International law firm Ashurst advised NatWest Markets plc, Lloyds Bank plc and Ulster Bank Ireland DAC on €300 million underwritten term and revolving facilities for Applegreen plc, a major petrol forecourt retailer headquartered in Ireland, to be used to finance its proposed acquisition of a majority stake in Welcome Break and to refinance existing facilities.

Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) has advised JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation on the financing by Mizuho Bank (Düsseldorf) of its acquisition of H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH. The seller was H.C. Starck GmbH, which is owned by funds managed by Advent International and The Carlyle Group.

The firm advised on the first lien financing for the Astorg-backed group, SGG’s acquisition of First Names Group from AnaCap Financial.

Willkie represented Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, HSBC Bank plc, Jefferies Finance LLC, National Westminster Bank plc and Nomura International plc on the first lien financing for the Astorg-backed group, SGG’s acquisition of First Names Group from AnaCap Financial.

Allen & Overy advised the Lead Arrangers including Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Bank of Montreal, Deutsche Bank, RBC Capital Markets and Credit Agricole in connection with a $3.7 billion debt financing package for Brookfield Business Partners' acquisition of Westinghouse Electric Company ("WEC"), a leading global provider of infrastructure services to the power generation industry.

Ashurst acted for European investor Idinvest Partners on a unitranche financing for the acquisition of r2p GmbH (r2p) and Open Access Pty Ltd (Open Access) by HQ Equita Beteiligungen V GmbH & Co. KG (HQ Equita), advised by HQ Equita GmbH. This transaction marks Idinvest Partners' forth private debt investment in Germany this year.

Cleary Gottlieb advised Biscuit International and Biscuit Holding, portfolio companies of Qualium Investissement, in connection with the financing of its acquisition of Arluy S.L.U. and Global Biscuits, S.L.U., two Spanish sweet biscuit producers and distributors, through Biscuit International (Ibérica), S.L., an off-the-shelf company previously acquired by Biscuit Holding and certain amendments to Biscuit Holding’s senior facilities agreement including a repricing thereof and reset of covenant.

With a Frankfurt-based team led by partner Thomas K. Schrell, business law firm HKLW advised Cheplapharm Arzneimittel GmbH on refinancing existing loans and promissory note loans.
 
The new credit facilities with a total volume of EUR 780 million were concluded with Deutsche Bank, HSBC, and Unicredit on the London capital market. Commerzbank, DZ Bank, and Santander additionally support the placement with international investors.