Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Piraeus Bank, S.A., (Piraeus), one of Greece's leading 'big four' banks, on the sale and transfer of a portfolio of non-performing, denounced unsecured retail consumer and credit cards exposures equivalent to €2.238 billion total legal claims or €385 million on-balance sheet gross book value to APS Investments S.a.r.l, a leading CEE/SEE distressed debt investment advisor and manager.

As part of its “Global Manufacturing Footprint Program”, GEA intends to sell the group entity Westfalia Separator Production France SAS including the company’s owned production sitein Château-Thierry (Hauts-de-France region). The French industrial group Altifort has now submitted a binding offer.

TLT has completed the sale of the former Avon Fire & Rescue headquarters at Temple Back, Bristol.

Avon Fire Authority announced it was moving its headquarters to Portishead in September 2017 to reduce overheads and provide staff with a modern office that reflects current needs.

The deal means that this prime location – in Bristol's central business district and opposite mixed use development scheme Finzels Reach – is now available for development.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (‘Freshfields’) has advised Hong Kong-listed company Global Brands Group Holding Limited (‘GBG’) on the sale of a significant part of its North American licensing business to Differential Brands Group Inc., a portfolio company of US private equity firm Tengram. The US$1.38bn transaction is payable in cash (subject to closing adjustments).

As of 31 March 2018, the target business had pro forma sales revenues of approximately US$2.2bn.

Dentons' Real Estate team advised international real estate developer HB Reavis on its successful sale of the Metronom Business Center in Prague to CS nemovitostni fond managed by REICO investicni spolecnost Ceske sporitelny for CZK 2,3 billion. The sale marks the largest office property transaction closed on the Czech market so far this year.

Skadden advised Industrial Securities and MCAP Global Finance (UK) LLP in the €492 million disposal of their European logistics portfolio to real estate funds managed by Blackstone.