GeoSea, a subsidiary of DEME Group specialising in complex offshore marine construction projects, is acquiring all of HOCHTIEF's offshore assets. The company, which has been operating successfully in the fields of dredging, offshore and marine construction for decades, is acquiring all construction vessels and pontons from HOCHTIEF, including the heavy-lift jack-up vessel Innovation, one of the largest construction vessels in the offshore industry.  Moreover, GeoSea offers to continue to employ HOCHTIEF staff.

Mayer Brown has advised China Overseas Holdings Limited on its forward purchase of Carmelite Riverside, London for £143 million. China Overseas Holdings is one of the largest real estate developers focused in Mainland China.

Carmelite Riverside, a 135,000 sq ft office development at Victoria Embankment, is China Overseas Holdings third high quality acquisition outside of China. Mayer Brown also assisted China Overseas Holdings on its two previous purchases of Centrium, 61 Aldwych for £170 million and 1 Finsbury Circus, London for £152 million in 2012-2013.

Irwin Mitchell's real estate team has advised Ellandi, the specialist shopping centre investor and asset manager, on the acquisition of The Strand Shopping Centre, Bootle from Kennedy Wilson.
 
The 350,000+ sq. ft. retail scheme is situated in a prominent location within Bootle town centre and provides the town’s prime retail offering. Key retailers within the centre  include Marks & Spencer Outlet, Wilkinsons, Boots, Argos, New Look & Tesco.
 
The Irwin Mitchell team was led by Real Estate Partner Louise Cartwright, assisted by Emma McPeake.

Mayer Brown has advised Gaw Capital Partners and a consortium of Asian investors on the acquisition of Exchange Tower in London’s Docklands for £191 million.
 
Gaw Capital, a real estate private equity fund management company based in Hong Kong, acquired the property from BlackRock Europe Property Fund III.

Leading international law firm Clifford Chance has advised emerging market private equity investor Actis on the establishment of Zuma Energy and on its first transaction in Latin America. Zuma Energy is a 600+ MW renewable energy platform in Mexico in a joint venture between Actis and Mesoamerica. The firm also advised on Zuma Energy's acquisition of PE Ingenio, S.A.P.I. de C.V. (PE Ingenio), a 50 MW wind farm located in the state of Oaxaca, together with Mexican law firm Mijares, Angoitia, Cortes y Fuentes S.C. Abogados.

Shoosmiths in Birmingham has advised developer Court Collaboration on two Chinese-backed real estate deals in the city in two months. The latest deal concerns the 1960's former Cadbury office building, Franklin House in Bournville, which is now being lined up for a high quality residential scheme with up to 96 units.

Watson, Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised Swiss power plant operator KKB AG (“KKB”) on the acquisition of the Pölzig wind farm from project developer WSB Neue Energien Holding GmbH.

Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co's Energy team has helped Primrose Solar to significantly expand its portfolio through the acquisition of a further five solar farms in the UK.

Primrose's portfolio will now add more than 175 MW of renewable energy to the grid, enough to power the equivalent of more than 40,000 average homes and to save approximately 1,600,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide over their 25-year lifetime.

Dentons’ real estate team advised Atrium European Real Estate, a leading owner, operator and developer of shopping centers in Central and Eastern Europe, on the acquisition of the Focus Mall shopping center in Poland from Aviva Investors for €122 million. The transaction was financed using Atrium’s existing cash resources.

Watson, Farley & Williams (“WFW”), a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that it has advised Stadtwerke Stuttgart on the acquisition of a wind farm in Bad Hersfeld in Hesse in Germany, from ABO Wind. WFW advised Stadtwerke Stuttgart on both the legal and tax aspects of the transaction.