King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has acted on Villa World Limited’s (Villa World) $50 million Series A, Tranche 1 simple corporate bonds offering.

KWM advised the arranger, ANZ Securities Limited, as well as the joint lead managers ANZ, Evans and Partners Pty. Ltd. and Morgans Financial Limited.

The KWM team was led by Partners Shannon Finch (M&A) and Jo Dodd (B&F), supported by Senior Associate Amanda Isouard and Solicitor Anna Chen.

Hong Kong listed company, China Evergrande Group (stock code: 3333), advised by King & Wood Mallesons, successfully issued 3-year and 5-year USD-denominated bonds, raising a total of US$1.5 billion.

Addleshaw Goddard has advised Manchester Science Partnerships (MSP) on its alliance agreement with Cisco Communications in relation to the formation of the Manchester Inspired – Innovation, Digital Enterprise Alliance (Mi-iDEA) innovation Centre.

Gernandt & Danielsson advises in the financing of ALM Equity's acquisition of shares in the residential developer Småa AB. ALM Equity has acquired the shares from JM, HSB Projektpartner and from former and current employees in Småa AB.

The total purchase price amounts to SEK 870 million and the acquisition has been financed by a bank loan and preference shares. Gernandt & Danielsson has advised ALM Equity with the bank financing provided by Nordea Bank.

Altor-owned Realia Group Oy, the largest service provider in real estate management and brokerage services in the Nordic countries, has acquired the Swedish real estate management services company Hestia. The acquisition is part of Realia Group’s growth strategy and supports Realia Group’s plan to expand its international real estate management services to other Nordic countries.

We advised OP Toimitilakiinteistö Ky in the acquisition of a real estate leased to a major petrol station operator in the Helsinki Metropolitan area. It goes without saying that our expertise in environmental matters was crucial to the successful completion of this transaction.

Delphi has been legal advisor to Amasten in the acquisition of eight real properties in Ronneby with an underlying real estate value of SEK 248 million.

The real properties consist of 19,659 square meters and the areas for lease include 286 apartments and a few commercial properties.

Delphi’s team was led by partner Nina Persson, Olof Hagberg, Katarina Häggqvist, Linn Eriksson and Emelie Gustavsson.

Noerr has advised TAG Immobilien AG (TAG) on the successful private placement of its own shares. In the course of an accelerated bookbuilding process, more than four million of TAG’s own shares were placed with institutional investors.

Roschier represented eQ Finnish Real Estate in the acquisition of the Liila shopping center from a fund managed by Genesta.

Liila shopping center is located in Espoo with a lettable area of approximately 23,600 sqm. Major tenants include Lidl, Power, Toys R Us and Vepsäläinen. eQ Finnish Real Estate is a special investment fund managed by eQ Fund Management Company Ltd. Genesta is a fund and investment manager that specializes in commercial real estate in the Nordic countries.

A cross-practice team has advised new client L&Q on the acquisition of Gallagher Estates for an enterprise value of £505 million.

The deal is the largest land transaction undertaken by any housing association and places L&Q, a charitable housing association committed to solving the UK housing crisis, as one of the leading developers of new homes across the UK.