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Real Estate & Construction

BB Partnership Limited moves to employee trust ownership: "how most architects practices will one day be owned"

14 Feb 2017

The trustee of the BB Partnership Employee Ownership Trust has purchased every BBP share from the founders and directors, allowing staff to now benefit from the company's success.

Forward-thinking architect BB Partnership Limited ("BBP") has celebrated its 25th birthday by moving to 100 per cent employee ownership, predicting that most UK practices will one day be owned this way.

Sidley Advises Sunac China Holdings Limited on Its Investment in Leshi Holding’s Subsidiaries

13 Feb 2017

Sidley represented Sunac China Holdings Limited in its recent investment in three companies that are part of the Leshi Holding (Beijing) Co., Ltd. The aggregate RMB15 billion (approximately US$2.2 billion) investment consisted of an 8.61 percent equity interest in Leshi Internet Information & Technology Corp. (Beijing), a P.R.C.-listed company with a market capitalization of over RMB70 billion, as well as a 15 percent equity interest in Le Vision Pictures (Beijing) Co., Ltd. and an approximately 33.5 percent equity interest in Leshi Zhixin Electronic Technology (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.

Delphi assists Amasten in acquisition

10 Feb 2017

Advokatfirman Delphi has been legal advisor to Amasten in Amasten’s acquisition of two real properties in Finspång with an underlying real estate value of SEK 177,5 million.

Advokatfirman Delphi has been legal advisor to Amasten in Amasten’s acquisition of two real properties in Finspång with an underlying real estate value of SEK 177,5 million. The real properties consist of 16 351 square metres and the areas for lease include 215 apartments and a few commercial properties.

Sidley Advises CFLD International Holdings Limited on Its US$100 Million Loan Facility

09 Feb 2017

Sidley represented CFLD International Holdings Limited (CFLD) in its borrowing of US$100 million from China CITIC Bank International Limited. This transaction was CFLD’s first financing related to the “Belt and Road Initiative” which is a significant development strategy launched by the Chinese government with the intention of promoting economic cooperation among countries along the proposed Belt and Road routes.

CFLD is one of the leading new industrial city operators in China.

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advises CG Group on financing the acquisition of an area in the Ostend in Frankfurt

08 Feb 2017

A team led by Dr. Anne de Boer, partner at the business law firm of Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, comprehensively legally advised CG Group on issuing a bearer bond and overall financing. Subscribers to the bond are exclusively institutional investors. The bond was issued in a private placement.
 

Debut deal for Hogan Lovells as it advises Brookfield Business Partners on on its acquisition of Greenergy

08 Feb 2017

Hogan Lovells has advised Brookfield Business Partners ("BBP") on its acquisition of an 85% stake in Greenergy Fuels Holdings Limited ("Greenergy"). BBP is the listed vehicle through which Brookfield Asset Management Inc.("Brookfield") owns and operates the business services and industrial operations of its private equity group. Brookfield is a leading global alternative asset manager with over $250 billion of assets under management.

Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advises DOMICIL Real Estate Group on the acquisition of ALPHA and BETA portfolios

07 Feb 2017

Munich-based DOMICIL Real Estate Group (Domicil) acquired two residential portfolios with a total of some 1,800 residential and commercial units from London-based Cording Real Estate Group (Cording) in a share deal following a structured bidding process. The residential portfolios consist of 60 properties spread all across Germany and held by Dutch companies. Munich, Berlin, Hamburg, and Frankfurt am Main, as well as cities in Baden-Württemberg and North Rhine-Westphalia are the main focus of the portfolios.

Wertgrund acquires "Barthonia-Living-Portfolio" in Köln-Ehrenfeld

07 Feb 2017

With a team led by Dr. Marc Scheunemann, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek advised Wertgrund Immobilien AG in connection with the acquisition of the “Barthonia-Living-Portfolio“ in Köln-Ehrenfeld for the account of the special AIF WERTGRUND Wohnen D. Seller was a joint venture of Europe-focused fund EPISO3, advised by Tristan Capital Partners, and Freo Group.