Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Cassa di Risparmio di Asti S.p.A. and its subsidiary Cassa di Risparmio di Biella e Vercelli – Biverbanca S.p.A., as originator and notes subscriber, on the disposal of a portfolio of non-performing loans (NPLs) comprising ipotecari mortgage loans and unsecured loans.

The loan portfolio was sold to Maggese S.r.l., a securitization vehicle created ex lege 130/99, for an aggregate gross total amount of approximately €697 million.

Global law firm Clyde & Co has advised Majid Al Futtaim, the leading shopping mall, retail and leisure company in the Middle East, on the sale of two of its City Centre Clinics to Mediclinic Middle East (Mediclinic).

Mediclinic has acquired City Centre Clinic Deira, a large outpatient facility which opened in 2013 with two day-care surgery theatres and 18 medical disciplines, and City Centre Clinic Me’aisem, a smaller community clinic focusing on six core disciplines. Mediclinic operates six hospitals and 23 clinics in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Following the Intergovernmental Agreement signed between France and Ukraine on 8 June 2018, Airbus Helicopters has signed a contract with the Ukrainian Ministry of the Interior for the purchase of 55 civil helicopters designed for search and rescue (SAR), public services, and emergency medical service (EMS) missions in the country.  The 55 aircraft include 21 repurposed H225s, and 10 brand new H145s and 24 H125.  The contract, which also foresees setting-up of a local training and maintenance centre, was signed in Kyiv on 14 July in the presence of Arsen Avakov, Minister for the I

Linklaters provided legal advice to industrial gas producer Linde on the sale of business units to a consortium of Messer Group and financial investor CVC Capital Partners Fund VII in connection with Linde’s merger with Praxair.

The Warsaw office of Greenberg Traurig advised Centrum Haffnera Sp. z o.o. on the sale of the Centrum Haffnera commercial and service complex in Sopot, Poland. The transaction was carried out through the sale of all the shares in the company that owned the Center.

International law firm CMS has advised Telit (“Telit”) Communications PLC on the USD$105m sale of its automotive division to Hong Kong Stock Exchange listed company, TUS International Limited (“TUS”). The transaction is expected to complete by the end of 2018 subject to conditions being satisfied.