Baker McKenzie Cairo's Banking and Finance team advised a six-bank consortium led by National Bank of Egypt on a US$ 100 million and EGP 1.2 million multicurrency bridge facility to Canal Sugar Company.
The consortium comprised of National Bank of Egypt, Qatar National Bank Al Ahli, Bank of Alexandria, The United Bank, Industrial Development Bank and Suez Canal Bank.
The Firm recently represented the international joint lead managers in connection with a follow-on offering of Daiwa House REIT Investment Corporation, which included an international offering to institutional investors pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S. The offering raised approximately ¥35.2 billion (approximately US$315 million) for the issuer, which will be used with bank financing to fund the acquisition of additional logistics, retail and hotel properties.
Shearman & Sterling advised the underwriters (led by BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Credit Agricole CIB, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan and RBC Capital Markets) on ArcelorMittal’s offering of 4.550% notes due 2026.
With a Frankfurt-based team led by partner Thomas K. Schrell, business law firm Heuking Kuhn Luer Wojtek advised HF Private Debt on financing the acquisition of all shares in M&M Werbeagentur GmbH - phone card marketing. The financing volume was not disclosed.
Slaughter and May, Hong Kong, is advising HNA Finance I Co., Ltd. (HNA Finance I) and Hong Kong International Construction Investment Management Group Co., Limited (HKICIM) in relation to the proposed disposal by HNA Finance I of its 69.5% shareholding in HKICIM to Times Holdings II Limited (Times Holdings) and the possible mandatory general offers (Offers) to be made by Times Holdings to acquire all the issued shares in, and to cancel all outstanding share options of, HKICIM.
Clifford Chance and Abuhimed Alsheikh Alhagbani Law Firm (AS&H) in co-operation with Clifford Chance advise the lenders to Saudi Electricity Company on its record SAR15.2 billion murabaha facility
Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Intesa Sanpaolo on its any and all tender offer in the United States, which is related to a total of US$3.75 billion in principal amount of four series of Notes, each of which was issued under its US$50 billion Medium Term Notes 'Yankee' Program.
Intesa Sanpaolo accepted tenders for a total amount of US$2.1 billion in principal amount.
Gilbert + Tobin has advised BrickX on the replacement of its third-party responsible entity and trustee with a licensed BrickX entity.
The BrickX Platform consists of an online platform facilitating the acquisition and disposal by members of indirect interests in residential investment properties. Each residential investment property is held in a BrickX trust, a unit in which is referred to as a Brick.
Gide has advised Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank on the standalone issuance by Vinci of €75,000,000 notes linked to CMS rates due March 2039. The notes include a conversion option to fixed rate at the noteholder's discretion and are admitted to trading on Euronext Paris.
Gide's team was led by partner Hubert du Vignaux and counsel Laurent Vincent, assisted by Aude-Laurène Dourdain and Stéphanie Trost.
The issuer was assisted by Clifford Chance Paris.
Ashurst is advising Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo in relation to the £3.3 billion recommended cash offer for RPC Group plc by Berry Global.
Berry is a Fortune 500 global manufacturer and marketer of plastic packaging products listed on the New York Stock Exchange. It has over 131 facilities and more than 23,000 employees across the world. For the financial year ended 29 September 2018, Berry’s revenue was US$7.9 billion.