&C), in association with Mayer Brown, advised GE Capital on a transaction that was named the winner in two categories by LatinFinance magazine in its 2018 Project & Infrastructure Finance Awards. The annual awards honor “the most impressive transactions and institutions in a field critical to the region’s economic progress.” The winning transaction is:

Celse: Best Bond; and Best Infrastructure Financing: Brazil

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP represented JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as administrative agent, Barclays, JPMorgan, and HSBC as Global Coordinators, and a group of banks and financial institutions as joint bookrunners, initial purchasers, arrangers, managers and initial anchor lenders in a milestone cross-border acquisition financing to support Carlyle and GIC’s acquisition of the specialty chemicals business of AkzoNobel N.V. (AKZA; AKZOY). Milbank provided advice across numerous jurisdictions and the debt financing was syndicated out of New York and London.

Quinn Emanuel is proud to announce that firm partners Nadine Herrmann (Hamburg), Tara Lee (Washington, D.C.), and Sue Prevezer QC (London) are supporting Burford Capital in their groundbreaking launch of The Equity Project a commitment to helping close the gender gap in law.

The Firm is representing the arrangers, including JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as lead arranger and administrative agent, in connection with Thor Industries, Inc.’s (“Thor”) acquisition of Erwin Hymer Group (“EHG”) for an enterprise value of approximately €2.1 billion. Thor’s acquisition of Erwin Hymer Group would create the world’s largest recreational vehicle manufacturer. The transaction is expected to close near the end of 2018.

Nagel Holding GmbH & Co. KG invested in young growth company copaltec GmbH as part of a corporate investment. A team led by Dr. Rainer Herschlein, Partner at the Stuttgart office, legally advised Nagel Holding comprehensively. With this investment, Nagel Holding offers copaltec not only additional capital, but also strategic expertise and market access.
 

DLA Piper advised Proparco FMO and Société Générale as lenders on the financing of SIFCA, a leading agro-industrial company in West Africa, with a €90 million loan.

The credit line has was granted on 8 October, 2018 to SIFCA in order to finance its investment plan. In the next five years, the investment will create or support more than 180,000 direct and indirect jobs across the Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia and Senegal where SIFCA and its subsidiaries operate.

Skadden advised Merrill Lynch International as international underwriter’s counsel in a ¥37.1 billion (approximately US$328 million) equity offering by OUTSOURCING Inc., which trades on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.