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Real Estate & Construction

Borenius advised Citycon on the EUR 167 million sale of a shopping centre portfolio to Cerberus

24 Aug 2017

We advised Citycon on the EUR 167 million sale of a 61,000 sqm GLA shopping centre portfolio consisting of the Espoontori, Tikkuri, Myllypuron Ostari and Martinlaakson Ostari shopping centres in the Helsinki metropolitan area and the Jyväskylän Forum shopping centre in Jyväskylä to Cerberus. The closing of the transaction is expected to take place in November 2017.

King & Wood Mallesons advises Grandland on its acquisition of global curtain wall giant Permasteelisa

24 Aug 2017

August 2017, Grandland Holdings Group Limited ("Grandland"), advised by King & Wood Mallesons (“KWM”), has entered into with LIXIL Corporation (“LIXIL”), a Share Sale and Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which, Grandland will acquire from LIXIL, the entire share capital of Permasteelisa S.p.A, the global leader of curtain wall manufacturing domain, at a consideration of EUR 467 million.

Allen & Overy advising Algeco Scotsman, a portfolio company of TDR Capital, on $1.1 billion sale of its North American modular space business

24 Aug 2017

Allen & Overy is advising Algeco Scotsman, a portfolio company of TDR Capital, in connection with the $1.1 billion sale of its North American modular space and portable storage business (“Williams Scotsman”) to Double Eagle Acquisition Corp., a NASDAQ-listed, special purpose acquisition company.  The stock purchase agreement for the sale was executed on August 21, 2017. The sale is subject to the approval of Double Eagle Acquisition Corp.’s shareholders and is expected to close in October 2017.

Sale of Alfred Berg’s Finland entities to Elite Asset Management

23 Aug 2017

We advised Alfred Berg Asset Management AB in a transaction in which Elite Asset Management Plc acquired Alfred Berg’s Finland entities, i.e. 100% of the shares in Alfred Berg Asset Management Ltd and Alfred Berg Funds Ltd. Alfred Berg Asset Management AB is BNP Paribas Asset Management’s subsidiary in the Nordic countries.

The major part of the acquisition was paid by issuing Elite’s new shares to the seller, which became a major shareholder in Elite.

Slaughter and May is advising Wing Tai Properties Limited - issue of S$160,000,000 4.35% Senior Guaranteed Perpetual Capital Notes by Wing Tai Properties (Finance) Limited

23 Aug 2017

Slaughter and May, Hong Kong, advised Wing Tai Properties Limited on the issue of S$160,000,000 4.35% Senior Guaranteed Perpetual Capital Notes by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Wing Tai Properties (Finance) Limited, under the US$1 billion Medium Term Note Programme of Wing Tai Properties (Finance) Limited.  The Notes are guaranteed by Wing Tai Properties Limited and will be listed on the Singapore Exchange.

Contacts
Capital Markets: David Watkins (partner), Roger Cheng (partner), Jocelyn Poon (associate)

Ashurst advises La Francaise on the acquisition of Campus 53 office building in Frankfurt

22 Aug 2017

Ashurst advised property investor La Francaise Real Estate Partners International (La Francaise) on the acquisition of office building "Campus 53" in Frankfurt's Ostend. The seller of the six storey building located at Ferdinand-Happ-Strabe 53 is Deutsche Asset Management, belonging to Deutsche Bank Group. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.

The 6.730 square metre object is fully let to global advertising agency Leo Burnett. 58 parking spaces are available on the two basement levels.