Paul Hastings represented Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as the administrative agent, in connection with a $300,000,000 senior secured revolving credit facility for Gran Tierra Energy International Holdings Ltd.

Finance partner Paris Theofanidis led the Paul Hastings team, which also included associates R. Cramer Miller and Brian Carter.

Norton Rose Fulbright, Hong Kong, has advised Société Générale and a syndicate of twelve other lenders on Sino Biopharmaceutical Limited’s first syndicated loan facility.

Sino Biopharmaceutical Limited was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2003 and is principally engaged in the research, development, manufacturing and marketing of a vast array of health enhancing modernised Chinese medicines and chemical medicines.

Paul Hastings advised Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and UBS Investment Bank in connection with the financing of the acquisition by private equity firm Centerbridge Partners, L.P. of a 40% interest in, and the related recapitalization of, syncreon Ireland B.V., a specialized provider of integrated logistics services to global industries, which, following the consummation of such transactions, will be indirectly controlled by a fund affiliated with GenNx360 Capital Partners, L.P., investment funds sponsored by Centerbridge and certain other investors.

Paul Hastings advised RBC Capital Markets, BNP Paribas Securities Corp. and Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. as joint lead arrangers and Royal Bank of Canada as administrative agent in connection with the financing for the completion of First Reserve’s acquisition of Utility Services Associates, Inc. First Reserve Fund XII, in partnership with management and Michael Lennon, acquired Utility Services Associates, Inc. (“USA”), which consists of C.W. Wright Construction Company, Incorporated, Booth & Associates, Inc., and Coastal Power & Electric, Inc.

New York, NY-- Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that it advised Piper Jaffray and Citigroup as joint book-running managers on the initial public offering of voxeljet AG, a leading German provider of high-speed, large-format 3D printers and on-demand parts services to industrial and commercial customers.

King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin has advised GCP Infrastructure Fund (GCP) and the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) on their project financing of a £47.8 million waste wood biomass plant in Tyseley, Birmingham.

Over its expected 20 year lifetime the 10.3 MW plant is forecast to supply enough renewable electricity to power 17,000 homes each year and is expected to save around 2.1 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent and divert up to 1.3 million tonnes of recovered wood from landfill.

Ashurst has advised Assured Guaranty, as monoline wrapper, and Lloyds, as bond lead manager, on the long-awaited £83 million bond financed Brunswick social housing PFI project. The project sees an Equitix-led consortium contracting with Manchester City Council for the regeneration of the Brunswick estate which will, when complete, provide around 1,350 homes. Galliford Try and Mears are providing the construction and refurbishment works required by the project and Contour is providing housing management services on behalf of the Council. The contract term is 25 years.

The Singapore, Jakarta and Bangkok offices of Norton Rose Fulbright advised Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited, The Siam Commercial Bank Public Company Limited, IndonesiaExim Bank, DBS Limited and Deutsche Bank (Singapore) on a US$265 million term loan facility (including letter of credit facility) to PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical TBK (CAP).

Eversheds has advised Guotai Junan as the sole sponsor, global co-ordinator and bookrunner for the China Creative Home Group Limited IPO. The Group raised HK$648 million through issuing 360 million shares, accounting for about 20% of the enlarged share capital.

China Creative Home Group Limited is a PRC company principally engaged in the design, development, manufacture and sale of electric fireplaces and home décor products.

Allen & Overy advised Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI) and a syndicate of commercial banks (The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, National Bank of Kuwait, Standard Chartered Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation) on the USD1.43 billion debt financing of the Az Zour North IWPP, the first independent water and power project in Kuwait.