Allen & Overy LLP advises J.P. Morgan Securities plc in connection with the capital increase of MorphoSys AG raising gross proceeds of approximately EUR 84 million in a private placement via an accelerated book building procedure. MorphoSys AG issues 1,514,066 new shares from authorized capital to international institutional investors at a price of EUR 55.76 per share. The offering represents approximately 6.3% of the registered pre-transaction share capital of MorphoSys AG.

International law firm Clifford Chance has advised the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on a loan of up to EUR 48 million to LLC “Novoazovskiy Wind Park”. The proceeds of the financing will help to develop a 57.5 MW Novoazovsk Wind Farm located in Donetsk region.

This project is one of the first “limited recourse” finance deals in Ukraine. This financing is expected to promote renewable energy in Ukraine, as well as to improve environmental standards in the Ukrainian energy sector overall.

Paris, September 12, 2013 ... Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Natixis as sole Bookrunner and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A., Barclays, Commerzbank and J.P. Morgan, together as Joint Lead Managers, on the issue by BPCE of its €1 billion, 4.625 percent subordinated notes due 2023.

Paris, September 11, 2013 ... Global law firm White & Case LLP and Allen & Overy LLP have advised on Société Générale's issue of US$1.25 billion deeply subordinated Notes.

London, Munich, September 4, 2013 ... Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, in its role as Sole Coordinator and Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, Commerzbank AG, UniCredit Bank AG and HSBC Bank plc as Arrangers on the refinancing of Minimax, a Germany-based fire safety company.

Kirkland & Ellis represents Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan, as joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners, as well as China International Capital Corporation and Macquarie, as the other joint bookrunners and joint lead managers, in the US$206 million initial public offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange of Forgame Holdings Limited, a leading PRC online game company.

Kirkland partners Dominic Tsun, David Zhang, Li-Chien Wong and Benjamin Su advised on the deal.

Shearman & Sterling represented the underwriters in connection with Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc.’s public offering of $400 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.375% Senior Notes due 2023, guaranteed by Macy’s, Inc. Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. acted as joint bookrunning managers.

In one of the largest corporate bond offerings in Latin America of 2013, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP has represented underwriters in a $2.5 billion offering of senior notes issued by Colombia’s state-owned and primary oil and gas producer and exporter Ecopetrol S.A.

The notes were offered in three separate tranches bearing interest rates of 4.250% due 2018; 5.875% due 2023; and, 7.375% due 2043.  The underwriter group consisted of Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley.

Ashurst has advised French commercial bank Société Générale S.A. and real estate fund manager AXA Real Estate Investment Managers SGP ("AXA REIM") on the refinancing of two real estate portfolios owned by subsidiaries of Deutsche Annington SE. The portfolios, known in the market under the names of "Hoover" und "Adams", comprising approx. 4,700 and 2,600 units respectively, are two out of a total of 18 portfolios of Deutsche Annington SE's so-called "GRAND" real estate portfolio.

Dentons advised a consortium of 4 Polish banks (PEKAO, BZ WBK, Rabobank, ING Polska) in connection with a €250 million financing for the organic growth of the listed company AmRest Holdings S.E. and the whole AmRest group in Poland, as well as in many other European countries, including Russia, Czech Republic, Spain and Hungary. The facility agreement also included refinancing of the existing debt of AmRest group.