The Hong Kong and Singapore offices of global law firm Eversheds have advised AID Partners Capital Limited (“AID Partners”), on its acquisition of the entire stake in HMV Hong Kong, Singapore and Greater China (“HMV Asia”), an entertainment retailer with operations in Hong Kong and Singapore.

AID Partners is a private equity firm focused on buyout opportunities and expansion capital primarily in media and entertainment, retail and consumers.

Clifford Chance has advised long-standing client Canary Wharf Group Plc on the purchase of a 0.25 acre development site adjacent to the Limehouse Cut, Tower Hamlets.

The site on Burdett Road was acquired from Telereal Trillium and has planning consent for an 11-storey mixed-use development comprising 56 apartments, including affordable dwellings, together with commercial space at ground-floor level. It formerly housed a 1930s block vacated by the Department for Work and Pensions in 2006.

International law firm Clifford Chance advised Royal Dutch Shell plc on its acquisition of part of Repsol S.A.´s LNG portfolio outside of North America for a cash consideration of US$4.4 billion. The transaction includes plant capacity and supply positions in Peru and Trinidad and Tobago, a 25 per cent stake in a power plant in Spain and a material LNG marketing and trading operation. Shell will also assume and consolidate balance sheet liabilities predominantly reflecting leases for LNG ship charters of currently US$1.8 billion.

Slaughter and May advised Pembroke Real Estate Inc. on the acquisition of the freehold of 1 Grafton Street, London W1, for an undisclosed sum.

DLA Piper has been advising the international property investment company Cordea Savills on the acquisition of Galeria Juliacum in Jülich, west of Cologne. The purchase was completed for the Cordea Savills German Retail Fund, which focuses on German retail trade properties. Seller of the property is a group of English private investors, with the purchase price amounting to some 12.5 million euros.

International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer worked alongside BT's legal function to advise BT Group, one of the world's leading communications services companies, on the acquisition of ESPN’s UK and Ireland television channels business. These primarily comprise the ESPN and ESPN America channels and their live sports rights portfolio, including the FA Cup, Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier League, UEFA Europa League, and the German Bundesliga.
The transaction is expected to complete on July 31, 2013. Completion of the transaction is subject to regulatory clearance.

Herbert Smith Freehills advised PetroChina on its acquisition of an interest in two Western Australian exploration assets from ConocoPhillips.

Under the transaction agreements, which still require government and partner approvals, PetroChina will acquire a working interest in the Poseidon offshore discovery in the Browse Basin, and in the Goldwyer Shale area in the onshore Canning Basin.

The companies have also entered into a Joint Study Agreement to identify unconventional resource reserves in the Neijiang-Dazu Block in China’s Sichuan Basin.

Clifford Chance advised Prosegur Compañía de Seguridad, S.A. on the purchase of the German money and valuables transportation business of Brink's. The consummation of the transaction is subject to the approval by the Federal Cartel Office.

Prosegur is a globally acting security services provider having its headquarters in Madrid and currently employing more than 155,000 employees across the world, approx. 3,200 of which are based in Germany.

Watson, Farley & Williams (“WFW”), a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that it has advised KGAL GmbH & Co. KG (“KGAL”) on the acquisition of four wind farm portfolios in Germany and France with a total capacity of 77.2 MW. WFW provided cross-border legal and tax advice on German, French and Spanish law.

International law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP has advised Tristan Capital, a London based real estate investment management company, on the purchase of The Cube, an iconic multi-purpose building in Birmingham.

The Cube is a 216,000 sq ft building incorporating offices, retail space, a hotel, residential suites and leisure facilities. It was designed by Make Architects, which were involved in the design of 'The Gherkin' building in London.