Ashurst has advised RBS on the sale of its 19.3% stake in Inmobilaria Colonial to Villar Mir Group. The stake represents 43,675,768 shares, valued at one Euro per share.

The Ashurst team was led by Real Estate Partner Cristina Calvo and assisted by Finance Partner Manuel López and associate Gema Fernández. Partner Javier Hernández Galante advised on tax issues.

Cristina Calvo commented: "We are very pleased with the outcome of the sale and the time in which we completed the deal, in order to satisfy the needs of the parties."

Allen & Overy LLP has advised Link Market Services (Link) in connection with the (not yet completed) acquisition of registrar services GmbH, based in Eschborn near Frankfurt, from Deutsche Bank.

registrar services is part of Deutsche Bank’s Global Transaction Banking division. The company is a pioneer in share registry services in Germany and has long-standing relationships with large cap companies like Deutsche Bank.

Clifford Chance has advised the Development Bank of Japan Inc. ("DBJ") on an agreement with Marubeni Corporation ("Marubeni") for co-investment into the Gunfleet Sands 1 & 2 offshore wind farms in the United Kingdom. The agreement was signed in December 2013.

When the transaction is completed, Marubeni and DBJ will each have a 24.95% ownership share in the 172 MW Gunfleet Sands project, located about 7km off the Essex coast of the United Kingdom. DONG Energy retains its 50.1% share and will continue as operator of the wind farms.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised a consortium of underwriters on a placement of H shares by China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL). COSL will raise around HK$5,819m (US$748m) through the placing of an aggregate of 276,272,000 new H shares.

Freshfields advised the underwriters, including CICC, Credit Suisse, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, on both the Hong Kong and US law aspects of the placing.

The Freshfields team was led by China chairman Teresa Ko, corporate partner Richard Wang and US corporate partner Calvin Lai.

Based at Smithywood Business Park in Sheffield, EMSc specialises in manufacturing energy saving devices for a range of clients including Premier hotels, the Whitbread Group and Asda.

Following the latest investment, the business is looking to capitalise on domestic demand, as well as that from overseas-based companies. These currently include companies such as the Investec Bank in South Africa.

EMSc employs over 100 people and has a turnover of £12.8m.

Field Fisher Waterhouse has advised Deutsche Börse Market Data + Services on its acquisition of enterprise software firm Impendium Systems.  The acquisition was completed on 10 January 2014 for an amount in the single digit million euro range.  The deal represents an important step in Deutsche Börse’s growth strategy of integrating technology and data offerings to better serve client needs.

Macfarlanes has acted for Hayfin Capital Management (“Hayfin”) in relation to a new 5 year term facility of £35.0 million and a £3.0 million revolving credit facility for AIM-listed Sinclair IS Pharma plc (“Sinclair”), the international specialty pharmaceutical company.

Ashurst has advised JBIC and a group of commercial lenders comprising SMBC, Mizuho, Bangkok Bank, OCBC and BTMU as common counsel in relation to the US$622 million financing of the 920 MW gas fired combined cycle power project developed by Khanom Electricity Generating Company Limited ("KEGCO").

Ashurst has advised Barclays on the documentation supporting their unique lending proposition with BlueBay Asset Management's Direct Lending Fund. Barclays and BlueBay have collaborated to offer this solution to medium-sized enterprises in the UK in specific deal situations. They are offering single "unitranche" loans to finance UK financial sponsor-backed mid-market companies. This initiative will provide unitranche loans of up to £120 million, alongside which Barclays can provide other banking services and will be complementary to Barclays' and the Fund's existing lending activities.

Ashurst advised The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland ('Bank of Ireland') on the prolongation and extension of a loan granted in 2009 for Kalle GmbH. Kalle is one of the world leaders in the production of casings for processed meat products out of viscose, polymer or textile.

The Ashurst team was led by banking partner Dr Stephan Kock. He was supported by counsel Miriam Petri, associate Axel Walch and transaction manager Dominique Blaurock. Partner Heiko Penndorf and associate Felix Krüger (all Frankfurt) advised on the tax aspects of the transaction.